Free AI tools for design and images
AI tools that make graphics, diagrams, images and mockups. 8 tools we covered, newest first.
- Recraft
Recraft is an AI design tool that turns a text prompt into real, downloadable graphics: logos, icons, illustrations, social banners, and product mockups, including true SVG vectors you can edit in Figma or Illustrator.
Tool of the Week · last covered 5 Sep 2026
- Napkin AI
Napkin turns plain text into clean, professional visuals.
Tool of the Week · last covered 8 Aug 2026
- Moda
An AI design agent that creates fully editable presentations, social posts, ads, and visual assets on a layered canvas.
Tool of the Week · last covered 28 Mar 2026
- Adobe for ChatGPT
Adobe for ChatGPT: a new free plugin drops 70 plus Adobe tools (Photoshop, Firefly, Premiere, Acrobat, Express) straight into ChatGPT; type @Adobe, describe what you want, and it routes the request to the right app, with no Creative Cloud subscription needed to start.
Quick Pick · last covered 8 Aug 2026
- Google Stitch
New AI design canvas from Google Labs that turns text or voice prompts into multi-screen UI prototypes with exportable code.
Quick Pick · last covered 4 Apr 2026
- Shopify Tinker
Free mobile app bundling 100+ AI tools from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
Quick Pick · last covered 4 Apr 2026
- Midjourney V8
Native 2K resolution, 5x faster rendering, and dramatically better text in images.
Quick Pick · last covered 21 Mar 2026
- Canva Magic Layers
Upload any flat image (even AI-generated ones) and Canva automatically separates it into editable layers: text becomes live text, objects become movable elements, backgrounds separate cleanly.
Quick Pick · last covered 14 Mar 2026
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