Design tools for non-designers — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for design tools for non-designers, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026
  • ▲ INDesygner entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTMicrosoft Designer left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
  • ▲Desygner moved #12 → #10
  • ▼Microsoft Designer moved #9 → #11
  • ▲VistaCreate moved #5 → #4
  • ▼Figma moved #4 → #5
  • ▲Microsoft moved #10 → #9
  • ▲VistaCreate +6.2pp (35.8% → 42%)
  • ▲Desygner +4.3pp (18.9% → 23.2%)
  • ▲Snappa +4pp (26.4% → 30.4%)
  • ▲Visme +4pp (26.4% → 30.4%)
  • ▲Microsoft +3.8pp (20.8% → 24.6%)
  • ▲Adobe +3.7pp (71.7% → 75.4%)
  • ▼Canva -3.4pp (96.2% → 92.8%)
  • ▲Microsoft Designer +2.4pp (20.8% → 23.2%)
  • ▼Adobe Express -2pp (77.4% → 75.4%)
  • ▲Picsart +2pp (22.6% → 24.6%)
  • ▲Figma +1.4pp (37.7% → 39.1%)
Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026
  • ▲Snappa moved #8 → #6
  • ▼Visme moved #6 → #7
  • ▼Picsart moved #7 → #8
  • ▲Microsoft Designer moved #10 → #9
  • ▼Microsoft moved #9 → #10
  • ▲Adobe +9.6pp (62.1% → 71.7%)
  • ▲Adobe Express +5pp (72.4% → 77.4%)
  • ▲VistaCreate +4.8pp (31% → 35.8%)
  • ▼Microsoft Designer -3.3pp (24.1% → 20.8%)
  • ▼Microsoft -3.3pp (24.1% → 20.8%)
  • ▲Figma +3.2pp (34.5% → 37.7%)
  • ▲Snappa +2.3pp (24.1% → 26.4%)
  • ▼Picsart -1.5pp (24.1% → 22.6%)
  • ▼Visme -1.2pp (27.6% → 26.4%)
Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INMicrosoft entered the top 10 (#16 → #9)
  • ▲ INMicrosoft Designer entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTPixlr left the top 10 (#7 → #17)
  • ▼ OUTFotor left the top 10 (#10 → #20)
  • ▼Pixlr moved #7 → #17
  • ▼Fotor moved #10 → #20
  • ▲Microsoft moved #16 → #9
  • ▲VistaCreate moved #9 → #5
  • ▼Snappa moved #5 → #8
  • ▲Microsoft Designer moved #13 → #10
  • ▲Adobe moved #4 → #3
  • ▼Figma moved #3 → #4
  • ▲Picsart moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Adobe +22.1pp (40% → 62.1%)
  • ▲VistaCreate +11pp (20% → 31%)
  • ▼Pixlr -10.6pp (24.4% → 13.8%)
  • ▼Figma -9.9pp (44.4% → 34.5%)
  • ▼Fotor -9.7pp (20% → 10.3%)
  • ▲Microsoft +8.5pp (15.6% → 24.1%)
  • ▼Snappa -7pp (31.1% → 24.1%)
  • ▲Microsoft Designer +6.3pp (17.8% → 24.1%)
  • ▲Picsart +4.1pp (20% → 24.1%)
  • ▼Canva -1.2pp (97.8% → 96.6%)
Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026
  • ▲ INPicsart entered the top 10 (#12 → #8)
  • ▲ INVistaCreate entered the top 10 (#16 → #9)
  • ▲ INFotor entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTVista Create left the top 10 (#6 → #12)
  • ▼ OUTAdobe Spark left the top 10 (#9 → #15)
  • ▼ OUTPiktochart left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲VistaCreate moved #16 → #9
  • ▼Vista Create moved #6 → #12
  • ▼Adobe Spark moved #9 → #15
  • ▲Picsart moved #12 → #8
  • ▲Adobe moved #5 → #4
  • ▼Snappa moved #4 → #5
  • ▲Visme moved #7 → #6
  • ▲Pixlr moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Fotor moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Piktochart moved #10 → #11
  • ▲Adobe +10.5pp (29.5% → 40%)
  • ▼Vista Create -6.2pp (26.2% → 20%)
  • ▼Adobe Spark -5.7pp (21.3% → 15.6%)
  • ▲VistaCreate +5.2pp (14.8% → 20%)
  • ▲Visme +3.7pp (23% → 26.7%)
  • ▼Snappa -3.3pp (34.4% → 31.1%)
  • ▲Figma +1.8pp (42.6% → 44.4%)
  • ▲Pixlr +1.4pp (23% → 24.4%)
  • ▼Fotor -1.3pp (21.3% → 20%)
  • ▼Piktochart -1.3pp (21.3% → 20%)
  • ▲Canva +1.1pp (96.7% → 97.8%)
Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026
  • ▲ INAdobe Spark entered the top 10 (#13 → #9)
  • ▲ INPiktochart entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTPicsart left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
  • ▼ OUTFotor left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Adobe Spark moved #13 → #9
  • ▼Picsart moved #9 → #12
  • ▲Adobe moved #6 → #5
  • ▼Vista Create moved #5 → #6
  • ▲Piktochart moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Fotor moved #10 → #11
  • ▼Vista Create -4.2pp (30.4% → 26.2%)
  • ▲Adobe +3.4pp (26.1% → 29.5%)
  • ▲Adobe Express +2.8pp (71% → 73.8%)
  • ▲Snappa +2.5pp (31.9% → 34.4%)
  • ▲Adobe Spark +2.5pp (18.8% → 21.3%)
  • ▲Figma +2pp (40.6% → 42.6%)
  • ▼Picsart -2pp (21.7% → 19.7%)
  • ▼Visme -1.6pp (24.6% → 23%)
  • ▲Canva +1pp (95.7% → 96.7%)
  • ▲Piktochart +1pp (20.3% → 21.3%)
Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026
  • ▲ INFotor entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTPiktochart left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
  • ▼Piktochart moved #9 → #11
  • ▲Snappa moved #5 → #4
  • ▼Vista Create moved #4 → #5
  • ▲Adobe moved #7 → #6
  • ▼Visme moved #6 → #7
  • ▲Picsart moved #10 → #9
  • ▲Fotor moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Visme -6.6pp (31.2% → 24.6%)
  • ▼Vista Create -4.7pp (35.1% → 30.4%)
  • ▼Piktochart -3.1pp (23.4% → 20.3%)
  • ▼Adobe Express -3pp (74% → 71%)
  • ▲Adobe +2.7pp (23.4% → 26.1%)
  • ▼Figma -2.3pp (42.9% → 40.6%)
  • ▼Snappa -1.9pp (33.8% → 31.9%)
Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026
  • ▲ INAdobe entered the top 10 (#15 → #7)
  • ▼ OUTFotor left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Adobe moved #15 → #7
  • ▼Picsart moved #8 → #10
  • ▼Pixlr moved #7 → #8
  • ▼Fotor moved #10 → #11
  • ▼Vista Create -8.5pp (43.6% → 35.1%)
  • ▲Adobe +5.6pp (17.8% → 23.4%)
  • ▲Visme +4.5pp (26.7% → 31.2%)
  • ▼Adobe Express -4.2pp (78.2% → 74%)
  • ▲Fotor +2.3pp (19.8% → 22.1%)
  • ▼Figma -1.7pp (44.6% → 42.9%)
  • ▲Piktochart +1.6pp (21.8% → 23.4%)
  • ▲Snappa +1.1pp (32.7% → 33.8%)
Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 7, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 6, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 5, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 4, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 3, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 2, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva92.8%
  • #2Adobe Express75.4%
  • #3Adobe75.4%
  • #4VistaCreate42%
  • #5Figma39.1%
  • #6Snappa30.4%
  • #7Visme30.4%
  • #8Picsart24.6%
  • #9Microsoft24.6%
  • #10Desygner23.2%
Sep 1, 202653 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva96.2%
  • #2Adobe Express77.4%
  • #3Adobe71.7%
  • #4Figma37.7%
  • #5VistaCreate35.8%
  • #6Snappa26.4%
  • #7Visme26.4%
  • #8Picsart22.6%
  • #9Microsoft Designer20.8%
  • #10Microsoft20.8%
Aug 31, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva96.6%
  • #2Adobe Express72.4%
  • #3Adobe62.1%
  • #4Figma34.5%
  • #5VistaCreate31%
  • #6Visme27.6%
  • #7Picsart24.1%
  • #8Snappa24.1%
  • #9Microsoft24.1%
  • #10Microsoft Designer24.1%
Aug 30, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva96.6%
  • #2Adobe Express72.4%
  • #3Adobe62.1%
  • #4Figma34.5%
  • #5VistaCreate31%
  • #6Visme27.6%
  • #7Picsart24.1%
  • #8Snappa24.1%
  • #9Microsoft24.1%
  • #10Microsoft Designer24.1%
Aug 29, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva96.6%
  • #2Adobe Express72.4%
  • #3Adobe62.1%
  • #4Figma34.5%
  • #5VistaCreate31%
  • #6Visme27.6%
  • #7Picsart24.1%
  • #8Snappa24.1%
  • #9Microsoft24.1%
  • #10Microsoft Designer24.1%
Aug 28, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva96.6%
  • #2Adobe Express72.4%
  • #3Adobe62.1%
  • #4Figma34.5%
  • #5VistaCreate31%
  • #6Visme27.6%
  • #7Picsart24.1%
  • #8Snappa24.1%
  • #9Microsoft24.1%
  • #10Microsoft Designer24.1%
Aug 27, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5-7
  • #1Canva96.6%
  • #2Adobe Express72.4%
  • #3Adobe62.1%
  • #4Figma34.5%
  • #5VistaCreate31%
  • #6Visme27.6%
  • #7Picsart24.1%
  • #8Snappa24.1%
  • #9Microsoft24.1%
  • #10Microsoft Designer24.1%
Aug 26, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva97.8%
  • #2Adobe Express73.3%
  • #3Figma44.4%
  • #4Adobe40%
  • #5Snappa31.1%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr24.4%
  • #8Picsart20%
  • #9VistaCreate20%
  • #10Fotor20%
Aug 25, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva97.8%
  • #2Adobe Express73.3%
  • #3Figma44.4%
  • #4Adobe40%
  • #5Snappa31.1%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr24.4%
  • #8Picsart20%
  • #9VistaCreate20%
  • #10Fotor20%
Aug 24, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva97.8%
  • #2Adobe Express73.3%
  • #3Figma44.4%
  • #4Adobe40%
  • #5Snappa31.1%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr24.4%
  • #8Picsart20%
  • #9VistaCreate20%
  • #10Fotor20%
Aug 23, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva97.8%
  • #2Adobe Express73.3%
  • #3Figma44.4%
  • #4Adobe40%
  • #5Snappa31.1%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr24.4%
  • #8Picsart20%
  • #9VistaCreate20%
  • #10Fotor20%
Aug 22, 202661 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96.7%
  • #2Adobe Express73.8%
  • #3Figma42.6%
  • #4Snappa34.4%
  • #5Adobe29.5%
  • #6Vista Create26.2%
  • #7Visme23%
  • #8Pixlr23%
  • #9Adobe Spark21.3%
  • #10Piktochart21.3%
Aug 21, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva95.7%
  • #2Adobe Express71%
  • #3Figma40.6%
  • #4Snappa31.9%
  • #5Vista Create30.4%
  • #6Adobe26.1%
  • #7Visme24.6%
  • #8Pixlr23.2%
  • #9Picsart21.7%
  • #10Fotor21.7%
Aug 20, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96.1%
  • #2Adobe Express74%
  • #3Figma42.9%
  • #4Vista Create35.1%
  • #5Snappa33.8%
  • #6Visme31.2%
  • #7Adobe23.4%
  • #8Pixlr23.4%
  • #9Piktochart23.4%
  • #10Picsart22.1%
Aug 19, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96.1%
  • #2Adobe Express74%
  • #3Figma42.9%
  • #4Vista Create35.1%
  • #5Snappa33.8%
  • #6Visme31.2%
  • #7Adobe23.4%
  • #8Pixlr23.4%
  • #9Piktochart23.4%
  • #10Picsart22.1%
Aug 18, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96%
  • #2Adobe Express78.2%
  • #3Figma44.6%
  • #4Vista Create43.6%
  • #5Snappa32.7%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr23.8%
  • #8Picsart22.8%
  • #9Piktochart21.8%
  • #10Fotor19.8%
Aug 17, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96%
  • #2Adobe Express78.2%
  • #3Figma44.6%
  • #4Vista Create43.6%
  • #5Snappa32.7%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr23.8%
  • #8Picsart22.8%
  • #9Piktochart21.8%
  • #10Fotor19.8%
Aug 16, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96%
  • #2Adobe Express78.2%
  • #3Figma44.6%
  • #4Vista Create43.6%
  • #5Snappa32.7%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr23.8%
  • #8Picsart22.8%
  • #9Piktochart21.8%
  • #10Fotor19.8%
Aug 15, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96%
  • #2Adobe Express78.2%
  • #3Figma44.6%
  • #4Vista Create43.6%
  • #5Snappa32.7%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr23.8%
  • #8Picsart22.8%
  • #9Piktochart21.8%
  • #10Fotor19.8%
Aug 14, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7
  • #1Canva96%
  • #2Adobe Express78.2%
  • #3Figma44.6%
  • #4Vista Create43.6%
  • #5Snappa32.7%
  • #6Visme26.7%
  • #7Pixlr23.8%
  • #8Picsart22.8%
  • #9Piktochart21.8%
  • #10Fotor19.8%

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