When comparing Gimpshop vs Figma, the Slant community recommends Figma for most people. In the question“What are the best free Photoshop alternatives?” Figma is ranked 10th while Gimpshop is ranked 16th.
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Pros
Pro Works in the browser
Pro Allows for real time collaboration
Pro Live previews for mobile
Mirrors your designs to your phone in realtime.
Pro Has all the core functionality you'd expect from something like Sketch
Pro Integrates with Slack
Provides integration with Slack.
Pro Provides a free version
Does not require a paid subscription for use. Can be used freely with a lot of features. The free use allows very limited collaboration.
Cons
Con Development is on hold
The developer has anounced that this program is on hold due to someone stealing his work.
Con Spamware that stole another person's work
Gimpshop was a project by a developer Scott Moschella . An anonymous user bought gimpshop.com and took his work and added bloatware and spam into the installer. The situation is not well known to most people who continue giving this random spammer money.