What's nice about the Affinity apps:
- they are cross-platform: Windows and Mac (unlike Sketch and PixelMator)
- they are not subscription-based (like Adobe)
- they cover vector (Affinity Designer), Raster (Affinity Photo) and DTP (still-to-be-released app)
- they are much more affordable than an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription
- they feel faster and much less bloated than Adobe's apps
However, the sheer amount of tutorials and design assets available for Adobe apps means that Adobe will remain popular. And there are some apps like After Effects that simply don't have any serious rivals.