# 8bit Painter - Pixel Art — user reviews > 328 indexed App Store user reviews of 8bit Painter by Takayuki Miyagawa, rated 4.60/5 from 6,545 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8bit-painter-pixel-art/id894301273/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/8bit-painter-pixel-art/id894301273.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,239 · 4★ 740 · 3★ 265 · 2★ 107 · 1★ 194 ## What do users think of 8bit Painter? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🥰 Fun and addictive - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Great for pixel art - 💡 Helpful for crafting projects - 🤩 Awesome app overall **Cons** - 🤬 Annoying ads - 🔒 Limited canvas sizes - 🎨 Lack of color customization - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches **Commonly reported bugs** - Freezing and crashing issues - Distortion when importing images - Inability to delete saved artworks **Most requested features** - Custom canvas sizes - More color options and palettes - Ability to delete or rearrange colors - Layers and animation support - Copy/paste and selection tools ## Newest reviews (16 of 328) ### 4/5 — 希望可以改回去 *2026-07-15* 导入图片和画笔油漆桶的切换 都变得更加麻烦了 完全不需要那个减色。 点画笔不是像之前一样直接切换成油漆桶 而是展开 然后需要再点一次 这不是多此一举吗？ ### 2/5 — kinda ruined it… *2026-06-24, version 2.7.1* i’ve been using this to make grids for crochet and i have loved it!! however they completely destroyed how you pick the colors and it’s almost unusable now. very sad. i am hoping this gets fixed. ### 2/5 — Color picker *2026-06-13, version 2.6.1* After the latest update of color picker has been added recently, it has become more difficult to choose colors since the color wheel was removed and replace by spectrum. Pls fix the color picker to the original 🥺🥺🥺 ### 3/5 — New colour picker update is a downgrade *2026-06-10, version 2.6.1* The new colour picker doesn’t seem to let me change the shade of the colour darker or lighter? So there are quite a few colours I’m just not able to get anymore without manually entering their hex code. I checked the “standard iOS colour picker” as the patch notes said, and that has a shading slider option that this app doesn’t seem to have. Love the app overall, use it all the time, but would love the old colour picker back or adding in a shading slider. Posting this review hoping it might make a difference… ### 4/5 — New update *2026-06-06, version 2.6.1* I’m not too keen on the new update for the app. The colour picker doesn’t load half the time and the pixels disappear when I try to zoom in so it’s hard to tell the scale of it at times. I’d love the older options to be brought back as this is a great app for my Hama beads! ### 2/5 — アプデ2.6.0のカラーピッカーとグリッド表示が使いづらい。 *2026-06-06* 一年半ほどこのアプリを利用させていただいています！ 今回の2.6.0のアップデートで、カラーピッカーとグリッド表示への変更がなされたかと思います。定期的な更新ありがとうございます。 ですが、率直に申しますと、両者共にアップデート前のver.2.5.13のほうが直感的で使いやすかったです。 もし可能であれば、使用するカラーピッカーや、グリッドの表示方式を以前のものと今回のiPhoneオリジナルのものとで選べるようにして欲しいです。 iPhoneオリジナルのピッカーも、最初から用意されているパレットの色が鮮やかで、その点はかなり使いやすく感じます。 もちろん慣れによることだと思いますが、作品制作にかなり支障が出ているように感じます。 どうかご検討をお願いします。 ### 2/5 — The new color picking sucks *2026-06-06, version 2.6.1* Change it back it was better before PLEASE this new update is so trash for long time users PLEASE CHANGE IT PLEASE I BEG YOU ### 5/5 — 描きやすくて最高！ *2026-05-16* 初めてこのアプリを使いましたが、アナログとかデジタルより、ドッド絵の方が描きやすい！描きやす過ぎだろ！って思ってしまうくらい描きやすかったです！笑　機能がごちゃごちゃしてなくて、めちゃくちゃ使いやすかったです...！ 気になるところがあるとすれば、動画がないことですかね...？ibisPaintみたいにタイムプラス動画があると、完成品の一部始終みてれ良いな〜って思います。 アプリ自体は、性能が高くてわかりやすいところがあってグッド👍👍です！これからも、こちらのアプリで沢山の絵を描いていきます😋😋😋😋😋 ### 5/5 — Just installed it yesterday and genuinely cured my boredom *2026-04-03, version 2.5.13* I absolutely loved painting in pixels, it's like color by number but without the numbers ! every time i'm bored, i literally open this app and paint i dunno why 😭 ### 5/5 — Crochet *2026-03-30, version 2.5.13* So I actually got this app because I needed a way to do graph pictures and names for reference while making baby blankets. Being able to “paint” out the name and small images when needed, then being able to save and print is absolutely fantastic!!!! ### 5/5 — It’s so good but, 480? *2026-03-25, version 2.5.13* I love this app to bits, I’ve had it for the better part of a decade and it hasn’t disappointed me much. The only big turn away is the artwork limit of 480. I don’t see why a limit was necessary. ### 5/5 — Nice dude *2026-02-24, version 2.5.13* Me likey ### 5/5 — Pretty Great *2026-02-10, version 2.5.13* simple and i used this for years ### 4/5 — Lag *2026-02-03, version 2.5.13* There is a problem with 8bit painter that wasn’t there before because now size 128 and 160 and 192 now lag a lot when moving and zooming it when it didn’t do it before so can you please fix it ### 5/5 — シンプルで使いやすいd(￣ ￣) *2026-01-22* ▷ドット絵を描くのに必要な最低限の機能が備わっていて、UIもシンプルなので、ごちゃごちゃせず使い方に困ったりしません。 自分の感覚では、動作も滑らかで拡大しながらの作業もしやすいので、助かっています。 嗜み程度に絵を描く人ならこのアプリで全然十分すぎるくらいです。 他にも、描いた絵のダウンロードなども簡単で初心者には非常におすすめです。 ▷ただ作成できる最大の大きさが192x192で、直線や円を描いたりするツールがないので、人によっては使いづらいかもしれない。 また、アプリ内で保存できる画像の量を増やす場合と、描いたものをダウンロードしたりする際に広告を挟まなくてはいけないのがネック。 （これに関しては無料のアプリなので致し方ないところがある。） ### 5/5 — one star - i dont like it *2026-01-15, version 2.5.13* the app crashed when i tried to import an image ;-; ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It is okay but すし *2026-06-30, version 2.7.1* I don’t like paying for it. Seriously $300 each week?!? I definitely don’t like paying for that… ### 1/5 — Color picker bug *2026-06-06, version 2.6.1* Color picker keeps failing to load. Makes the app unusable ### 1/5 — 色の作成がやりにくくなった *2026-06-05* アップデートで色の作成方法が変更になりました。以前は同色の濃淡をスライドで変更出来たので、イラストの陰影をつけるのにとても重宝していたのですがなくなってしまい、スライドでいちいち３色組み合わせて色を出さなければならなくなり戸惑っています。スライダでは出てくる色もスペクトラムでは出てこないものがあったりと訳がわかりません。元の色ツールも残しておいて欲しかったです。 ### 1/5 — Inappropriate Ads *2026-01-20, version 2.5.13* Considering the fact that this app is made to look kid appropriate, I was pretty upset when I saw ads featuring bust women wearing nearly completely see-through tops,etc. Lime my young son really needs to see that 🤦‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Risky advertisements. *2025-10-27, version 2.5.12* The advertisements occasionally show the "your iPhone has been hacked" messages that most advertisements use to make you click on a link that actually gets your device hacked. ### 1/5 — 광고 망할….. *2025-05-26* 광고 말곤 다 재밌있어요. 근데 광고 때문에 자꾸 화가 나기도 해서, 광고만 없으면 최고의 아트가 될 것 같아용!!!!!! ㅎㅎ👍👍🏻👍🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 ### 1/5 — Too basic hate it *2024-12-07, version 2.5.12* I was trying to make a app icon and you can’t even make a custom canvas size there is not even a paint bucket just it’s bad there is no features at all ### 1/5 — Horrible “kids” ads!!!! *2024-05-16, version 2.5.11* I downloaded this app seeing that it was rated ages 4+. I am well aware that ads were involved, but there was a Mario with a hanging rope, marvelous butterfly with an Illuminati sign, peppa pig with a knife. HORRIBLE! ### 1/5 — Data tracking! No thanks *2024-01-25, version 2.5.9* Why does a pixel art app need to data harvest!? I'm moving to PIXQUARE where they focus on pixel art - and NOT using the app to harvest information. ### 1/5 — Buggy *2023-11-21, version 2.5.6* It’s started making a weird repetitive noise. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cute… *2026-09-05, version 2.7.2* Such a cute app I love it, so sweet ### 5/5 — ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ *2026-08-22, version 2.7.2* Best pixel art app ever💯 ### 5/5 — Best. Game. EVER *2026-08-17, version 2.7.2* I love this and if I had to pick one game out of my millions I choose this. ### 5/5 — Samuel *2026-07-20, version 2.7.2* Fellhauers ### 5/5 — Peak *2026-07-14, version 2.7.2* Peak ### 5/5 — アプデ2.7.1、現行にして過去最高のバージョンです！！ *2026-06-26* 一年半ほどこのアプリを利用させていただいています。 特筆すべきはカラーピッカーですね。最高です。これを呼んでいるあなた、使えばわかるよ。 もしよければ、ユーザー間での作品の見せ合いや、ユーザーとディベロッパー様が直接繋がれるような、ディスコードサーバーなどの、交流ができる場を作ってもらえたらすごく嬉しいです！！(良ければぜひ!) ### 5/5 — 아주 편리해서 좋아요!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *2026-05-30* 선을 지울 수 있어 아주 편리요. 정말 이 앱 짱이예요!!!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Such a cute app! *2026-05-26, version 2.5.13* Perfect for creating pixel art! ### 5/5 — Aesthetic *2026-05-25, version 2.5.13* Very calming, also used for Lofi. 🎀 ### 5/5 — More slots and varying sized brushes please *2026-05-19, version 2.5.13* I really do love the game. It would be awesome if we could get more than 480 slots. Even if that means paying an additional top up. If would also be awesome if you could add smaller brushes than he pixel size so there could be pixels in pixels for more detail. Say 1/4 size and up. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*