# Pixquare - Pixel Art Studio — #1 pixel art editor

> Advanced pixel art editor for creating game assets and animations. (iPhone/iPad app by Son Nguyen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixquare-pixel-art-studio/id1659428179 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Son Nguyen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1255742954)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 3,031 App Store ratings · 661 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 61 MB
- Languages: Korean, Dutch, German (Germany), European Spanish, American English, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) and 4 more
- Released: 2023-06-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixquare-pixel-art-studio/id1659428179/reviews.md

## What is Pixquare?

Pixquare is the #1 pixel art editor, recommended by top pixel artists, game developers, and creators worldwide! Whether you're a beginner or a pro, its simple interface and rich toolset make pixel art creation easy and fun!

Download now to create game assets, animate, or simply doodle pixel art! With feedback from thousands of artists, Pixquare is designed for your best pixel art experience ever!

• HIGHLIGHTS:
  - Support both iPads & iPhones
  - Highly customizable and intuitive UI with left-hand mode available 
  - RGB and Indexed mode
  - Tileset/Tilemap system
  - Timelapse recording
  - Apple Pencil support: gestures, sensitivity, touch rejection 
  - Manual & auto-save modes
  - Shortcut options: keyboard, gesture pad, joystick
  - Custom themes 

• VERSATILE TOOLS:
  - Brush: spray, pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, contour, dithering, custom brush, jumble, blur
  - Eraser: pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, dithering
  - Move: transformation and snapping supported
  - Line: straight & curve mode, perfect angle
  - Shape: ellipse & rectangle mode, filled, perfect ratio
  - Selection: 5 types & 5 modes
  - Color: solid/gradient fill, contiguous/non-contiguous, and more
  - Color picker: 4 modes (HSV, HSL, Wheel, RGB), history, drag-to-fill
  - All tools offer shading
  - Additional tools:
    + Color replace
    + Color adjustment
    + Outline
    + Text with font import capability
    +  Custom object

• LAYER/TIMELINE PANEL:
  - Optimized for animation & organized layers
  - Multi-selection, layer grouping, frame tagging, and bulk operations
  - Visibility and editing-lock toggle
  - Supports reference layers
  - Frame duration and cel opacity
  - Linked cells, onion skin, and clipping mask

• ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
  - Symmetry tool with unlimited axes
  - Reference images
  - Color palette: save/load from Lospec, import/export, color gradient generator
  - Blending modes, alpha lock
  - Preview with a separate animation loop
  - Canvas rotation, Finder-like file system
  - Guideline

• FILE IMPORT/EXPORT:
  - Aseprite file compatibility (importing & exporting)
  - GIF importing with all frames
  - PNG, GIF, MOV, Sprite sheet export options (layers, frames, size, and animation)
  - Import Photos and files as reference layers and images

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WHY ARTISTS LOVE PIXQUARE?

"Genuinely the best pixel art app for the iPad that I would recommend anyone to get!" - Jon Davies, Pixel Artist on Super House of Dead Ninjas, Binding of Isaac.

"Pixquare has more than meets the eye. A seemingly simple interface that has the intuitive control you look for. The gesture pad is comparable to a desktop keypad." - Michael, Pixel Artist, Author of Pixel Logic book

"I've been sharing it with basically everyone I know with an iPad because I think it's one of the best software out there for creating pixels on the iPad." - CupOhJoe, Game Developer

"This is one fine app to pixel on the iPad! You can tell there's a lot of love for the craft poured in here" - Ota Jaider, Pixel Artist

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• SCREENSHOT ARTWORK AUTHORS：
- FICO (@FicoPx)
- Tofu (@tofupixel.bsky.social)
- Mossy (@MossyPixe)
- chili (@ryviolie)
- Lesma (@pixe_lesma)
- ue_voxel (@UeVoxel)
- TransientCode (@TransientCode)
- 08games (@the08games)
- Rinspirit_art(@rinspiritart.bsky.social)
- natalie (@cafeaunat)

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SUPPORT:
User guide: https://docs.pixquare.art
Email: info@pixquare.art
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixquare_app
Website: https://www.pixquare.art/

NO SUBSCRIPTION. BUY ONCE AND ENJOY FREE UPDATES FOREVER!

## Key features

- Intuitive and customizable UI
- RGB and Indexed color modes
- Tileset/Tilemap system
- Timelapse recording
- Apple Pencil support
- Animation timeline panel
- Aseprite file compatibility

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life-time full access | $19.99 | one-time |
| Buy me a coffee | $1.99 | one-time |
| Full access for iPhones | $7.99 | one-time |
| Life-time full access | $19.99 | one-time |
| Life-time full access | $12.99 | one-time |
| Life-time full access | $9.99 | one-time |
| Life-time full access | $24.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Pixquare?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
- 👍 Highly customizable UI
- 👍 Thriving community and responsive developer
- 🚀 Smooth workflow with shortcuts and tools
- 👍 Seamless integration with Aseprite
- 👍 Affordable one-time purchase
- 👍 Frequent updates and feature additions
- 👍 Cozy and uplifting in-app messages

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Unintuitive layer and frame management
- 🔍 Limited file/project handling in free version

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Duplicate layers that cannot be removed
- Drawn content disappearing from layers
- Lack of save functionality

**Most requested features**

- Ability to merge layers
- Option to customize imported palette colors
- Radial symmetry tool
- Polyline tool
- Separate layer and timeline sections
- Brush stabilizer
- Ability to rotate symmetry lines
- Higher canvas resolution

## Recent user reviews (10 of 661)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixquare-pixel-art-studio/id1659428179/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Wonderful app!

*2026-08-26, version 2.71.0*

There are NO ADS while using this app, be it in the free or paid version! 
Even in the free version there’s a lot of useful features, the UI is simple and intuitive, it really reminds me of the old IbisPaint. 
I’ve been using pixquare for a few monts now, and I finally decided to buy the full version some weeks ago, it’s really worth it! The theme customization is so cute too, I’m really just loving this app. I have no complaints LOL

### 5/5 — It's pretty good!

*2026-08-22, version 2.71.0*

I would recommend pixquare for people who just came here to make some fun pixel art!

### 5/5 — amazing one of the best drawing apps ever

*2026-08-21, version 2.71.0*

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### 5/5 — Amazing

*2026-08-19, version 2.70.1*

The fact that they add way to imported or move to asperit make it better now I can draw while I’m laying down on my bed without turning on my PC this is amazing app for pixel arrest and game dev like me

### 4/5 — Good

*2026-08-18, version 2.70.1*

Great but after 2 animations I need to pay to get more other than that great

### 4/5 — Idk

*2026-08-15, version 2.70.1*

I know it’s good but I can’t download cause my wife sucks lol.

### 5/5 — Good!!!!

*2026-08-12, version 2.70.0*

Using this to make a stardew valley mod, it’s perfect and has a ton of useful features :)) a bit hard to navigate at first but all art apps are like that

### 5/5 — 🤩🤩🤩

*2026-08-10, version 2.69.0*

I love Pixquare! I learnt about if from Viyaura on YouTube and it’s so amazing I love the style the colours and the best part? NO ADS!!! I also tried the demo ver of Pixquare colours and it was really good I love the idea!  this is truly an amazing app and I highly recommend 😚😊

Keep up the amazing effort!

### 4/5 — This is GREAT

*2026-08-10, version 2.69.0*

To the one who made the app,

This app is awesome, I get to draw what I want to draw, I’m currently making an Object show called: Pixel-O! I think you did a great job for this app. Keep up the improvement!

### 4/5 — 4 stars

*2026-08-08, version 2.69.0*

I love this app, but I wish you could make more files with the free version

## Frequently asked questions about Pixquare

### What can I create with Pixquare?

Pixquare allows you to create pixel art for various purposes, including game assets, animations, and digital illustrations. Its versatile toolset supports detailed artwork and complex animations with features like a timeline panel and onion skinning.

### What are the key features of Pixquare?

Key features include a highly customizable and intuitive UI with left-hand mode, support for both RGB and Indexed color modes, a tileset/tilemap system, timelapse recording, and full Apple Pencil support. It also offers advanced tools for brushes, selection, color manipulation, and a robust layer/timeline panel for animation.

### Is Pixquare free to use?

The application is free to download and use, offering a robust set of features for pixel art creation. It operates on a freemium model, with additional features and capabilities available through in-app purchases.

### What devices is Pixquare compatible with?

Pixquare is designed to work on both iPads and iPhones, ensuring a consistent and powerful pixel art creation experience across Apple mobile devices. It leverages device-specific features like Apple Pencil for enhanced control.

### Can I import and export files with Pixquare?

Yes, Pixquare offers extensive file compatibility. It supports importing and exporting Aseprite files, importing GIFs with all frames, and exporting to PNG, GIF, MOV, and sprite sheets. You can also import photos and files as reference layers.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.71.0 — 2026-08-19

Feature:
- Brand-new polygon tool with custom side count and corner radius, replacing the rectangle/ellipse tool.

Enhancements:
- Tilemap indices can be exported as JSON
- Added color replace, color adjustment, outline, AA, and liquify tools to gestures and keyboard shortcuts.
- A few minor fixes

### 2.70.1 — 2026-08-13

Enhancements:
- Stripe gradient tool
- Shading can add/remove arbitrary colors
- Added liquify tool boundary indicator
- Liquify tool now works with symmetry lines
- Enabled slider tool size adjustment on iPhones
- Squeeze actions trigger from gestures and shortcuts

Fixes:
- Significant memory leak
- Tileset cannot be exported due to special characters in the name
- Other minor fixes

### 2.70.0 — 2026-08-11

Enhancements:
- Stripe gradient tool
- Shading can add/remove arbitrary colors
- Added liquify tool boundary indicator
- Liquify tool now works with symmetry lines
- Enabled slider tool size adjustment on iPhones
- Squeeze actions trigger from gestures and shortcuts

Fixes:
- Significant memory leak
- Tileset cannot be exported due to special characters in the name
- Other minor fixes

### 2.69.0 — 2026-07-05

Features:
- Liquify tools: push, expand, and shrink
- Added Recently deleted folder
- New artwork from clipboard content

Enhancements:
- Added an option to remove duplicate tiles
- Tiled mode toggle-all action to gesture pad/joystick
- Added the little Dino to the theme system
- New frames are added together after the last selected frame instead of after each individual selected frame.
- Added an option to pin the layer property panel
- AA threshold for the text tool
- Some minor UI enhancements

Fixes:
- Fixed color adjustment/level adjustment not working on multiple layers with the same tileset
- Minor UI bugs

### 2.68.1 — 2026-06-20

- Fixed Dailies prompt doesn't load
- Some other minor UI enhancements/fixes

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All apps by Son Nguyen: https://appshunter.io/developer/1255742954

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