Comparison

Pixel Draw vs Pikunoki

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pixel Draw

Unleash your creativity by drawing pixel art, from childhood characters to dream creations. This app offers a simple, hassle-free interface for immediate drawing. Share your artwork with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Create pixel art
  • Minimalistic interface
  • Easy to use
  • Share artwork
  • Draw anything imaginable
Features
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Welcome to Pixel Draw — the simplest way to make pixel art on your iPhone and iPad. Whether you are just starting out or you have been making pixel art for years, Pixel Draw keeps things clean and fun. Start from a blueprint or open a blank canvas, then bring your idea to life one square at a time. FEATURES • Simple tools — pencil, eraser, fill, eyedropper, and a full color picker • 100+ blueprints — hearts, stars, animals, food, and more, sorted into easy, medium, and hard • Pinch to zoom and pan for precise work • Undo and redo anytime • Transparent background — export clean PNGs with no white box behind your art • Save to your gallery, share with friends, or save straight to Photos • Rename and duplicate your drawings • A calm, distraction-free design No accounts. No ads. No clutter. Just you and the canvas. Download Pixel Draw and start creating today.

About

Pikunoki

Create pixel art with a variety of tools, including basic pencils, erasers, and layers. Select colors from presets and utilize undo/redo functions. Optimized for iPad and Apple Pencil.

Highlights
  • Pixel painting
  • Layers support
  • Basic pencil and eraser tools
  • Color selection with presets
  • Undo and redo functionality
  • Optimized for Apple Pencil
Features
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Pikunoki is a pixel art creation app for iPhone and iPad. With simple, intuitive controls, you can draw pixel art, work with layers, and create animations. Pikunoki also supports Apple Pencil, making it especially comfortable to use on iPad. The app includes useful tools for pixel art creation, such as a pen, eraser, fill tool, move tool, rectangular selection tool, and eyedropper. Choose colors, stack layers, move parts of your artwork, and build detailed pixel illustrations one dot at a time. Pikunoki also supports frame-by-frame animation. You can add, duplicate, reorder, and delete frames, preview your animation, use onion skinning, adjust the frame duration, and export your animation as a GIF. You can import photos and images as new pixel art layers, and share your finished artwork as a PNG image. Pikunoki is designed for anyone who wants to enjoy drawing pixel art, from quick sketches to more detailed layered artwork and animations. If you have feedback or feature requests, feel free to contact us through a review or by email. Email: pikunoki@koukilab.com

Screenshots

Pixel Draw4 screens
Pikunoki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pikunoki at 100% against Pixel Draw's 36%. Pixel Draw's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pikunoki sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pixel Draw asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Draw ships an update every 2 months, Pikunoki every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pixel Draw versus Pikunoki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel DrawPikunoki
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBahtiyar PolatKouki Saito

Customer experience

Pixel Draw

Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral18.2%
Negative45.5%

Pikunoki

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Draw

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pikunoki

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro yearly$16.991 Year

Questions

Is Pixel Draw free?
Pixel Draw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pikunoki free?
Pikunoki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixel Draw or Pikunoki have ads?
Neither Pixel Draw nor Pikunoki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Draw or Pikunoki?
Pixel Draw ships an update every 2 months, and Pikunoki every 18 months. Most recently, Pixel Draw was updated on August 24, 2026 and Pikunoki on August 21, 2026.

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