Comparison

Sprite Creator vs Sprite Catalog

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

Head to head
About

Sprite Creator

Create pixel art for games or personal projects with this powerful yet easy-to-use drawing app. It supports sprite sheets, tile maps, and animated GIFs, with robust tools for editing, importing, and exporting your creations.

Highlights
  • Layer editing tools
  • Animation frame tools with onion skinning
  • Export to PNG, GIF, JPG, sprite sheets, and tile maps
  • Import sprite sheets, tile maps, and animated GIFs
  • Selection and transformation tools
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Up-scaling tool
Features
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Sprite Creator is a very powerful and easy to use pixel art drawing app. Create and import sprite sheets, tile maps, or even animated gifs. This app has been designed to be a simple and powerful tool for creating pixel art for games or for fun. Layer Editing Tools - Alpha sliders - Hide option to ignore layer - Copy - Merge down Animation Frame Tools - Onion skin - Onion skin alpha sliders - Live auto looping preview - Copy Exporting Features - png, gif, or jpg - Animated gifs - Sprite sheets and tile maps with full control over number of rows, columns, margin, and spacing - Single image series - Set Background Color (allows you to pick a specific background color for exporting) - Up scaling tool (increase the image size while keeping that pixel look) Importing Features - Import sprite sheets and tile maps and slice it into editable frames by setting width, height, margin and spacing. - Import animated gifs - Import png, gif, and jpg right from your camera roll Selection Options - Move - Flip - Rotate 90 degrees - Copy (copies a selected area for the selected layer) - Copy All (copies a selected area for all layers) - Paste (pastes whatever you have copied on a layer or even a new project's layer) Background options - Checkered - Color - Image Grid Options - On/Off Other Features - Save/Load right in the app - Create your own customized color palette with unlimited colors - RGBA and HSBA color sliders to find the perfect color - Create a new project at any size you want - Edit project size after creating it - Optional inspiration view (floating image from your camera roll for inspiration) - Tap and hold to load an image from your camera roll - Drag to move - Double tap to resize - Preview window to see your pixel art at a small size - Multiple brush sizes - Line, Square and Circle drawing tool - Hand Tool to make it easier to zoom and pan your canvas For more updates and to see Sprite Creator in action check out our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/spritecreator/

About

Sprite Catalog

Access a vast library of over 3,000 pixel art sprites and fonts for game development. Easily browse, filter, recolor, and export assets for your projects. Import your own art and keep it synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Thousands of pixel art sprites
  • Organized collections
  • Pixel fonts
  • Premade color palettes
  • Drag-and-drop export
  • Recolor sprites
  • Import and sync own art
Features
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Thousands of pixel-art sprites and pixel fonts, ready for your next game. Sprite Catalog is a library of more than 3,000 hand-picked sprites, organized into collections like Food, Tiles, Artwork, and Treasure. Prototype a game, fill out a level, or just find inspiration — then drag the sprites you like straight into your project. Browse • More than 3,000 sprites across dozens of collections • Filter by collection to find just the right asset • Pixel fonts shown as full alphabets, not just a thumbnail, ready to install • A library of premade color palettes • License information for every asset, so you know how you can use it Use • Drag any sprite out as a PNG, or save and share it • Recolor sprites quickly to match your game's palette • Save favorites to My Collection • Open any sprite in Sprite Pencil with one tap to keep editing • Send sprites as stickers right from Messages Bring Your Own • Import your own pixel art and keep it synced across your devices with iCloud • Cut a spritesheet into individual sprites by size and spacing • Cut spritesheets automatically with Shortcuts

Screenshots

Sprite Creator4 screens
Sprite Catalog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sprite Catalog at Free against Sprite Creator's $3.99. Sprite Catalog also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Sprite Creator's advantage is chart position (#97 vs unranked) and ratings volume (332 vs 41). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Sprite Catalog is free to download; Sprite Creator costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sprite Catalog holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprite Creator has 332 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Sprite Creator's written reviews are positive against 85% of Sprite Catalog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, Sprite Catalog fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Sprite Creator versus Sprite Catalog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprite CreatorSprite Catalog
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (332 ratings)4.8 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings332 — better41
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#97 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSkyler Lauren256 Arts

Customer experience

Sprite Creator

All ratings332 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.3%

Sprite Catalog

All ratings41 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

Bugs and requests

Sprite Creator

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App crashes when exporting files
  • App crashes when saving progress
  • App crashes when opening certain projects
  • Colors disappearing randomly
  • Red pixels appearing unexpectedly
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  • Zoom glitches and distortion
  • Freezing when pressing home button
  • Layers deleting unexpectedly
  • Image import deletes all frames
  • Cannot animate properly
  • Selection box doesn't allow moving without duplication
  • Hand/move tool not functioning
  • Onion skin causes grid to disappear
  • Background color not staying in place
  • Files won't open after updates
  • Export doesn't maintain transparency
  • White background instead of transparent on import/export
  • Accidental pixel drawing during pan/zoom
  • Palette colors not saving between sessions

Requested features

20 requests
  • Text tool for adding text to sprites
  • Ability to export more than 4 frames at once
  • Resize/scale tool for content on layers
  • Flip and rotate tools for selections
  • Static layer that doesn't animate
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  • Darken and lighten tools
  • Screen rotation support
  • Dithered gradients and outline edges
  • Redo button functionality
  • Copy and paste improvements
  • Auto-reverse animation layers
  • Palette import/save functionality
  • Color select tool for recoloring
  • Better file organization with folders
  • Transparency background support
  • True-size preview option
  • Hand/cursor tool for navigation
  • Cut option alongside copy/paste
  • In-app tutorial or guide
  • Apple Pencil support

Sprite Catalog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sprite Creator

No in-app purchases

None

Sprite Catalog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sprite Creator free?
Sprite Creator costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sprite Catalog free?
Sprite Catalog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sprite Creator or Sprite Catalog?
Sprite Catalog is rated higher. Sprite Creator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 332 ratings, while Sprite Catalog averages 4.8 from 41 ratings.
Do Sprite Creator or Sprite Catalog have ads?
Neither Sprite Creator nor Sprite Catalog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sprite Creator or Sprite Catalog?
Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, and Sprite Catalog fortnightly. Most recently, Sprite Creator was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sprite Catalog on November 3, 2026.

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