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 pixel art sprites for game development or artistic inspiration. Easily save, share, and import assets into other creative tools. Features include a quick recolor tool and the ability to cut sprite sheets.

Highlights
  • 3300+ Sprites
  • Exclusive sprites
  • Filter by categories
  • Quick recolor tool
  • Save and share sprites
  • Import to Sprite Pencil
  • Cut sprite sheets
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Sprite Catalog is a large collection of pixel art sprites that you can save or import into other drawing applications. Great for developing games with, or just using as inspiration! FEATURES: • 3300+ Sprites • Exclusive sprites • Filter by categories • Quick recolor tool • Save and share sprites • Import to Sprite Pencil with one tap • Cut sprite sheets • Install pixel fonts • View licence information • Send iMessage stickers

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 review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Sprite Creator's advantage is ratings volume (330 vs 36) and chart position (#78 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 330 ratings behind it against 36, 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 100% of Sprite Catalog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, Sprite Catalog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Sprite Creator versus Sprite Catalog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprite CreatorSprite Catalog
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (330 ratings)4.8 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings330 — better36
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#78 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSkyler Lauren256 Arts

Customer experience

Sprite Creator

All ratings330 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.3%

Sprite Catalog

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral8.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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 330 ratings, while Sprite Catalog averages 4.8 from 36 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 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sprite Creator was updated on September 22, 2026 and Sprite Catalog on September 17, 2026.

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