# Sprite Creator vs ToonSquid

The clearest difference is price: Sprite Creator at $3.99 against ToonSquid's $9.99. Sprite Creator also leads on chart position (#86 vs unranked). ToonSquid's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 332). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Sprite Creator costs $3.99 and ToonSquid $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Sprite Creator against 4.6 for ToonSquid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 332 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Sprite Creator's written reviews are positive against 89% of ToonSquid's.

Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, ToonSquid every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Sprite Creator | ToonSquid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **$3.99** | $9.99 |
| Rating | [4.6 (332 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sprite-creator/id1078225966/reviews) | **[4.6 (1.3K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toonsquid/id1573778812/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 332 | **1.3K** |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | **88.6% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | **Every 2 weeks** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Paid |
| Best chart rank | **#86** | — |
| Size | 6 MB | 48 MB |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | **15.0** |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad** | iPad |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Skyler Lauren](https://appshunter.io/developer/889907116) | [Keiwan Donyagard](https://appshunter.io/developer/1166607047) |

## What reviewers say

### Sprite Creator

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sprite-creator/id1078225966)

**Currently charting:** #86 Top Paid · Graphics & Design (US App Store)

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:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 🎨 Great for pixel art and sprite creation
- ⚡ Quick to learn for beginners
- 🎬 Excellent animation features
- 📁 Layer system for organized editing

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Poor scrolling and zooming functionality
- ❌ Onion skin feature doesn't work as expected
- 📤 Export functionality problematic
- 🎨 Limited color palette options

**Reported bugs**

- App crashes when exporting files
- App crashes when saving progress
- App crashes when opening certain projects
- Colors disappearing randomly
- Red pixels appearing unexpectedly

**Requested features**

- 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


### ToonSquid

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toonsquid/id1573778812)

This app is a powerful 2D art and animation studio for iPad. It combines traditional frame-by-frame animation with keyframing for layer properties. Features include customizable brushes, vector shapes, animatable effects, and a flexible layer system for bringing creative visions to life.

**Highlights:** Traditional frame-by-frame animation, Keyframe animation for layer properties, Flexible layer system with groups and masks, Customizable brush engine with Apple Pencil support, Vector shapes with SVG import, Animatable effects and bone rigging with IK, Symbol workflow for reusable animation clips

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 AMAZING APP!!!
- 🚀 This is an absolute LIFESAVER
- 👍 Super solid animation App!
- 👍 Great app just one suggestion
- 👍 Absolutely Amazing App

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 AMAZING APP!!! One recommendation tho.
- 🐛 Snapping
- 🐛 Crashes
- 🐛 Keyframing doesn't work
- 🐛 Randomly ill get a warning that i have low memory

**Reported bugs**

- Keyframing doesn't work
- Randomly ill get a warning that i have low memory
- The lasso tool thing isnt working for me
- Bug
- Whenever I use the fill bucket tool my app will randomly crash sometimes

**Requested features**

- Custom graphs
- Bevel Shading
- Drawing to drawing transform
- Record Audio
- Extract audio from video


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Sprite Creator free?

Sprite Creator costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is ToonSquid free?

ToonSquid costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Sprite Creator or ToonSquid?

ToonSquid is rated higher. Sprite Creator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 332 ratings, while ToonSquid averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.

### Do Sprite Creator or ToonSquid have ads?

Neither Sprite Creator nor ToonSquid shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Sprite Creator or ToonSquid?

Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, and ToonSquid every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sprite Creator was updated on October 26, 2026 and ToonSquid on October 27, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*