Comparison

Sprite Creator vs Knithub App

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

Knithub App

Features
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Knithub is a colorwork chart designer for knitters. Design your chart stitch by stitch on an intuitive pixel grid, with as many colours as your pattern needs. Zoom, pan and paint directly on the canvas, the editor is built for a phone screen, not squeezed onto one. See it before you knit it Preview any chart on real knitwear (a sweater, a beanie, mittens or socks) and see how your colorwork will actually sit on the garment before you cast on. Start from a photo Turn a photo into a starting chart. Pick an image, choose how many colours to reduce it to, and the app builds the grid for you to refine. Share with the community Publish your charts so other knitters can discover them, or keep them private while you work. Browse what other people are making, follow designers whose work you like, comment, and gather charts into collections for later. Knit from your chart Follow along row by row in knitting mode, with the current row highlighted and the rest dimmed, so you never lose your place mid-round. Knithub is available in 12 languages: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Knithub is free to use. Knithub Pro is an optional subscription, monthly or yearly, that adds unlimited charts and previews, knitting mode on any chart, duplicating any chart, PDF export and every chart editor feature. An account is needed to create and save charts; browsing published charts is open to everyone. Terms of Use: https://knithub.nl/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://knithub.nl/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Sprite Creator4 screens
Knithub App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Knithub App at Free against Sprite Creator's $3.99. Knithub App also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Sprite Creator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#84 vs unranked). On ads 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

Knithub App is free to download; Sprite Creator costs $3.99 up front. Knithub App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sprite Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, Knithub App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Sprite Creator versus Knithub App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprite CreatorKnithub App
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (332 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings332 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#84 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSkyler LaurenSeher Merve Ilgun

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

Knithub App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sprite Creator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Knithub App

Subscriptions2
  • Knithub Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Knithub Pro Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Sprite Creator free?
Sprite Creator costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knithub App free?
Knithub App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sprite Creator or Knithub App have ads?
Neither Sprite Creator nor Knithub App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sprite Creator or Knithub App?
Sprite Creator ships an update every 5 weeks, and Knithub App weekly. Most recently, Sprite Creator was updated on October 26, 2026 and Knithub App on October 25, 2026.

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