Swift Pixels vs PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swift Pixels
Create pixel art with a unique color palette and diverse rendering options. Save your creations as PNGs with transparency or high-resolution images to share. Import photos from your library or camera to use as a base for your designs.
- Unique color palette with universal categories
- Render pixels as squares, 3D boxes, beads, towels, or hexels
- Save images as PNG with transparency
- High-resolution export and sharing
- Import photos from library or camera
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Simple and easy to use drawing application to create pixel art. Features: * Unique color palette based on universal color categories. Each color category expands a continuous gamut for that color. * Render pixels as simple squares, 3D boxes, beads, a towel, or as hexagons (hexels). * Save small images as PNG images with transparency (alpha/mask), or save them in hi-res and share them with the world :) * Load and import pictures from your Photo Library, or directly take a picture from your camera.
PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio
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PixelMode is a pixel art studio for iPhone and iPad. Draw sprites, tiles and animations with tools made for hard pixels, then export them for your game. Use AI tools to generate pixel art and speed up your creative process! DRAW • Pencil, eraser, line, shapes, fill, gradients and dithering built for crisp pixels • Layers, groups, masks and blend modes • Indexed and RGBA color with palettes, ramps and color cycling • Pixel grid, symmetry, tiled preview and guides • Apple Pencil and touch, left- or right-handed ANIMATE • Frame timeline with onion skinning and tags • Eight-direction animation setup • Export animated GIF and PNG AI THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE • Text to Item: describe an item and get four pixel-art sprites or tiles to choose from • Image to Image: repaint your current art while keeping its composition • Results arrive as editable layers on your canvas, never flattened images • Runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Your prompts and artwork are never uploaded • Requires iOS 26 and a one-time 1.2 GB download EXPORT • PNG, sprite sheets, GIF, animated PNG • Aseprite (.aseprite) and PixelMode project files • Share straight to Files, Photos and other apps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio at Free against Swift Pixels's $1.99. PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Swift Pixels's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio is free to download; Swift Pixels costs $1.99 up front. PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swift Pixels asks for nothing beyond the download.
PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swift Pixels has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Swift Pixels | PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Gavilan | White Bread Games |
In-app purchases
Swift Pixels
No in-app purchases
PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio
- PixelMode Lifetime Unlock$12.99
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