Comparison

Design Mirror vs Draw Pixel Painting

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

Head to head
About

Design Mirror

This utility app mirrors your design software on a mobile device for real-time previews. It supports Photoshop, Sketch, and Adobe XD, connecting via Wi-Fi or USB. Designers can zoom, take screenshots, and even upload images back to their desktop.

Highlights
  • Supports Photoshop, Sketch, and Adobe XD
  • Auto-detects devices on the same Wi-Fi
  • USB cable connection support
  • Preview on PC web browser
  • Pinch to zoom on device
  • Upload images from mobile to desktop
Features
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Design Mirror is an app that connect your Photoshop/illustrator/Sketch/XD/Figma/Mastergo/Jsdesign and live show the images your currently opened. It auto detect your design tools within same wifi network or using usb cable. It's extremely useful for designers and product makers to preview art design on real mobile device. features: 0. support Photoshop, Adobe illustrator, Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, Mastergo, Jsdesign 1. auto device detection in same wifi network 2. usb cable connect support 3. preview in pc web browser 4. run on win/mac os 5. pinch to zoom in/out your image on device 6. take screenshot and histories 7. upload image from mobile device to Photoshop/Sketch

About

Draw Pixel Painting

Create pixel art with a comprehensive set of tools for drawing, filling, and editing. Supports layers, selections, and animation export. Automatically saves your work to prevent data loss.

Highlights
  • Brush, fill, and erase tools
  • Layer management
  • Selection and transformation tools
  • Animation creation with keyframes
  • GIF export
  • Automatic background saving
Features
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The interface is simple, providing basic functions such as brush, filling, erasing, and color picking, and supports undo and redo; The pen can draw straight lines, rectangles (can be forced to be square), ellipses (can be forced to be round) and regular polygons; Various operations on the canvas support sliding operations directly on the canvas, or [press mode] operations; The filling function can discontinuously replace colors; Supports flipping and rotating the canvas left and right; Support canvas size change, when changing, you can specify the direction of increase or decrease; Support real-time preview function; Color supports transparent channel, supports palette-related operations, and supports RGB and HSV modes for selecting colors; Support layer related operations: New layer; Copy layer Layer exchange level; Layer chain Layer naming; Layer modification transparency; Layer merging (the merging operation of invisible layers is equivalent to deleting layers, so only visible layers can be merged) includes upward merging, downward merging, all merging, and chain merging; Delete the layer. Support selection function: In the selection mode, you can select the area; The frame selection tool is used to directly select or increase or decrease the rectangular area; The magic wand tool is used to directly select or increase or decrease adjacent areas of the same color; After selecting an area, you can move the selection, or copy or cut the content of the selection to a new layer. Support animation function: (1). You can edit the animation by adding key frames on the timeline; (2). Currently, it supports displaying and hiding key attributes and displacement key attributes, and supports popular easing interpolation effects between displacement key frames; (3). Support exporting your work as gif animation. Please note that the gif format does not support translucency, and one pixel can only be completely transparent or completely opaque. Support block function: (1). You can save the entire document or a selection as a block; (2). The block can be pasted into your current creation, and a new layer will be automatically created for the block; (3). The picture block list is arranged in reverse order, so that the newly added picture blocks are the easiest to use. Support opening the pixel art in the album and the pixel art shared from other applications, and support the resolution of the pixel art into the smallest pixel block; When there is unsaved document content, the document can be automatically saved in the background to prevent the loss of creative content; The built-in document module can be saved as a document (as a document), and the operation can be continued next time when it is closed. It can be saved to an album or sent to other applications. Suggestions or comments are welcome to add QQ group 1018390234 Or send an email to the developer 758420631@qq.com

Screenshots

Design Mirror3 screens
Draw Pixel Painting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Draw Pixel Painting at 100% against Design Mirror's 29%. Draw Pixel Painting also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). Design Mirror's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Design Mirror ships an update every 2 months, Draw Pixel Painting monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Design Mirror versus Draw Pixel Painting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign MirrorDraw Pixel Painting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB19 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBeijing Lingdong Wireless Network Technology Co., Ltd.秉博 王

Customer experience

Design Mirror

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

Draw Pixel Painting

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Design Mirror

No in-app purchases

None

Draw Pixel Painting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Design Mirror free?
Design Mirror is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draw Pixel Painting free?
Draw Pixel Painting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Design Mirror or Draw Pixel Painting have ads?
Draw Pixel Painting shows ads; Design Mirror does not.
Which is updated more often, Design Mirror or Draw Pixel Painting?
Design Mirror ships an update every 2 months, and Draw Pixel Painting monthly. Most recently, Design Mirror was updated on September 10, 2026 and Draw Pixel Painting on September 12, 2026.

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