New Pixels vs Tabby from KUNAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
New Pixels
Explore a unique pixel art creation experience using basic shapes and colors. Craft your own miniature worlds and share them with a community gallery or friends. This app offers a creative outlet inspired by renowned artists.
- Unique pixel art creation
- Basic shapes and colors
- World building
- Share art with friends
- Cloud gallery submission
- Inspired by artists
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Love pixel art? This is a new form of pixel art you gotta check out. Using basic shapes and colors and a sprinkle of imagination, a little world is swirling under your fingertips. Share your art with friends or post it to our cloud gallery, we'd love to stumble upon your little world of new pixels :) Quotes from our favorite artists: "Using #newpixelsapp is my self care." - Ken Wong, lead designer of mobile game Monument Valley & Florence. "New Pixels puts me in such a fun state. Different than doodling... though oddly similar. Like solving a tough puzzle and not knowing where I'm going at the same time." - Bob Flynn, cartoonist & character designer. (We follow CC BY-SA Copyright License for user uploaded artwork)
Tabby from KUNAI
Step into the role of a robot protagonist from an upcoming game. Explore a world where robots roam free after a catastrophic event wiped out most of humanity. Transform your iOS device into the main character and experience a unique interactive narrative.
- Robot protagonist role-play
- Post-apocalyptic world exploration
- Interactive narrative
- iOS device integration
- Upcoming game tie-in
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A traumatic event has shaken the balance of the world. Human life has mostly been wiped out. Robots roam free across earth. You are one of them. Turn your iOS device into the main protagonist from the upcoming game by TurtleBlaze: KUNAI!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tabby from KUNAI at Free against New Pixels's $3.99. Tabby from KUNAI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). New Pixels's advantage is ratings volume (415 vs 5). On update cadence, 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
Tabby from KUNAI is free to download; New Pixels costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tabby from KUNAI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: New Pixels has 415 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
New Pixels ships an update every 2 weeks, Tabby from KUNAI every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | New Pixels | Tabby from KUNAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (415 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 415 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 丽 张 | TurtleBlaze |
Customer experience
New Pixels
Tabby from KUNAI
Bugs and requests
New Pixels
Reported bugs
11 issues- Canvas erased when changing size
- Upload/server functionality broken since server downtime
- App crashes when changing language settings
- iPad version stuck in foreign language
- Login authentication failing with correct credentials
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- Account creation button hidden behind keyboard
- Export to Photos not working (only Dropbox works)
- Top menu buttons inaccessible (grid size, grid lines)
- Image quality becomes fuzzy/has JPEG artifacts when saved
- Shapes not aligning properly
- Keyboard not dismissing after signup on iPad
Requested features
17 requests- Dark mode
- Larger canvas size options beyond 18x18
- Ability to lock selected shapes to avoid reselection
- Extended undo/redo history (multiple steps)
- More color combinations and wider color palette
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- Symmetry tool
- Shape rotation capability
- Landscape mode support
- PNG and SVG export support
- Color wheel for precise color selection
- Multi-finger undo/redo gestures (like Procreate)
- Artist follow/gallery features
- Ability to expand canvas without losing work
- Copy and paste functionality
- More shape variety
- Ability to drag elements
- Account recovery/forgot password feature
Tabby from KUNAI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
New Pixels
No in-app purchases
Tabby from KUNAI
No in-app purchases
Questions
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