New Pixels vs hPlayer
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)
hPlayer
A versatile media player that supports numerous video and audio formats without transcoding. Easily import files via WiFi or iTunes, manage them with folder support, and enjoy playback with intuitive gesture controls. It also includes document viewing capabilities.
- Supports many video formats
- WiFi file import
- iTunes file import
- Folder management
- Gesture controls for playback
- Plays audio files
- Views documents (PDF, Word, Excel)
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This is a simple interface, powerful universal video player, you can download computer videos, animation, movies and other media files in any format through WiFi to hPlayer for broadcast. * Support many video formats without transcoding * Support sliding fast forward * Support locking screen in play mode * Support folder to manage files * Support for importing files through Wifi * Support for importing files through iTunes * Some formats support hardware decoding * Support videos playing on TV through DLNA * Support to play audio files. * Support to view images by image browser. * Import or open files form other applications. [Document Management] - Delete, move, rename, create folders - Supporting WiFi transmission, transferring files without connecting data lines - Support iTunes import function [Gesture Function] - Horizontal slide: adjust play position - Vertical sliding on the left side of the screen: adjust the volume - Vertical sliding on the right side of the screen: adjusting brightness - Double-click: play/pause [Other functions] - Browse PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other documents More features are under development, if you have any comments or ideas, please welcome harassment: chedahuang@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: New Pixels at 4.7 against hPlayer's 3.9. New Pixels also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 66%) and ratings volume (415 vs 69). hPlayer's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On update cadence, ads, 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
New Pixels costs $3.99 and hPlayer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
New Pixels holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: New Pixels has 415 ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of New Pixels's written reviews are positive against 66% of hPlayer's.
New Pixels ships an update every 2 weeks, hPlayer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | New Pixels | hPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (415 ratings) — better | 3.9 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.6% of reviews — better | 65.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 415 — better | 69 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丽 张 | 成达 黄 |
Customer experience
New Pixels
hPlayer
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
hPlayer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
New Pixels
No in-app purchases
hPlayer
No in-app purchases
