Pixel Paint vs DitherProg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Paint
Create 8-bit pixel art with a retro camera and powerful editing tools. Capture photos in vintage styles, customize color palettes, and import images with advanced dithering. Sync your creations across devices with iCloud.
- Retro camera modes
- Customizable color palettes
- Photo import with dithering
- Image editor
- iCloud sync
- Indexed color support
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Brought to you by the creator of C64 Paint, Pixel Paint is THE 8-bit paint program for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Shoot photos in retro game system camera modes, draw pixels with colors compatible with home computers, customize your color palette, or import photos with state-of-the-art dithering and adaptive color palettes. Supports iCloud sync across all of your devices. Features: - Camera with 4 retro modes and brightness/contrast controls. - Import Photos: select from 5 different color palettes and 4 dithering modes. - Image Editor. - iCloud sync. Image Editor features: - Create images up to 256 x 256 pixels in size. - Indexed color with up to 16 colors. - Customizable color palette. - RGBA, HSB, and Swatch color pickers. - Copy/Paste colors. - Selection tool with ability to cut, copy, paste, move, and fill. - Hand tool for pan and zoom. - Brush tool with selectable brush size. - Supports two-finger pan and zoom. - Bucket Fill. Unlock the app to: - Save more than 5 images in the Gallery. - Import photos. - Export all images as PNG files inside a Zip file. - Backup and restore all images. BRK BRK BRK
DitherProg
This application allows users to apply nostalgic dithering effects to images. It offers various tone depths and dithering algorithms, including Bayer, Halftone, Spiral, Floyd-Steinberg, and Jarvis, Judice & Ninke. Processed images can be saved in PNG format.
- Nostalgic dithering effects
- Multiple tone depths
- Various dithering algorithms (Bayer, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.)
- Save as PNG
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This is an application for nostalgic dithering. Tone Depth: - [ 0, 255 ] - [ 0, 128, 255 ] - [ 0, 64, 128, 192, 255 ] Dithering Type： - 2x2, Bayer - 4x4, Bayer - 4x4, Halftone - 4x4, Spiral (Type 1) - 4x4, Spiral (Type 2) - Floyd-Steinberg - Jarvis, Judice & Ninke Save format: - PNG
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DitherProg at 3.8 against Pixel Paint's 3.1. DitherProg also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Pixel Paint's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DitherProg asks for nothing beyond the download.
DitherProg holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Paint has 77 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Pixel Paint's written reviews are positive against 50% of DitherProg's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Paint | DitherProg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (77 ratings) | 3.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felt Tip Inc. | Itoh Tomoaki |
Customer experience
Pixel Paint
DitherProg
Bugs and requests
Pixel Paint
Reported bugs
5 issues- Color changes on canvas
- Camera rotated on iPad
- App crashes on save
- App won't open photo/new project
- Background is black after import
Requested features
18 requests- Add extra color slots/folders
- Video to pixel format conversion
- Ability to type exact hex codes
- Flipbook animation feature
- Transparency support
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- Save custom color palettes
- Import multiple images onto one canvas
- Delete multiple items at once
- Sort images into order
- Fill tool
- Line, box, and circle tools
- Layering for tiles
- GIF animation
- Online library for sharing
- NES color palettes
- C64 multicolor resolution option
- Increase canvas size limit
- HSB color mode
DitherProg
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixel Paint
- Unlock Features$2.99
DitherProg
No in-app purchases
