Pixelable vs Draw A Pixel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixelable
Create pixel art with intuitive tools and advanced features like layer editing and color customization. Export your creations as animated GIFs or PNG files. Save multiple projects and adjust canvas sizes for detailed artwork.
- Layer editing
- Color making
- Basic drawing tools
- Undo/redo functionality
- Animated GIF export
- Pinch-to-zoom canvas
- Multiple project saving
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Here is a pleasant pixel art editor! This is an app which pursue the stress-free and intuitively drawing of pixel art. The app has genuine functions, like layer editing, color making, and various tools. Also, you can operate intuitively. For example you can enlarge and reduce the canvas by pinch in or pinch out. Main functions are below. - Layer editing You can add and erase, and copy layers. Also, you can select display or non-display mode, change the order of layers, and make a layer transparent. - Tools The app has basic tools to draw pixel arts. (For example, pen, spuit, filling and transfer) ・Undo and redo You can cancel drawing. - Animated GIF export Each layer is going to be one frame. - Color making You can make your favorite color easily. You can save 150 colors in maximum by a work. - Pinch in and pinch out You can enlarge and reduce the canvas by pinch in and out. It enables you to draw more details. - Saving multiple pictures You can save several projects, so that you can edit other projects later. - Setting canvas size You can select the size of canvas from 5*5 to 256*256. - Setting a exporting pixel size You can select exporting size. Pictures will be saved to camera roll as a png file. - Reflection function You can reflect the selected layer vertical and horizontal. ※There is another flunked app, ‘Dottable’. ※To prevent a crash, you need more than 150MB of free space to make a new project. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Draw A Pixel
Create pixel art with a unique drawing experience. Utilize your device's gyro to rotate the canvas and add points, lines, or fill areas with various colors and brush sizes. Save your creations or export them as images.
- Gyroscope for canvas rotation
- Draw points and lines
- Fill color functionality
- Adjustable brush size and colors
- Color picker from canvas
- Canvas movement and resizing
- Export pixels or screenshots
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This App is used for drawing pixel art. You can use the device's gyro to rotate the view and draw pixels. Functions: - Draw point and line - Undo and redo - Fill color - Choose brush size - Choose different colors - Choose a color from the canvas - Move all the pixels in the canvas - Set the width and height of the canvas respectively (2-128) - Exporting all the pixels in the canvas or screenshots
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Draw A Pixel at none against Pixelable's shown. Draw A Pixel also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). Pixelable's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 3) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Pixelable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Draw A Pixel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pixelable against 4.7 for Draw A Pixel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixelable has 3.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Pixelable's written reviews are positive against 67% of Draw A Pixel's.
Pixelable ships an update every 5 weeks, Draw A Pixel every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixelable | Draw A Pixel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Seki | 驰 王 |
Customer experience
Pixelable
Draw A Pixel
Bugs and requests
Pixelable
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to save or create new projects
- Issues with layers not working as expected
- Color picker and eyedropper tool not functioning properly
- Mirroring tool not aligning pixels correctly
- Resizing canvas causes loss of work
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to import/trace images
- Increase canvas size limit
- Add more layer management options
- Improve color palette management
- Add animation timeline and better animation tools
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- Implement auto-save and better save/load functionality
- Add option to remove ads for a one-time fee
Draw A Pixel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixelable
- Remove ads$3.99
Draw A Pixel
- Remove Ads$0.99








