Pixelable vs Minimalz
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Minimalz
Design unique creatures by combining various parts. This companion app lets you create and customize your own characters for a fun, creative experience.
- Create custom creatures
- Mix and match parts
- Spinoff from Pixel Petz
- Mini game
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mix and match funny partz to create your own Minimalz, in this mini spinoff from Pixel Petz!
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixelable at 4.7 against Minimalz's 3.9. Pixelable also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 35) and review sentiment (78% vs 61%). Minimalz's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Minimalz sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixelable holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixelable has 3.4K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Pixelable's written reviews are positive against 61% of Minimalz's.
Pixelable ships an update every 5 weeks, Minimalz every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixelable | Minimalz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better | 3.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.7% of reviews — better | 60.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Seki | Minidragon |
Customer experience
Pixelable
Minimalz
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
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- Implement auto-save and better save/load functionality
- Add option to remove ads for a one-time fee
Minimalz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixelable
- Remove ads$3.99
Minimalz
- Newbie Bundle$0.99
- Small Skip$0.99
- Medium Skip$1.99
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- Giant Skip$4.99









