Comparison

Pixelable vs PhantomCandle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Layer editing
  • Color making
  • Basic drawing tools
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Animated GIF export
  • Pinch-to-zoom canvas
  • Multiple project saving
Features
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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.

About

PhantomCandle

Features
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This app provides a synthetic candle that can be lit and extinguished manually or by putting it close to another lit candle. The candle can be "blown" out. All candles in all connected devices can be simultaneously extinguished with a "double finger snap"

Screenshots

Pixelable4 screens
PhantomCandle1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PhantomCandle at none against Pixelable's 1. PhantomCandle also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixelable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PhantomCandle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pixelable versus PhantomCandle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelablePhantomCandle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperYosuke SekiPatrick Miller

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 more
  • Implement auto-save and better save/load functionality
  • Add option to remove ads for a one-time fee

PhantomCandle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixelable

One-time1
  • Remove ads$3.99
None

PhantomCandle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelable free?
Pixelable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PhantomCandle free?
PhantomCandle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixelable or PhantomCandle have ads?
Pixelable shows ads; PhantomCandle does not.

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