Comparison

PIXIO® vs murmeli

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

Head to head
About

PIXIO®

Design and build 3D pixel art digitally or with magnetic blocks. Explore a community of artists, share your creations, and get inspired by thousands of designs. Bring your digital art to life in the real world.

Highlights
  • Create 3D pixel art digitally
  • Build physical art with magnetic blocks
  • Interactive 3D building guides
  • Share creations and get community feedback
  • Augmented reality (AR) features
  • Explore and remix art from other users
  • Color palette inspiration
Features
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The PIXIO app is an integral part of the PIXIO magnetic construction set. With it, you can create hundreds of different art pieces according to interactive instructions. At the same time, you can use the PIXIO app without a construction set, and assemble your art in only a digital format. The PIXIO app provides a wide range of opportunities for creators and fans of pixel and voxel art. Create your 3D pixel art in the Studio. Post it in the art feed. Get feedback from the community in the comments. Follow your favorite artists and constantly update your art collections. Get inspired by thousands of artists around the world and participate in competitions. Get real magnetic blocks to bring your creative ideas created in the app to life. All this is waiting for you in the new PIXIO app! In addition to the epic transformation of the app into a social network for pixel art enthusiasts from all over the world, the updated version has new features: ■ search thousands of pieces of art using tags, collections, keywords, and artists; ■ have fun augmenting reality with your art (AR); ■ change the background color of the art; ■ get inspired by the art of other artists — in the Studio you can work with any published art in the app, see in detail how it was made, and then upgrade it; ■ look for new color ideas with the recolor function; ■ choose any angle of your art to show it to the audience in the feed from the perfect angle. Of course, the basic functions for which pixel and voxel art fans love the PIXIO app have remained unchanged: ■ Each art in the PIXIO app is an accessible interactive instruction for creating anything from the PIXIO magnetic construction set. There are a variety of art collections for creative activities, ranging from animals and robots to artworks and interiors. ■ Create on the go, on different devices, even without an internet connection. ■ Interactive 3D guides, explaining how to create characters and artefacts. ■ Friendly instructions on the colors and numbers of required blocks for each creation. ■ Regular collection updates. PIXIO is dedicated to all designers, gamers, artists, architects as well as lovers, fans and admirers of everything new, fashionable, technological, and beautiful. With the app and only one set of PIXIO, there can be a new creation on your table every day that expresses your mood and develops your imagination. Create 3D pixel art Share your art with the public Get feedback from the public Build art in reality Explore the world of pixel and voxel art Get inspired by art collections Explore art design Upgrade any of the thousands of pieces of published art Get ideas for new palettes PIXIO is a state-of-the-art technology with the pursuit of excellence through design. Smart system of magnets inside, so it feels like the blocks are alive in your hands. Carefully picked color palettes. Surface of the blocks is pleasing to the touch. Satisfying clicking sound when connecting the blocks. Each PIXIO block is a little plastic cube size 8*8*8 mm (0.3*0.3*0.3 inches) weighing less than 1 gram with 6 magnets inside it. The position and polarity of the magnets are designed so that the blocks can be connected to each other in any sequence from different sides. Just take the PIXIO block in your hand and place it next to the other PIXIO blocks – and BANG! - the PIXIO blocks are connected.

About

murmeli

Design and build intricate marble runs with a sophisticated yet intuitive interface. This app fosters logical thinking, spatial imagination, and creativity while offering a calming experience and a sense of achievement for all ages.

Highlights
  • Intelligent marble run construction
  • Multi-layered path design
  • Promotes logical thinking
  • Stimulates creative thinking
  • Calming and concentration-building
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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With murmeli you can construct intelligent & aesthetic marble runs. Thanks to the sophisticated and intuitive user interface, you can create sophisticated marble runs with multi-layered paths in a short time. In a playful way, murmeli promotes skills such as logical thinking, spatial imagination and visual perception. The countless variations on how a marble run can be built also stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving skills. At the same time, murmeli has a calming effect and promotes the ability to concentrate. Besides all these positive characteristics, murmeli regularly leads to a sense of achievement, which has a positive influence on self-confidence. Due to all these positive properties, murmeli is particularly suitable for supporting the development of cognitive abilities in children of all ages. However, murmeli is designed for people of all ages and offers exciting challenges for adults as well. murmeli is optimized for iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. Once downloaded, murmeli is available on all these devices. Marble runs can be saved at any time and are automatically synced to all your devices.

Screenshots

PIXIO®4 screens
murmeli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PIXIO® at none against murmeli's 9. PIXIO® also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 56%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. murmeli sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. PIXIO® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PIXIO® against 4.6 for murmeli. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 271 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of PIXIO®'s written reviews are positive against 56% of murmeli's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PIXIO® ships an update monthly, murmeli every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PIXIO® versus murmeli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIXIO®murmeli
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (271 ratings) — better4.6 (77 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings271 — better77
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJutifulMichael Stoeckli

Customer experience

PIXIO®

All ratings270 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative6.7%

murmeli

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

PIXIO®

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Frequent errors and pop-ups
  • Cannot build or log back in
  • Sign-in issues
  • "Select favorite category" doesn't let user pass
  • Cannot see comments
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  • Randomly kicked off the game
  • Profile picture moderation is awful
  • App blocks are expensive
  • App blocks are a waste of money
  • Invalid code for app blocks
  • Glitches and freezes
  • Cannot publish art anymore
  • Username taken even for random letters
  • Blurred content due to app blocks
  • Cheaters in contests
  • Expensive magnets to build in real life
  • App blocks are like Robux
  • Freezes after a few clicks outside building mode

Requested features

5 requests
  • More color options
  • Add REBUS game updates
  • Improve profile picture moderation
  • Add different environment settings for builds (under the sea, ancient monsters, town, forest)
  • Remove app blocks

murmeli

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PIXIO®

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

murmeli

One-time9
  • Labyrinth$3.99
  • Branching$3.99
  • Parallel Start$4.99
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  • Tunnel$4.99
  • Connector$4.99
  • Crossroad$4.99
  • Double Lane$6.99
  • Metro$6.99
  • Acceleration$8.99

Questions

Is PIXIO® free?
PIXIO® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is murmeli free?
murmeli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PIXIO® or murmeli?
PIXIO® is rated higher. PIXIO® averages 4.7 out of 5 from 271 ratings, while murmeli averages 4.6 from 77 ratings.
Do PIXIO® or murmeli have ads?
Neither PIXIO® nor murmeli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PIXIO® or murmeli?
PIXIO® ships an update monthly, and murmeli every 3 months. Most recently, PIXIO® was updated on October 21, 2026 and murmeli on October 11, 2026.

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