Comparison

PIXIO® vs PrimeRow

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

PrimeRow

Features
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PrimeRow watches sold-out movie showtimes for you and alerts you the moment a seat is released, so you can buy it at face value directly from the theater. No scalpers. No resale markups. Just the seat you wanted, at the price the theater charges. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick your movie and theater. If the show is sold out, that is exactly when PrimeRow shines. 2. Choose the seats, or the part of the auditorium, you want, plus the dates you are flexible on. 3. PrimeRow monitors that showtime around the clock. Seats come back all day as holds expire and orders get cancelled. 4. The instant a matching seat reopens, you get a push notification with a link to check out at face value. WHY PRIMEROW - Face value, always. PrimeRow never resells tickets and never marks them up. You check out on the theater's own site or app. - Real-time monitoring. We watch constantly so you do not have to sit there refreshing. - You pick the seats. Watch a specific pair, a whole row, or anywhere in the house, and get alerted even if just one seat opens. - Works across major chains and independent cinemas. PRICING PrimeRow is pay-per-watch. No subscription, ever. - 1 Watch Credit: $2.99 - 3 Watch Credits: $7.99 (most popular) - 10 Watch Credits: $19.99 Seat-Found Guarantee: a credit is only spent when we actually find you a matching seat. If a watch ends with no seat found, your credit goes back. GOOD TO KNOW - Seats reopen right up to showtime. About half of all returns land in the final 12 hours before the show. - You buy the ticket yourself, at face value, from the theater. PrimeRow is the alert, not the checkout. - Turn on notifications so you never miss a returned seat. Questions? Visit primerow.app.

Screenshots

PIXIO®4 screens
PrimeRow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PIXIO® at none against PrimeRow's 3. PIXIO® also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). PrimeRow's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PrimeRow sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PIXIO® asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PIXIO® ships an update monthly, PrimeRow every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PIXIO® versus PrimeRow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIXIO®PrimeRow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (270 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings270 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJutifulKidus Berhanu

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
Show 13 more
  • 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

PrimeRow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PIXIO®

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PrimeRow

One-time3
  • 1 Watch Credit$2.99
  • 3 Watch Credits$7.99
  • 10 Watch Credits$19.99

Questions

Is PIXIO® free?
PIXIO® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrimeRow free?
PrimeRow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PIXIO® or PrimeRow have ads?
Neither PIXIO® nor PrimeRow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PIXIO® or PrimeRow?
PIXIO® ships an update monthly, and PrimeRow every 3 days. Most recently, PIXIO® was updated on October 17, 2026 and PrimeRow on October 12, 2026.

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