PaintMee 2 vs Pixelizator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaintMee 2
Transform your photos into unique works of art with various styles and a powerful focus system. Experiment with different artistic expressions and create personalized paintings. Save your creations in high resolution or as a movie of the painting process.
- 92 tuned example styles
- Focus point system for expression
- Up to 5 focus points
- Unique results with each use
- Save painting process as movie
- 4K resolution rendering
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True Art happens when your mind is invited into a piece. When there is something intriguing, provoking, ambiguous or incomplete. Now YOU can make true art in an instant – and have fun while doing it. Your tools are STYLE and FOCUS. For a photo, choose a style and set a focus point. Moving the focus point dramatically alters the resulting painting. Use this very powerful tool to make the painting truly yours. Features • 92 carefully tuned example styles. • Styles range from oil paintings through sketches, ink splatter and wood carvings to downright craziness. • Use a powerful focus point system to control expression. • Place up to 5 focus points. • Different results every time, even for the same style. • Watch the painting take shape stroke by stroke. • Advanced users: fine tune styles to get that perfect look. • Advanced users: create your own styles and add them to the list. • Save the entire painting process as a movie. • Render and save painting in 4K resolution.
Pixelizator
Transform your photos into retro 8-bit art or censor sensitive areas. This app allows for precise selection of pixelation regions, offering creative control for artistic effects or privacy.
- Create retro 8-bit style
- Precisely select pixelation area
- Censor images
- Play with pixels
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With Pixelizator you can: • create retro 8-bit style • precisely select pixelation area • censor your images • or simply play with the pixels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixelizator at none against PaintMee 2's 1. Pixelizator also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and price ($0.99 vs $5.99). PaintMee 2's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On ratings volume, ads and device support 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
PaintMee 2 costs $5.99 and Pixelizator $0.99 up front. PaintMee 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixelizator asks for nothing beyond the download.
PaintMee 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 317 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of PaintMee 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pixelizator's.
PaintMee 2 ships an update every 3 months, Pixelizator weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaintMee 2 | Pixelizator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (123 ratings) — better | 4.5 (317 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 123 | 317 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #114 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Mee | Grzegorz Surma |
Customer experience
PaintMee 2
Pixelizator
Bugs and requests
PaintMee 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pixelizator
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes frequently
- App crashes on iPad mini 4
- Frame selection unresponsive
Requested features
6 requests- Numeric control for pixel count
- Numeric control for color palette
- Select multiple areas to pixelate
- Ability to zoom in on image
- Round selector option
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- Display pixel dimensions on screen
In-app purchases
PaintMee 2
- High Definition Export$9.99
Pixelizator
No in-app purchases
