Pixelist vs Atomic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixelist
This minimalist app helps you track daily habits by visualizing your progress. Over time, your check-ins form unique images, encouraging mindful awareness rather than perfection.
- Minimalist habit tracking
- Daily check-ins
- Visual progress over time
- Image formation from data
- Mindful awareness cultivation
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Thank you for trying this out, I hope it brings you joy like it has for me. Pixelist is a minimalist habit tracker designed to bring mindful awareness to daily life. Over time, the micro-details of daily checkins ("pixels") will form interesting large-scale images. The goal isn't to be perfect, but instead to simply cultivate awareness. Please reach out to pixelistapp@gmail.com if you have any feedback, we'd love to hear your thoughts.
Atomic
Effortlessly build and sustain habits with a focus on personal growth. This app offers a minimalist design, dark mode, and clear visualizations to support your journey. Enjoy tailored insights and complete control over your data with a strong commitment to privacy.
- Habit building and tracking
- Goal setting
- Dark mode support
- Clear visualizations
- Tailored insights
- Privacy-focused design
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The effortless way to build and sustain your habits. Our app is designed for comfort with dark mode, clear visualizations, and tailored insights to support your personal growth. Atomic stands out with its minimalist design and unwavering commitment to your privacy. Your habits, your data, your control — with no compromises. Ready for a meaningful habit transformation? Try Atomic now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixelist at none against Atomic's 1. Pixelist also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). Atomic's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Atomic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixelist asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pixelist against 4.9 for Atomic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 34 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Pixelist's written reviews are positive against 90% of Atomic's.
Pixelist ships an update every 2 months, Atomic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixelist | Atomic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (100 ratings) | 4.9 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews — better | 89.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Crossley | Kanbon GmbH |
Customer experience
Pixelist
Atomic
Bugs and requests
Pixelist
Reported bugs
6 issues- App closes immediately on opening
- Cannot delete a habit
- Incorrect dates displayed for the month
- Deleting one of two habits with the same name crashes the app and deletes both
- Monthly reset feature was problematic (now fixed)
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- March data disappeared on April 1st (resolved)
Requested features
37 requests- Export data as CSV or to clipboard
- More themes/color options
- Widget for home screen
- Yearly view
- Customizable colors/hex code picker
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- Ability to scroll calendar forward/backward
- Outline individual squares and lines
- Sync with iCloud/Dropbox
- Yearly view
- Symbols instead of colors for colorblind users
- Dark mode theme
- Zoom out view with notations
- Ability to group tasks
- Scale task label size to length
- Customizable colors instead of themes
- Widget to show visual squares
- More pixel colors/hex code picker
- Yearly view
- See previous month after it ended
- Export data as JSON or CSV
- Import data
- Dropdown menu for themes with previews
- Sync with iCloud between devices
- Display info as a widget
- Customizable colors
- Yearly view
- See previous month after it ended
- Export features
- Yearly view
- Dark mode theme
- Custom theme features
- Zoom out part of the app have notations
- Export data as a file (JSON or CSV)
- Import data
- Dropdown menu for theme with preview
- Symbols instead of colors
- Sync with iCloud between devices
Atomic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixelist
No in-app purchases
Atomic
- Atomic Pro$12.99
