Tipixel vs Color by Number
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tipixel
Create dynamic pixel art with various tools and modes. Transform photos into pixel images, design unique wallpapers, and animate videos. Offers extensive customization for artistic expression.
- Dynamic pixel art creation
- Photo to pixel conversion
- Customizable wallpapers
- Animated video effects
- Multiple creation modes
- Brush and shape customization
- Advanced dynamic parameter adjustment
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Tipixel is an original dynamic pixel image production software, inspire unlimited creativity, simple operation, very artistic beauty.In addition to the creation of your own, you can also convert photos to the entire pixel image, more advanced is the picture can be set to the shape of each pixel, saving video or image and sharing to your friends~ Five modes, everything about pixel gameplay are here: 1, Pixel Photo: the main photo pixelated, with a variety of layout / color, support photos set to a single pixel, fun and good-looking 2, Pixel Number: multiple brushes are optional, coloring reduces fatigue, and it takes time to pass the time. If you can paint, it is a good choice for creating pixel paintings. 3, Magic Wallpaper: built-in multiple expressions, with animation / style, create your own magical wallpaper, also supports the use of photos as pixel elements 4, Funny Video: combined with pixel animation technology, so that the video produces very rich fluctuations, by adjusting the mirror / distortion level can create amazing works 5, Free Creation: This model has the greatest freedom of creation, is the core idea of the product - dynamic pixel art, come and create your own unique work. Main Function Introduction: 1, Brush: With different brush smear pixel area, will show different effects 2, Template: Built-in variety of a good template, very cool, for everyone to use 3, Layout: You can set the pixel image layout rendering shape 4, Style: including the pixel area of the common clear screen operation, to do dynamic or static pixel image, you can through the screen operation to achieve 5, Color: Built-in a variety of color patterns, colorful 6, Shape: Built-in a variety of shapes to choose from, mainly used to set the shape of each pixel 7, Dynamic: Built-in adjustment of good dynamic effect, easy to switch to experience dynamic diagram 8, Advance: Specially prepares for the friend who likes creating, may adjust the dynamic parameter more carefully, has the offset, the scale, the rotation, the color four kinds can adjust. Supported gestures: 1, single finger touch, pixel area, slide edit/paint 2, single finger touch, sliding area, can adjust the corresponding parameters, such as the lower left corner adjustment brush size/color 3, double finger touch move/zoom/rotate View or photo 4, double finger Click Reset View 5, three finger touch can adjust the background color Thanks to each and every user, more features coming soon ... Contact Us: Email:ia_fun@163.com
Color by Number
This pixel art game lets you color pre-made objects by matching numbers to colors. Enjoy a relaxing experience with daily new artworks, from simple to advanced designs. Save and share your creations.
- Pixel-based drawing game
- Color by number matching
- Variety of pre-made objects
- Daily new pixel art
- Autosave functionality
- Share your drawings
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Color By Number is a cool pixel-based drawing game in which you can choose from a variety of pre-made objects and try to draw them using the colors numbers you are given by zooming the picture. Choose your drawing, and then select the correct colors to try and match the picture perfectly. There are easy images to create that only use a few colors, and there are advanced drawings that feature a larger variety of colors. New pixel art & color by number art daily You can continue with autosave You can share what you draw. Dive into coloring meditation with Pixello app! It’s a fun way to burn time! Choose from a wide range of fascinating artworks and color by number with great pleasure! The pics are very detailed in color and beautiful when finished. Enjoy gorgeous shades and create your own artworks with our free coloring book!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tipixel at 100% against Color by Number's 44%. Tipixel also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Color by Number's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (628 vs 1). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Tipixel sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Color by Number asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color by Number holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color by Number has 628 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Tipixel's written reviews are positive against 44% of Color by Number's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tipixel ships an update every 5 weeks, Color by Number every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tipixel | Color by Number |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (628 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 43.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 628 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 廷选 王 | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
Tipixel
Color by Number
In-app purchases
Tipixel
- Advance Drift Pro$0.99
- Advance Rotate Pro$0.99
- Advance Scale Pro$0.99
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- Advance Color Pro$0.99
- Brush Pro$1.99
- Layout Pro$2.99
Color by Number
No in-app purchases
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