Comparison

Pixel Studio for pixel art vs UT Create!

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Studio for pixel art

This app is a powerful yet simple pixel art editor designed for artists and game developers. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating detailed pixel art, including layers, animations, and advanced color manipulation. Sync your work across devices and share it with a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Layers for advanced pixel art
  • Frame-by-frame animations
  • Export animations to GIF, MP4, or sprite sheets
  • Google Drive sync for cross-device use
  • Customizable palettes and color picker
  • Support for various popular image formats
  • Pixel art scaling and rotation tools
Features
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Pixel Studio is a new pixel art editor for artists and game developers. Simple, fast and portable. No matter whether you are a beginner or a professional. Create amazing pixel art anywhere and anytime! We support layers and animations and have a ton of useful tools - all you need to create cool projects. Add music to your animations and export videos to MP4. Use Google Drive to sync your work between different devices. Join Pixel Network™ - our new pixel art community! Don't doubt, just try it and make sure you've chosen the best pixel art tool ever! Over 5.000.000 downloads around the world, translated to 23 languages! Features: • It's super simple, intuitive and user friendly • Use it on mobile and desktop with Google Drive sync • Use layers for advanced pixel art • Create frame-by-frame animations • Save animations to GIF or sprite sheets • Extend animations with music and export videos to MP4 • Share arts with friends and Pixel Network community • Create custom palettes, use built-in or download palettes from Lospec • Advanced color picker with RGBA and HSV modes • Simple zoom and move with gestures and joysticks • Use Portrait mode for mobile and Landscape for tablets and PC • Customizable toolbar and a lot of other settings • We support Apple Pencil! • We support all popular formats: PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TGA, PSP (Pixel Studio Project), PSD (Adobe Photoshop), EXR • Autosave and backup - don't lose your work! • Discover a ton of other useful tools and features! More features: • Shape Tool for primitives • Gradient Tool • Built-in and custom brushes • Sprite Library for your image patterns • Tile Mode for brushes • Symmetry drawing (X, Y, X+Y) • Dot Pen for precise drawing with a cursor • Text Tool with different fonts • Dithering Pen for shadows and flares • Pixel art rotation with Fast RotSprite algorithm • Pixel art scaler (Scale2x/AdvMAME2x, Scale3x/AdvMAME3x) • Onion Skin for advanced animation • Apply palettes to images • Grab palettes from images • Mini-map and Pixel Perfect preview • Unlimited canvas size • Canvas resizing and rotation • Customizable background color • Customizable grid • Multithreaded image processing • JASC Palette (PAL) format support • Aseprite files support (import only) You can support us by purchasing PRO (it's one-time purchase): • No ads • Google Drive sync • Dark Theme • 256-color palettes • Tile mode for making seamless textures • Extended max project size • Extra formats support: AI, EPS, HEIC, PDF, SVG, WEBP (cloud read only) and PSD (cloud read/write) • Unlimited color adjustment (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) • Unlimited export to MP4 • Extended storage in Pixel Network System requirements: • 2GB+ of RAM for large projects and animations • Powerful CPU (AnTuTu score 100.000+) Sample images made by lorddkno, Redshrike, Calciumtrice, Buch, Tomoe Mami are used under CC BY 3.0 license. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy: https://github.com/hippogamesunity/PixelStudioHub/wiki/Privacy-Policy Terms of Use: https://github.com/hippogamesunity/PixelStudioHub/wiki/EULA

About

UT Create!

Create custom animations, scenes, and stories using your favorite characters and locations. Design unique dialogues with adjustable voices and speeds. Upload your own characters and maps to expand your creative possibilities.

Highlights
  • Stop-motion animation
  • Scene composition
  • Customizable dialogues
  • Character and map uploads
  • Sprite and font library
  • Adjustable voice pitch and speed
Features
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UT Create! is the ultimate creation app for Undertale: Make animations, shot scenes, tell stories, customize dialogs, and more! Includes all your favorite characters, alternate universes, several maps (or upload your own), custom dialog creation, and an endless amount of combinations. Features: - Movie Maker: Bring your stories to life with the wonders of stop-motion animation. Powerful, intuitive interface to compose your creations. - Scene Creator: Set up an endless amount of scenarios with all your favorite characters, places and objects you know and love. - Dialog Creation: Make quality animated dialogs and customize them at your will. Choose and modify characters, voices, speed, fonts, colors and much more. - Make your own AUs! - Upload your OCs and maps. - All characters and their sprites. - All UT fonts and existing colors. - All character voices. - Alterable dialog speed. - Alterable dialog voice pitch. - Premium version that unlocks exclusive features and content!

Screenshots

Pixel Studio for pixel art4 screens
UT Create!4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pixel Studio for pixel art and UT Create! both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Pixel Studio for pixel art's written reviews are positive against 73% of UT Create!'s. Pixel Studio for pixel art also leads on ratings volume (5.8K vs 1.4K). UT Create!'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pixel Studio for pixel art sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and UT Create! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pixel Studio for pixel art against 4.7 for UT Create!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.8K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Pixel Studio for pixel art's written reviews are positive against 73% of UT Create!'s.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixel Studio for pixel art versus UT Create!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Studio for pixel artUT Create!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.8K ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better73.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.8K — better1.4K
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB404 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFarida YarullinaHYOCT GAMES LLC

Customer experience

Pixel Studio for pixel art

All ratings5,760 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews2,275 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.8%

UT Create!

All ratings1,431 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral9.9%
Negative17.1%

User reviews

Pixel Studio for pixel art

From 5.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Great tools for pixel art
  • 💡 Helpful tutorials
  • 🔍 Detailed features
  • 🌟 High-quality app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🔀 Confusing navigation
  • 🔍 Difficult to find certain features
  • 🖌️ Brush size issues
  • 🎨 Limited color palette options

UT Create!

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Fun to use
  • 🤩 Awesome animations
  • 💯 Best Undertale game
  • 🥰 Love the characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy animations
  • 💰 Too many premium features
  • 📺 Excessive ads
  • 🤔 Confusing to animate
  • 🤨 Lack of tutorial

Bugs and requests

Pixel Studio for pixel art

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Exporting animations not working as expected
  • Unexpected behavior when merging layers
  • Inconsistent performance on larger canvases
  • Glitches with the reference image feature

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add custom brush options
  • Improve layer management
  • Implement a color wheel
  • Add canvas resizing capabilities
  • Introduce mirroring/symmetry tools
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  • Enhance the animation workflow
  • Provide a more intuitive file management system

UT Create!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing on iPad
  • Dialogue animation not working
  • Glitchy UI
  • Difficulty changing fonts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Undertale Yellow AU
  • Allow creating custom battles
  • Improve animation tools
  • Add more Undertale/Deltarune characters
  • Ability to save and watch animations

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Pixel Studio for pixel art

Subscriptions1
  • PREMIUM subscription$3.991 Month
One-time10
  • Sprite collection$0.99
  • PROMOTION IN PIXEL NETWORK$0.99
  • Disable Ads$1.99
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  • EXTRA STORAGE IN PIXEL NETWORK$3.99
  • PRO -50%!$5.99
  • PRO PROMO -50%$5.99
  • PRO CROSS -50%!$8.99
  • PRO CROSS GIFT -50%!$8.99
  • PRO$12.99
  • PRO CROSS$17.99
4 purchases

UT Create!

One-time4
  • UNDERFELL - Character Pack$0.99
  • ERRORTALE - Character Pack$0.99
  • UNDERSWAP - Character Pack$0.99
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  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Pixel Studio for pixel art free?
Pixel Studio for pixel art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UT Create! free?
UT Create! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Studio for pixel art or UT Create!?
Pixel Studio for pixel art and UT Create! are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5.8K and 1.4K ratings respectively.
Do Pixel Studio for pixel art or UT Create! have ads?
Both Pixel Studio for pixel art and UT Create! show ads.

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