Pixel Studio vs UT Create!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Studio
Create pixel art, animated sprites, and game assets with a comprehensive suite of drawing, animation, and color tools. Supports layers, frame-by-frame animation, and various export formats. Offers Apple Pencil support and a customizable workspace for efficient design.
- Layer-based pixel art drawing
- Frame-by-frame sprite animation
- Onion skinning for animation
- Customizable brushes and tools
- Palette creation and management
- Export as GIF, MP4, and sprite sheets
- Apple Pencil support
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Create pixel art, animated sprites and game assets on iPhone and iPad. Draw with layers, animate frame by frame, and export your work as images, GIFs or sprite sheets. Start with a small character or build a detailed scene. Pixel Studio brings drawing, animation and color tools together, with Apple Pencil support and a customizable workspace. DRAW PIXEL ART • Work with layers, built-in and custom brushes, shapes and gradients • Draw symmetrically and add shading with the Dithering Pen • Use Dot Pen for precise drawing with a cursor • Customize your grid, background and toolbar • Resize and rotate your canvas, with pixel art scaling and rotation tools ANIMATE YOUR SPRITES • Create frame-by-frame animations with Onion Skin • Export animations as GIFs or sprite sheets • Add music and export videos to MP4 WORK WITH COLOR • Create your own palettes or use built-in palettes and palettes from Lospec • Pick colors with RGBA and HSV controls • Extract palettes from images and apply palettes to your artwork SAVE AND SHARE • Use autosave and backups to help protect your projects • Work with PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TGA and Pixel Studio Project files • Import Aseprite files • Share your artwork with the Pixel Network community UPGRADE TO PRO PRO is a one-time purchase. It removes ads and unlocks Google Drive sync, a dark theme, 256-color palettes, seamless texture tile mode, larger projects, unlimited color adjustments and MP4 exports, additional format support and extended Pixel Network storage. Google Drive sync requires PRO. Some export options and advanced features also require PRO. Sample images by lorddkno, Redshrike, Calciumtrice, Buch and Tomoe Mami are used under CC BY 3.0. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/hippogamesunity/PixelStudioHub/wiki/Privacy-Policy Terms of Use: https://github.com/hippogamesunity/PixelStudioHub/wiki/EULA
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.
- Stop-motion animation
- Scene composition
- Customizable dialogues
- Character and map uploads
- Sprite and font library
- Adjustable voice pitch and speed
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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!
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Verdict
Pixel Studio and UT Create! both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Pixel Studio's written reviews are positive against 73% of UT Create!'s. Pixel Studio also leads on ratings volume (6.1K vs 1.6K). 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Studio sells 10 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pixel Studio against 4.7 for UT Create!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.1K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Pixel Studio's written reviews are positive against 73% of UT Create!'s.
| Parameter | Pixel Studio | UT Create! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.1K ratings) | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.7% of reviews — better | 73.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 404 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Farida Yarullina | HYOCT GAMES LLC |
Customer experience
Pixel Studio
UT Create!
User reviews
Pixel Studio
From 6.1K App Store ratingsWhat 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 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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
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
Pixel Studio
- PREMIUM subscription$3.991 Month
- Sprite collection$0.99
- PROMOTION IN PIXEL NETWORK$0.99
- Disable Ads$1.99
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- 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
UT Create!
- UNDERFELL - Character Pack$0.99
- ERRORTALE - Character Pack$0.99
- UNDERSWAP - Character Pack$0.99
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- Premium$1.99







