Comparison

Sprite Pencil vs Spritfill

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

Head to head
About

Sprite Pencil

Create pixel art sprites easily on your mobile device. This app offers a powerful drawing engine with a simple toolset, supporting iCloud Drive and Apple Pencil. Edit existing pixel art files and share your creations with various scaling options.

Highlights
  • Pixel art sprite creation
  • iCloud Drive support
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Import and edit existing pixel art
  • Symmetric drawing mode
  • Automatic shading brushes
  • Share with scaling options
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Sprite Pencil enables you to create beautiful pixel art sprites on the go. Sprite Pencil has a simple set of tools, and a powerful drawing engine. Sprite Pencil allows you to open and edit pixel art images you may already have in Files. Sprite Pencil supports in-place file editing so you can use your own file organization. FEATURES: • iCloud Drive support • Apple Pencil support • Drawing engine built exclusively for Apple platforms • Handpicked color palettes • Import color palettes • Move, rotate, flip, fill, and posterize sprites • Easy outlines • Symmetric drawing mode • Automatic shading brushes • Share your pixel art with scaling options • Create pixel art stickers in the iMessage app • Display your sprites in a widget

About

Spritfill

Features
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Spritfill is a pixel art editor designed for iPad, built for both beginners and experienced sprite artists. Draw on a variety of canvas sizes — from 16×16 icons to massive 512×512 scenes. Choose from built-in color palettes like PICO-8, Endesga, and Spritfill 128, or create your own custom palettes. Powerful drawing tools: • Pencil, eraser, and fill bucket • Line, rectangle, ellipse, and shape tools • Gradient and dither tools • Color picker (eyedropper) • Selection tool — pick, shift, and move pixels between layers • Symmetry drawing (horizontal, vertical, and quad) • Shift and flip entire layers. Layer support: • Up to 8 layers with visibility toggles • Merge, reorder, and rename layers • Import other projects as new layers. Recreate mode: • Browse a catalog of premade sprites and practice pixel art by recreating them step by step • Track your progress and completion. Community features: • Submit your finished artwork for others to recreate • Browse and download community-submitted sprites. Export & share: • Save to your photo library with customizable tile sizes • Upscale exports for crisp, high-resolution sprites • Share directly from the app. Apple Pencil support with automatic detection and configurable settings. Unlock Spritfill Pro for the full experience — larger canvases, more layers, advanced tools, and unlimited custom palettes.

Screenshots

Sprite Pencil4 screens
Spritfill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sprite Pencil at none against Spritfill's 1. Spritfill's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spritfill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sprite Pencil asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sprite Pencil versus Spritfill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprite PencilSpritfill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (59 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer256 ArtsEdmond Wu

In-app purchases

None

Sprite Pencil

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spritfill

One-time1
  • Spritfill Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Sprite Pencil free?
Sprite Pencil is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spritfill free?
Spritfill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sprite Pencil or Spritfill have ads?
Neither Sprite Pencil nor Spritfill shows ads.

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