Sprite Pencil vs Spritfill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Spritfill
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Spritfill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sprite Pencil asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sprite Pencil | Spritfill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (59 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 256 Arts | Edmond Wu |
In-app purchases
Sprite Pencil
No in-app purchases
Spritfill
- Spritfill Pro$2.99
Questions
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