Comparison

Pixaki 4 Pro vs Store Spark

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

Head to head
About

Pixaki 4 Pro

Create detailed pixel art and animations with a comprehensive suite of tools. Features include pixel-perfect painting, advanced animation layers, and versatile import/export options. Ideal for game sprites, animated backgrounds, and more.

Highlights
  • Pixel-perfect painting mode
  • Dither brushes and line tool
  • Animation layers with scrubbable timeline
  • Onion skinning and blend modes
  • Multiple color selection modes
  • Advanced selection and transform tools
  • Import/export Aseprite, PSD, GIF, PNG
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Pixaki is the best pixel art app for iPad. It packs a whole load of features into a clean, modern interface, and it works great with Apple Pencil. So now you can make game sprites on the couch, animated backgrounds on your commute, or music videos in the park. DRAWING • Pixel perfect painting mode automatically removes double pixels when doing line art. • Round, square, and matrix dither brushes. • Line tool, which can be locked to isometric angles. • Rectangle and ellipse tools. LAYERS OF ANIMATION • Layers are shared across the whole project, which means every layer has its own timeline. • Static image layers for background and foreground elements that are the same on every frame. • 18 layer blend modes. • Rename layers. • Reorder layers and frames by using drag and drop. • Scrubbable timeline. • Advanced onion skin options. • Select multiple layers or frames at once to quickly make bulk adjustments. • Use high resolution reference layers to pixel over your sketches and photos. COLOR • Four color selection modes: a square picker with an infinitely scrolling hue slider, sliders for HSB and RGB, hex code input, and the project palette. • Eyedropper to sample any color from the canvas. • Bucket fill, with contiguous or discontiguous options. • Color replace across the whole project. SELECTION • Freehand, rectangular, and color selection. • Use the active selection as a mask. • Cut or copy the selected pixels and paste them to any app that supports pasting images. TRANSFORM • Move without needing to select. Position the image on or off the canvas without clipping. • Scale uniformly up and down, or squash and stretch. • Rotate by any angle. • Flip horizontally and vertically. IMPORT & EXPORT • Import any static image, or a GIF. • Import and export Aseprite documents (requires iPadOS 13 ore newer). • Import and export Photoshop documents (PSDs). • Use magnification when sharing to upscale without the results looking blurry. • Export as a single image or image sequence as PNG, TIFF, or JPEG-2000. • Export animated images as GIF or APNG. • Export QuickTime movies with H264 or HEVC codecs. • Export as a sprite sheet, with configurable columns. Screenshot artwork by Genuine Human, waneella, Chelsea Faust, and rachels_ham. Find out more at pixaki.com.

About

Store Spark

Features
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Create stunning App Store screenshots in seconds. Features: • Add device frames (iPhone & iPad) • Beautiful gradient and solid color backgrounds • Custom text captions • Drag, resize, and rotate with gestures • Export in App Store-ready dimensions • Photo backgrounds with blur effect Perfect for indie developers and app marketers who want professional screenshots without the hassle. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Store Spark3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Store Spark at Free against Pixaki 4 Pro's $20.00. Pixaki 4 Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On 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

Store Spark is free to download; Pixaki 4 Pro costs $20.00 up front. Store Spark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pixaki 4 Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixaki 4 Pro versus Store Spark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixaki 4 ProStore Spark
Price$20.00Free — better
Rating4.1 (136 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings136 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRizer Creative LtdJoao Tiago Moura Pereira Cordeiro dos Santos

Bugs and requests

Pixaki 4 Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when exporting animated images
  • Layers disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Selection tool issues causing unintended changes
  • Unreliable cloud/file sync
  • Zooming and panning glitches

Requested features

9 requests
  • Layer groups/folders
  • Clipping masks
  • Layer blend modes
  • Gradient tools
  • Symmetry/mirroring tools
Show 4 more
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Spritesheet import/export
  • Onion skinning improvements
  • Multiple animation sequences per file

Store Spark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pixaki 4 Pro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Store Spark

Subscriptions2
  • Store Spark Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Store Spark Pro Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Pixaki 4 Pro free?
Pixaki 4 Pro costs $20.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is Store Spark free?
Store Spark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixaki 4 Pro or Store Spark have ads?
Neither Pixaki 4 Pro nor Store Spark shows ads.

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