Looom vs Pixel Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Looom
Create hand-drawn animations with a playful, instrument-like interface. This robust app focuses on loopable animation, offering a dynamic, non-destructive workflow for both beginners and professionals. Explore lines, shapes, and colors in a delightful environment designed for learning and experimentation.
- Hand-drawn animation creation
- Loopable animation focus
- Musical interface inspiration
- Dynamic non-destructive workflow
- Fluid time control
- Infinite canvas
- SVG native file format
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A new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators. Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm. Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age and is already being used by some influential indie animators. A delightful environment to learn, experiment, practice and create drawn animation. Wonderfully musical, Next-gen dynamic non-destructive workflow. FLUID TIME No first frame or last. Looom’s threads are independent in length and speed, always tweak-able. INFINITE CANVAS Lets you go as deep or as far as you want thanks to a completely resolution-independent vector engine. OPEN-ENDED Looom uses SVG as it’s native file format. Your work can be viewed in browsers and opened in desktop animation software.
Pixel Network
Connect with a vibrant pixel art community. Share your creations, discover inspiring artwork and animations, or simply relax and enjoy the visual content. This platform welcomes artists using any pixel art software.
- Pixel art community
- Share creations
- Discover artwork
- Watch animations
- Supports all pixel art software
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Join Pixel Network to become a part of a new pixel art community! No matter what pixel art software you use, we will be glad to see you! Don't want to draw? Just watch awesome pixel arts and animations and relax.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pixel Network at Free against Looom's $9.99. Pixel Network also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (79% vs 62%). Looom's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 42 months) and chart position (#27 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Pixel Network is free to download; Looom costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixel Network holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Looom's written reviews are positive against 79% of Pixel Network's.
Looom ships an update every 4 months, Pixel Network every 42 months. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Looom | Pixel Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (122 ratings) | 4.5 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 122 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 42 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IORAMA AB | Farida Yarullina |
Customer experience
Looom
Pixel Network
Bugs and requests
Looom
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes mid-animation causing work loss
- Grey screen on launch preventing app opening
- Drawing not registering properly
- Frame navigation swiping goes wrong direction
- Accidental marks appearing from sensitive touch controls
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- Eraser functionality not working on some devices
- Zoom controls triggering timeline instead
- Disappearing artwork when switching frames
- Export controls not grabbable on iPad Pro
- Accidental deletion of projects with no recovery option
- Non-Apple Pencil input not recognized without settings change
- Performance issues and stuttering
Requested features
23 requests- Better export options (GIF, video, SVG with proper formatting)
- Increase frame limit beyond 24 frames
- More than 5 layers/threads
- Multiple colors and brush sizes per layer
- Frame duplication and copy-paste functionality
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- Undo/redo gesture support (two-finger tap)
- Shape tools (circles, rectangles, lines)
- Background image import for reference tracing
- Hex color input and color picker tool
- Partial eraser (erase parts of lines, not entire lines)
- Double-tap Apple Pencil to toggle eraser
- Layer naming and hiding capabilities
- Adjustable frame rate and FPS control
- Sound/audio support
- Ability to rearrange frame order
- Onion skin customization (forward and backward)
- Static/pinned layers
- Higher resolution export options
- Video import for rotoscoping
- Pressure sensitivity support
- Animation scene management
- Seamless looping export
- Left-hand mode accessibility
Pixel Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Looom
No in-app purchases
Pixel Network
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Looom free?
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Which has better reviews, Looom or Pixel Network?
Do Looom or Pixel Network have ads?
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