Comparison

Typewriter Genius vs Pixicade

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

Head to head
About

Typewriter Genius

Experience a peaceful typing game with ASMR sound effects. Write quotes and stories, customize your text with various fonts and colors, and decorate your virtual photo wall with your creations.

Highlights
  • ASMR typewriter sound effects
  • Write quotes and stories
  • Customizable fonts, colors, and papers
  • Decorate a virtual photo wall
  • Peaceful gameplay experience
Features
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The most peaceful typewriter game. Type your daily creation, and decorate your photo wall like a professional writer. Features: - typing different kind of quotes and stories with satisfying ASMR sound effect - modifying your text with collections of beautiful fonts, colors, and papers - use your creation to decorate the photo wall

About

Pixicade

Create your own video games without coding. Use pre-made assets or turn your drawings into playable games. Share your creations with a community of creators and play games made by others.

Highlights
  • Create games without coding
  • Use pre-made assets or drawings
  • Play games from other creators
  • Share games with friends and community
  • Add powerups and cosmetics
  • Leaderboards and quests
  • Kid-safe and COPPA compliant
Features
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BUILD your game from scratch with no coding needed. Browse a library with tons of pre-made assets, or snap a picture and turn your drawings into playable video games! PLAY the games you make, or get inspiration playing games from other creators in the Pixicade Arcade! SHARE your games with friends and other creators and build an audience of your own! Pixicade lets you channel your inner game developer. PIXICADE - FEATURES -------------------------------- • Create your very own games with no coding needed! • Browse a library filled with pre-made, full color assets! • Kid safe & COPPA compliant • Snap a picture and add your own drawings into your games! • Add exciting cosmetics like game borders, backgrounds, music, and more! • Level-up your creations by adding Powerups! • Share your game with friends or the community of over half-a-million game creators! • Follow your favorite creators & build an audience of your own! • Track your progress as a top creator & player on the leaderboards! • Play tons of games made by other creators - get inspired! • Race against other players to compete for the fastest times and earn awesome rewards! • Explore epic multi-level Quests full of interesting characters, stories, and bosses! • Add friends to see when they’re online & playing! • Chat with friends, or in group chats! • Vote for and receive your favorite assets from others in weekly asset making challenges! • Refer friends to earn special rewards! BUILD Creating games in Pixicade is easy. Just choose the type of game you want to make, and start creating! Pick from a variety of game types like platformers, slingshot games, brickbreakers, mazes and more. Add walls, obstacles, hazards, powerups & objectives to your games as well as cosmetics like borders, backgrounds and music. Browse a huge library of full color premade assets, or draw your own and upload them with your camera! PLAY Play the games you create, or browse the arcade to see what other creators have made. See what types of games are popular, and get inspiration for your next masterpiece! Compete against other players in races for the fastest times to win rewards. Or, try quest mode to progress through multiple levels filled with interesting characters, stories, and bosses! SHARE Once you’re done making your games, share them with friends and the rest of the community! Follow your favorite creators, and build an audience of your own! You can even track your score as both a player and a creator and get recognized on the leaderboards. Want to try making your own games? Give Pixicade a try for free! * This application is free to download and play games. An optional subscription is available to enhance your experience. * Internet connectivity required to play. Data charges may apply. * Children under 13 may require parent permission to play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Typewriter Genius4 screens
Pixicade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixicade at 81% against Typewriter Genius's 0%. Pixicade also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 2). Typewriter Genius's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pixicade sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Typewriter Genius asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixicade holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixicade has 4.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Typewriter Genius's written reviews are positive against 81% of Pixicade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Typewriter Genius ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixicade every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Typewriter Genius versus Pixicade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTypewriter GeniusPixicade
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (4.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB662 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developer诚 陈Abacus

Customer experience

Typewriter Genius

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Pixicade

All ratings4,077 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews566 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative12.9%

Bugs and requests

Typewriter Genius

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pixicade

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scanning issues with drawings
  • Glitches when editing games
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Crashes and app freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • More editing tools and customization options
  • Ability to create multi-level games
  • Improved color recognition and scanning
  • Controller support
  • Removal of ads and in-app purchases

In-app purchases

None

Typewriter Genius

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Pixicade

Subscriptions12
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • Deluxe Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pixicade Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Deluxe Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Pixicade Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Plus Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Plus Annual Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Enable Sharing$0.99
  • Unlock Animation and Alan Becker$4.99
  • Unlock Pixicade Deluxe$9.99
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  • Pixicade Plus$17.99
  • Features, No Ads, +1000 games$34.99

Questions

Is Typewriter Genius free?
Typewriter Genius is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixicade free?
Pixicade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Typewriter Genius or Pixicade?
Pixicade is rated higher. Typewriter Genius averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pixicade averages 4.5 from 4.2K ratings.
Do Typewriter Genius or Pixicade have ads?
Pixicade shows ads; Typewriter Genius does not.
Which is updated more often, Typewriter Genius or Pixicade?
Typewriter Genius ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pixicade every 4 weeks. Most recently, Typewriter Genius was updated on October 22, 2026 and Pixicade on October 26, 2026.

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