Comparison

Sprite vs Pixelize Me

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

Head to head
About

Sprite

Unleash your creativity by coloring pixelated images or creating your own from photos. This app offers a relaxing way to de-stress with a simple color-by-number system and easy sharing options.

Highlights
  • Color by number pixel art
  • Create pixel art from gallery images
  • Zoom and pan functionality
  • Fast coloring with drag and hold
  • Share creations to social media
  • Save progress to continue later
Features
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Pixel Art is a creating modern masterpieces of digital art is simpler than ever! Enjoy the art of true color by number with Pixel Art coloring book. This color by number app will definitely make your time fly! Just shelter from the stress of life and complete a variety of unique anti-stress artworks. Relief your stress together with friends and family members. It’s so fun and so easy to color you don’t even have to be good at art! Simply follow the numbers in squares. A special color palette suggests what color is what number. Pixel Art Features: > Currently have over 110 pixel images and we are making more. > Create feature: load images from mobile gallery and create pixel images > Zoom and pan the image > Hold and drag for fast coloring > Share the finished work to social network (Facebook, Twitter, Email ..). > Vibration on error, sound and music > Save your work to continue later Pixel Art is more than just a coloring book for adults. It’s an entertaining way to relax and release your inner artist for free.

About

Pixelize Me

Features
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Pixelize turns any photo into real pixel art: authentic retro palettes, true dithering and a live preview that updates as you tweak. Pick a photo, then pick a look. Game Boy Camera, PICO-8, NES sprite, 1-bit Mac, CRT arcade: every style renders on your own photo before you tap it. Fine-tune pixel size, palette, dithering and tone, then export a crisp PNG or an animated GIF. REAL PIXELS, NOT A BLUR FILTER Pixelize snaps your photo to an actual pixel grid and maps every pixel to a real palette. Export at 1× for game sprites and pixel-art references, or up to 4K for prints and wallpapers. 50 RETRO PALETTES • Consoles: NES, Sega Master System, PICO-8, Sweetie 16 • Handhelds: Game Boy and its variants, Virtual Boy • Computers: Commodore 64, CGA, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC • Moods: Vaporwave, Cyberpunk, Synthwave, Thermal, Risograph and more • Palette Studio: build and save your own SMART PALETTE Let Pixelize pick the 4 to 32 colors that best represent your photo, for pixel art that still looks like the original. 6 DITHERING STYLES Floyd-Steinberg, Atkinson, two Bayer matrices, blue noise and halftone, with adjustable strength: the patterns that gave 8-bit and 16-bit art its texture. 18 ONE-TAP STYLES Game Boy Camera, PICO-8, NES Sprite, 1-bit Mac, C64 Demo, CRT Arcade, Vaporwave, Newspaper, Sticker, Thermal, Poster and more. ANIMATED GIFS Export a "pixel reveal" GIF that resolves from chunky blocks into your finished art. Made for chats and socials. STICKERS AND EFFECTS Remove the background for a transparent sticker, add a die-cut border, cel-shaded outlines and CRT scanlines. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Photos are never uploaded, there is no account, and the editor works offline. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PRO The editor, 25 classic palettes and 10 styles are free, with ads. Pixelize Pro adds Smart Palette, 25 more palettes, 8 Pro styles, 4K export, GIFs without the watermark and unlimited custom palettes, and removes all ads. Pixelize Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: pay once and keep it. To get it back on a new device or after reinstalling, tap Restore purchases in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pixel.chinesepowered.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Sprite4 screens
Pixelize Me4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixelize Me at none against Sprite's 1. Sprite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price 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. Sprite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixelize Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprite ships an update fortnightly, Pixelize Me every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sprite versus Pixelize Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpritePixelize Me
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPuzzle Mania StudioNelson Lai

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sprite

One-time1
  • No Ads and Access all Features$1.99
None

Pixelize Me

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sprite free?
Sprite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixelize Me free?
Pixelize Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sprite or Pixelize Me have ads?
Pixelize Me shows ads; Sprite does not.
Which is updated more often, Sprite or Pixelize Me?
Sprite ships an update fortnightly, and Pixelize Me every 4 months. Most recently, Sprite was updated on October 15, 2026 and Pixelize Me on October 8, 2026.

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