Pixels vs Pathbuilder 2e
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixels
Enhance your tabletop gaming experience with digital dice that offer customizable LED colors and animations. Set up unique profiles for specific rolls, add custom audio cues, and even integrate with smart home devices.
- Customizable LED colors and animations
- Profile creation for specific rolls
- Audible roll results
- Custom audio clip integration
- Web requests for smart home integration
- Light and dark mode support
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Light Up Your Game with Pixels Dice! Enjoy the analog feel of dice in your hand with all new digital features available when connected to this Pixels app. Use the Pixels app to customize LED colors and animations on your dice, using profiles and rules to make things happen exactly how you want to enhance your TTRPG session. Create a “Nat 20” profile that plays a unique animation of rainbow colors whenever you roll a natural 20, or a “Fireball” profile that plays a flickering orange color when your d6 rolls max damage. Use the app’s built-in Speak Numbers profile to make your roll results audible for the whole table! Or add your own audio clips to be played on rolls. Use web requests to communicate with external sites like IFTTT. Create rules that change the colors of your smart light bulbs based on your roll results. — COMING SOON: - ACCESSIBILITY: Improved navigation, screen reader compatibility, and new user settings. Switch between light and dark mode, increase contrast, adjust animation speeds, and more!
Pathbuilder 2e
This app allows you to plan and create characters for the Pathfinder 2e tabletop roleplaying game. You can then export your character sheets as PDFs or use the app as a digital character sheet.
- Character planning
- Character sheet export (PDF)
- Digital character sheet
- Pathfinder 2e compatible
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Pathbuilder 2e is a character planner and sheet compatible with Pathfinder 2e Tabletop Roleplaying Game. You can plan out your characters and then either export them as a PDF character sheet or use the app itself as a character sheet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixels at none against Pathbuilder 2e's 1. Pathbuilder 2e's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Pathbuilder 2e sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixels asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pathbuilder 2e holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathbuilder 2e has 197 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Pixels's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pathbuilder 2e's.
Pixels ships an update every 3 months, Pathbuilder 2e every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixels | Pathbuilder 2e |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (20 ratings) | 4.9 (197 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 197 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Systemic Games, LLC | Redrazors Ltd |
Customer experience
Pixels
Pathbuilder 2e
Bugs and requests
Pixels
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pathbuilder 2e
Reported bugs
1 issue- Functionally fantastic, but needs work on iPad
Requested features
1 request- Path builder encounters, GM mode, and ability to share turn order with players
In-app purchases
Pixels
No in-app purchases
Pathbuilder 2e
- Pathbuilder 2e IOS Full Unlock$6.99








