PixelDesk vs HarmonicArt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelDesk
This powerful yet user-friendly image editor allows you to arrange layers, crop, resize, and apply filters to your photos. Easily remove backgrounds, draw on images, add text, and share your creations across devices. It's ideal for crafting everything from social media posts to personalized cards.
- Layer-based image arrangement
- Automatic background removal
- Drawing and text tools
- Image filters and effects
- Precision placement and snapping
- Social media sharing options
- iCloud and Dark Mode support
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PixelDesk is a powerful yet easy-to-use general purpose image editor that works across all of your devices (iOS and Mac.) * Arrange images and shapes in layers * Crop, Resize, Scale * Automatic background removal * Choose from dozens of image filters * Draw atop your images using your finger or Apple Pencil * Precision placement with snapping * Apply shadows, stroke and opacity * Rotation * Put text on images in a variety of fonts and styles. * Share your creations on social media or any custom size you choose. * Great for creating all types of content from social media posts to baby announcements to birthday cards. * iCloud support * Dark Mode support * Support for archiving projects to backup or sharing with friends. It's all in the name. PixelDesk is a handy, dependable tool built by an experienced developer with a reputation for solid reliable apps. __________________________ "PixelDesk Unlimited" is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew up to 24 hours before your next subscription payment is due via your App Store settings page. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://bretlester.com/app_content/imgTool_terms.html Privacy Policy: https://bretlester.com/app_content/imgTool_privacy_policy.html
HarmonicArt
Transform your photos into unique artistic compositions using dice or Rubik's Cubes. Experiment with various styles, densities, and colors to craft mesmerizing masterpieces. Save and share your creations with ease.
- Photo to art transformation
- Dice and Rubik's Cube styles
- Style, density, and color experimentation
- Save and share creations
- New elements and effects updates
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Turn any photograph into a mosaic made of dice, dominoes, bricks or beads, then get the plan to build it for real. HarmonicArt is not a filter. It is a studio for designing something physical, and it hands you the material list, the finished dimensions and a printable plan to work from. SEVEN MATERIALS Dice: black and white faces, the classic. Six tones from one set, twelve from two. Dominoes: seven tones per set, laid end to end. Cubes: nine stickers each, six colours, a wall of puzzle cubes. Bricks: studded plates in twenty-two colours on a baseplate. Fuse beads: ironed pegboard pixels. Halftone: newsprint dots in the ink of your choice. Typewriter: glyphs standing in for grey. Pick one and the whole picture changes. The preview updates as you choose. A PLAN YOU CAN BUILD FROM Every piece comes with the part nobody else gives you: • What to buy, by the item, "3,200 black dice, 1,600 white", not a list of color codes • Finished size and weight, before you commit to anything • An estimate of how long the placing will take • The backing board you will need • A printable PDF: a shopping list, a method page, a section map with progress boxes, and numbered section pages with coordinates on all four edges and a per-page material tally Print it, take it to the table, and work through it a section at a time. A STUDIO, NOT A BUTTON • A live preview that redraws as you move a slider, no guessing, no waiting • Touch and hold to compare against your original • Detail from a few dozen tiles to tens of thousands • Several palettes per material, from full colour to greyscale • Three ways to handle tone: flat, diffused or screened • Brightness and contrast, when a photo needs a hand Colours are matched in a perceptual colour space, so faces land on believable skin tones instead of drifting green. SEE IT IN THREE DIMENSIONS Orbit a finished piece as real objects, dice with real pips, cubes with real stickers, bricks with studs, lit and shadowed, before you have bought a single one. KEEP AND SHARE • Save to Photos, or export up to 8192 pixels for a gallery print • A gallery that remembers every piece with its settings, so you can reopen one, push the detail up, switch materials and export it again • Share the picture or the build plan PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos are read, mosaicked and saved entirely on your device. There is no account, no server, and nothing is uploaded. Diagnostics are optional and can be switched off in one tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HarmonicArt at none against PixelDesk's 5. HarmonicArt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). PixelDesk's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (42 vs 1). On price and ads 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. PixelDesk sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per year. HarmonicArt asks for nothing beyond the download.
HarmonicArt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PixelDesk has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PixelDesk ships an update every 6 weeks, HarmonicArt every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixelDesk | HarmonicArt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bret Lester | Seyed Mahmoud Hodaeenia |
Customer experience
PixelDesk
HarmonicArt
In-app purchases
PixelDesk
- PixelDesk Unlimited7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- PixelDesk AI 25 Credits$3.99
- PixelDesk AI 50 Credits$5.99
- PixelDesk AI 100 Credits$10.99
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- PixelDesk Unlimited Lifetime$49.99
HarmonicArt
No in-app purchases









