Comparison

PaintHi vs Pixelate

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

Head to head
About

PaintHi

Create digital art on your mobile device with a vast array of brushes and paper textures. Record your creative process and share it as a video. Import images to trace or paint freely with a powerful color selector.

Highlights
  • 100+ brushes
  • 100+ paper textures
  • Import images for tracing
  • Record creation process
  • Powerful color selector
  • Free painting mode
Features
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PaintHi is a very distinctive painting App. You can use your mobile phone to create at any time. It breaks through the limitations of the device. You can make a perfect creation with the command of your hand. You can use 100+ brushes as you like, and 100+ papers can be selected as you like. You can record the perfect creative process, save it as a video for sharing, and share your creative process and story. 【Copy】 Import pictures via photo album or camera for copying 【Free Painting】 Free creation, unrestrained; individual creation, no limit 【Individual paper】 After drawing, you can change the drawing paper, 100+ paper switching, there is always one suitable for you; 【Record the creation process】 While drawing, you can turn on our screen recording function to record the highlight moments of creation [Powerful color selector] Powerful color selector, you can enter the color value to select the color, you can also select the color according to the color wheel, you can adjust any color you want 【Brush】 100+ brushes to choose freely, with a complete range of brushes; oil brushes, brush brushes, pen brushes, etc.

About

Pixelate

Create unique pixel art using a wide range of shapes like hearts, stars, and musical notes. Resize graphics, set grid lines for alignment, and export high-definition images with or without grids. Save your creations or share them directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Generate pixel art with various shapes
  • Resize graphics and set grid lines
  • Toggle grid lines for alignment
  • High-definition export
  • Save to photo album
  • Share on social media
Features
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Pixelate is a pixel maker that can use a variety of shapes to generate pixel art. 【The main function】 Pixelate your photos with a variety of shapes, including circles, rectangles, hearts, stars, moons, maple leaves, flames, musical notes, suns and more. Graphics can be resized and grid lines can be set to help you align them, and the grid lines can be toggled. High-definition export supports export with and without grid lines. You can save the generated pixel art to the photo album or share it on social media. No ads, all features unlocked, essential for pixel maker.

Screenshots

PaintHi4 screens
Pixelate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixelate at 67% against PaintHi's 20%. Pixelate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). PaintHi's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

PaintHi costs $0.99 and Pixelate $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaintHi ships an update every 5 weeks, Pixelate every 9 days. Both last shipped on September 9, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PaintHi versus Pixelate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintHiPixelate
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#44 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnyi County Bingzhiyi Trading Co., Ltd.国庆 裘

Customer experience

PaintHi

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%

Pixelate

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

PaintHi

No in-app purchases

None

Pixelate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaintHi free?
PaintHi costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixelate free?
Pixelate costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaintHi or Pixelate have ads?
PaintHi shows ads; Pixelate does not.
Which is updated more often, PaintHi or Pixelate?
PaintHi ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pixelate every 9 days. Most recently, PaintHi was updated on September 9, 2026 and Pixelate on September 9, 2026.

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