Sprite Catalog vs CardistX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sprite Catalog
Access a vast library of pixel art sprites for game development or artistic inspiration. Easily save, share, and import assets into other creative tools. Features include a quick recolor tool and the ability to cut sprite sheets.
- 3300+ Sprites
- Exclusive sprites
- Filter by categories
- Quick recolor tool
- Save and share sprites
- Import to Sprite Pencil
- Cut sprite sheets
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Sprite Catalog is a large collection of pixel art sprites that you can save or import into other drawing applications. Great for developing games with, or just using as inspiration! FEATURES: • 3300+ Sprites • Exclusive sprites • Filter by categories • Quick recolor tool • Save and share sprites • Import to Sprite Pencil with one tap • Cut sprite sheets • Install pixel fonts • View licence information • Send iMessage stickers
CardistX
Design and save custom 3D cards with a game aesthetic. This tool lets you create unique card game-style designs and manage your collection. You can also simulate opening card packs using your own creations.
- Create 3D card game-style designs
- Save and manage created cards
- Simulate opening card packs
- Auto-generate text and designs
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Description: This app allows you to create and save 3D card designs in a card game style. You can also open packs using the cards you've created. Main Features: ・Create unique card game-style designs ・Save and manage your created cards ・Open packs ・Auto-generate text and designs Privacy Policy: http://mysterylog.com/apps/cardist/en/privacy.html Terms of Use: http://mysterylog.com/apps/cardist/en/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CardistX at every 3 days against Sprite Catalog's every 2 weeks. CardistX also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Sprite Catalog's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sprite Catalog against 4.7 for CardistX. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprite Catalog has 41 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sprite Catalog ships an update every 2 weeks, CardistX every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sprite Catalog | CardistX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) — better | 4.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 256 Arts | Satoshi Yokokawa |
Customer experience
Sprite Catalog
CardistX
In-app purchases
Sprite Catalog
No in-app purchases
CardistX
No in-app purchases
