Comparison

Sprite Catalog vs Spritfill

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

Head to head
About

Sprite Catalog

Access a vast library of over 3,000 pixel art sprites and fonts for game development. Easily browse, filter, recolor, and export assets for your projects. Import your own art and keep it synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Thousands of pixel art sprites
  • Organized collections
  • Pixel fonts
  • Premade color palettes
  • Drag-and-drop export
  • Recolor sprites
  • Import and sync own art
Features
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Thousands of pixel-art sprites and pixel fonts, ready for your next game. Sprite Catalog is a library of more than 3,000 hand-picked sprites, organized into collections like Food, Tiles, Artwork, and Treasure. Prototype a game, fill out a level, or just find inspiration — then drag the sprites you like straight into your project. Browse • More than 3,000 sprites across dozens of collections • Filter by collection to find just the right asset • Pixel fonts shown as full alphabets, not just a thumbnail, ready to install • A library of premade color palettes • License information for every asset, so you know how you can use it Use • Drag any sprite out as a PNG, or save and share it • Recolor sprites quickly to match your game's palette • Save favorites to My Collection • Open any sprite in Sprite Pencil with one tap to keep editing • Send sprites as stickers right from Messages Bring Your Own • Import your own pixel art and keep it synced across your devices with iCloud • Cut a spritesheet into individual sprites by size and spacing • Cut spritesheets automatically with Shortcuts

About

Spritfill

Features
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Spritfill is a pixel art editor designed for iPad, built for both beginners and experienced sprite artists. Draw on a variety of canvas sizes — from 16×16 icons to massive 512×512 scenes. Choose from built-in color palettes like PICO-8, Endesga, and Spritfill 128, or create your own custom palettes. Powerful drawing tools: • Pencil, eraser, and fill bucket • Line, rectangle, ellipse, and shape tools • Gradient and dither tools • Color picker (eyedropper) • Selection tool — pick, shift, and move pixels between layers • Symmetry drawing (horizontal, vertical, and quad) • Shift and flip entire layers. Layer support: • Up to 8 layers with visibility toggles • Merge, reorder, and rename layers • Import other projects as new layers. Recreate mode: • Browse a catalog of premade sprites and practice pixel art by recreating them step by step • Track your progress and completion. Community features: • Submit your finished artwork for others to recreate • Browse and download community-submitted sprites. Export & share: • Save to your photo library with customizable tile sizes • Upscale exports for crisp, high-resolution sprites • Share directly from the app. Apple Pencil support with automatic detection and configurable settings. Unlock Spritfill Pro for the full experience — larger canvases, more layers, advanced tools, and unlimited custom palettes.

Screenshots

Sprite Catalog4 screens
Spritfill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sprite Catalog at none against Spritfill's 1. Sprite Catalog also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Spritfill's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spritfill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sprite Catalog asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sprite Catalog versus Spritfill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprite CatalogSpritfill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developer256 ArtsEdmond Wu

In-app purchases

None

Sprite Catalog

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spritfill

One-time1
  • Spritfill Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Sprite Catalog free?
Sprite Catalog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spritfill free?
Spritfill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sprite Catalog or Spritfill have ads?
Neither Sprite Catalog nor Spritfill shows ads.

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