Pixel Photo Effect vs PIXEL86
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Photo Effect
Easily apply a pixelation effect to your photos. Select an image, adjust the pixelation level, and save your creation. Share your pixel art with friends and family on social media.
- Apply pixelation effect
- Adjust pixelation amount
- Save to gallery
- Share on social media
- Free to download
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Create a pixel photo effect on any photo with this app. Pixelate any image in a matter of seconds and share on your favorite social media. Just select a image, choose the amount of pixelation and save to your gallery. Share with friends and family! Download for FREE today! and start creating your photo masterpiece Background vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com Infographic vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com
PIXEL86
Transform photos and videos with vintage pixel art aesthetics. Apply true black-and-white dithering, custom color palettes, and unique dithering styles to create retro media. Supports video editing and sharing your creations.
- True B/W dithering
- Video editing support
- Customizable color palettes
- Three dithering styles (Natural, Pattern, Flat)
- Vintage-inspired aesthetics
- Social media sharing
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PIXEL86 — Retro Dithering for Photos & Videos Make your media look like it came from a cooler, glitchier timeline. Bring back the charm of vintage tech with PIXEL86, the ultimate tool to transform your photos and videos into pixel-perfect black-and-white or limited-palette art. Inspired by early computer graphics, old-school printers, and classic GIFs — this is retro done right. True B/W Dithering No grays. Just black or white pixels smartly arranged to simulate shadows and depth — exactly how early screens did it. Now Supports Video Editing Apply your favorite dithering style to video clips. Make every frame look like a piece of pixel-art history. Color Palettes, Reimagined Choose from curated vintage-inspired palettes Hit random for a fresh surprise every time Or build your own custom palette for a personalized look Three Dithering Styles Natural — Smooth, classic error diffusion. Clean and expressive. Pattern — Retro dot-matrix vibes. Adjustable matrix for custom textures. Flat — Not technically dithering, but perfect for dramatic, posterized effects in both stills and motion. Share Your Style Use #pixel86 on social and tag @pixel86app on Instagram — we love featuring the coolest creations from the community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixel Photo Effect at none against PIXEL86's 2. Pixel Photo Effect also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). PIXEL86's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. PIXEL86 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pixel Photo Effect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel Photo Effect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PIXEL86 has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Pixel Photo Effect | PIXEL86 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SK Studios Ltd | Peter Tretyakov |
Customer experience
Pixel Photo Effect
PIXEL86
In-app purchases
Pixel Photo Effect
No in-app purchases
PIXEL86
- License Discount$9.99
- Perpetual License$19.99
