Comparison

StampFX vs Simple Pixel Art Maker

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

Head to head
About

StampFX

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Whether you're 8 or 80, a complete beginner or seasoned artist, StampFX makes pixel art animation approachable and fun for everyone. Create stunning animated stickers, GIFs, and pixel art with an intuitive frame-by-frame animation tool designed for all skill levels. No artistic experience required. Just tap, draw, and watch your creations come to life. Perfect for animated stickers, reaction GIFs, retro-style animations, and creative projects on your iPhone or iPad. POWERFUL ANIMATION TOOLS Bring your pixel art to life with intuitive creative features: • Frame-by-frame animation with instant preview • 12 specialized drawing tools (pixel, line, circle, rectangle, flood fill, and more) • Customizable brush sizes and shapes for pencil, eraser, ellipse, rectangle, and line tools • Quick frame cloning, duplication, and rearrangement • Pervasive undo for fearless creativity • Mini Sprites: stamp hand-picked 1-bit mini sprites right onto your canvas • Import Image: bring any photo or image onto your canvas to pixelate and remix • Rotation and flipping tools • Two-finger pinch and zoom for precise control • Eyedropper for perfect color matching CREATE FUN ANIMATIONS StampFX is perfect for making: • Animated stickers for iMessage • Reaction GIFs to share with friends • Pixel art characters and animations • Retro-style animated art • Creative projects and personal artwork BEAUTIFUL COLOR PALETTES Create your own, generate a palette from any image, or choose from carefully curated palettes inspired by: • Classic video game consoles • Retro operating systems • Nature themes (fire, ocean, forest) • Monochrome options (17 shades of gray, sepia) • Web-safe colors • Custom hue ranges FLEXIBLE CANVAS SIZES Create at your ideal resolution with canvases up to 512x512: • Tiny (perfect for 16x16 icons) • Small (great for 32x32 sprites) • Medium (ideal for detailed work) • Large (for high-resolution assets) • Custom sizes up to 512x512 pixels ANIMATION SPEED CONTROL Fine-tune your animation timing: • Slow (study details) • Medium (natural motion) • Fast (rapid action) EXPORT & SHARE ANYWHERE Your creations work everywhere: • Animated GIF export • iMessage sticker integration • AirDrop to Mac or other devices • Email sharing • Save to Files app • Compatible with any app that supports GIFs PRIVACY FIRST We respect your creativity: • Zero personal data collection • No analytics or tracking • Your art stays yours • Work offline anytime Whether you're creating animated stickers for messaging, making reaction GIFs for social media, or exploring pixel art as a creative hobby, StampFX gives you powerful frame-by-frame animation tools in a simple, fun iOS app. Download StampFX and start animating today!

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Simple Pixel Art Maker

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Pixel art, made simple. Simple Pixel Art Maker is a clean, fast drawing studio for iPhone and iPad — designed for the way pixel art actually works: a precise grid, a tight set of tools, and colors that snap to curated palettes. Tap a square. Pick a color. Build a tiny world, one pixel at a time. EVERYTHING YOU NEED, NOTHING YOU DON'T • Pencil, Eraser and Fill — the three tools you actually use • Adjustable brush size from 1 to 8 pixels • Eyedropper to sample any pixel on the canvas • Pixel-perfect Line, Rectangle and Circle tools • Move tool to nudge layer pixels around • Unlimited Undo and Redo CANVAS SIZES FROM 8Ɨ8 TO 128Ɨ128 Pick a preset — 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 — or set a custom width and height up to 256 px. Lock the 1:1 aspect or go rectangular. Pixel grid lines and a checkerboard background are toggles, not requirements. LAYERS Build sky, mountains and the cactus on separate layers. Hide them, lock them, and reorder them as you sketch. The free version supports a comfortable starting stack; Pixel Pro unlocks unlimited layers for more ambitious scenes. CURATED COLOR PALETTES Swipe through Basics, Beach, Forest, Sunset, Retro and more — each carefully picked so your art looks intentional from the first pixel. Or use the eyedropper to grab any color already on the canvas. MIRROR MODE Horizontal, vertical, or both. Perfect for sprites, faces and symmetrical icons — every stroke mirrors instantly. EXPORT TO PHOTOS Save your art to the Photo Library as a PNG at 1Ɨ, 2Ɨ, 4Ɨ or 8Ɨ scale, with an optional transparent background. Your pixel art stays crisp at every size. PIXEL PRO — $2.99, ONCE Simple Pixel Arts Maker is free to download with non-personalized ads. A single in-app purchase unlocks Pixel Pro for $2.99: • Unlimited Layers — build complex scenes with as many layers as you need • Unlimited Projects — the free version keeps 4 recent projects; Pixel Pro removes that ceiling • No Ads — no banners, no interstitials, ever • One-time purchase. No subscriptions. Yours forever. QUIETLY PRIVATE No account. No sign-up. No analytics. Your pixel-art projects are stored locally on your device and are never uploaded anywhere. The free version uses Google AdMob to serve ads; if you choose "Ask App Not to Track," only non-personalized ads are served. PERFECT FOR • Game designers prototyping sprites and tile art • Kids and beginners discovering pixel art for the first time • Logo, icon, and emoji designers who want pixel-perfect output • Anyone who finds drawing on a grid relaxing

Screenshots

StampFX4 screens
Simple Pixel Art Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StampFX at none against Simple Pixel Art Maker's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. StampFX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Pixel Art Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
StampFX versus Simple Pixel Art Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStampFXSimple Pixel Art Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyclic Software Development Inc.Chaleepa Mallawa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

StampFX

One-time1
  • StampFX Pro$1.99
1 purchases

Simple Pixel Art Maker

One-time1
  • Pixel Pro$2.99

Questions

Is StampFX free?
StampFX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Pixel Art Maker free?
Simple Pixel Art Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StampFX or Simple Pixel Art Maker have ads?
Simple Pixel Art Maker shows ads; StampFX does not.

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