Pixel Painter Plus vs Pixmint

Pixel Painter is a pixel drawing editor designed for all ages. Create game sprites, pixel art, animated GIFs, or movie clips, and share your artwork with family and friends. Each project allows you to set different pixel patterns for unique looks and styles. Enjoy the fun of pixel painting! Features : General - Simple and easy-to-use UI. - Project-based drawing editor. - Create projects with custom sizes ranging from 5x5 to 64x64 pixels. - Options to rename or delete projects. - Works seamlessly on both iPhone and iPad. - Lightweight, compact app optimized for everyday use. - Ad-free and built with privacy in mind. Painting Tools - Create frames for animated pixel projects. - Preview animated projects. - Clear canvas option. - Simple Brush and Eraser tools. - Pixel color presets. - Pinch and pan the canvas for detailed painting. - Save images, animated GIFs, or video clips directly to your camera roll. Settings - 15 pixel pattern selections. - Background color customization. - Option to enable or disable the grid. - Ability to set grid color. - Set animation frame rate (frames per second). Note : The canvas size determines the drawing orientation. For example, a 20x30 canvas will be in portrait mode, while a 40x30 canvas will be in landscape mode. Have fun with Pixel Painter! Create animated pixel artwork and share it with your friends and family. Thank you for your support! Visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.

Pixmint is a professional pixel art studio and frame-by-frame animation editor for iPhone and iPad. Built for indie game devs, digital artists, and retro fans—create pixel-perfect sprites, seamless tilesets, and animations anywhere. Desktop precision with touch-first speed: multi-layer editing, colored onion skinning, Lospec palettes, and native Aseprite file interchange. Download free and start your canvas in seconds! PRECISION PIXEL TOOLS • Pixel-Perfect smoothing: removes double edges and L-corners • Pencil, Eraser, Line, Rectangle & Ellipse shapes • Flood Fill & Color Replace across the active layer • ColorDrop: drag color swatches to instantly fill areas • Real-time Loupe: floating magnifier shifts to keep touch visible • Dithering brush: classic retro shading and textures • Alpha Lock: paint strictly within existing pixels • Symmetry: Horizontal, Vertical, and Dual-Axis • Adjustable brush sizes (1px–16px) and opacity ANIMATION & ONION SKIN • Frame-by-frame timeline: add, duplicate, reorder, and remove frames • Canvas playback with adjustable frame rate (1–60 FPS) • Advanced Onion Skin: colored previous and next frames • Build walk cycles, attack combos, and smooth loops LAYERS & IPAD WORKSPACE • Multi-layer editing per frame with opacity sliders and layer lock • Duplicate, Merge Down, Clear, and drag reorder • Multi-Project Tabs: keep multiple canvases open on iPad • Apple Pencil ready: palm rejection & Pencil-only mode • 2-finger zoom, pan, rotate, and Virtual Joystick panning LOSPEC PALETTES & TILESET WRAP • Direct Lospec integration: import iconic retro palettes • Color picker with Hex, RGB, and HSV inputs • 3x3 Tileset Wrap: design seamless repeating game tiles in real time SELECTION & TRANSFORM • Freehand Lasso, Rectangular Selection, and Select All • 1-pixel precision Nudge arrows for micro-adjustments • Flip Horizontal/Vertical, Fill, Outline Stroke, and Clear EXPORT & IMPORT • Export images: PNG (transparent), JPG, WebP, HEIC • Export animations: Animated GIF and MP4 video • Game Atlases: Sprite Sheets with JSON metadata • Pro formats: Native .ase / .aseprite and MP4 timelapse recording • Upscaling: crisp nearest-neighbor from 1x to 32x (2048px+) • Import: Aseprite (.ase), Piskel (.piskel), Pixilart, GIFs, and photos OPTIONAL SMART ASSIST • Text to Pixel: generate sprite ideas in 8-bit, 16-bit, or Isometric • Photo to Pixel: convert photos with before/after split slider • Sprite Sheet Generator: generate multi-frame motion sequences • Magic Cut: separate artwork into transparent PNG layers PRICING & ORGANIZATION • Custom folders with batch move, delete, and sample templates • Free tier: 2 artworks, 1 layer/frame, standard exports • Pixmint Pro: Unlimited artworks & layers, all pro exports (GIF, MP4, Sheet, Aseprite, Timelapse), and 32x upscale (Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime) Pixmint is made for creators. Pick up your pencil and start crafting today!