Pixelet vs Pixel Works
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixelet
Create pixel art and animations by writing simple programs. This tool offers editing assistance, syntax highlighting, and sharing capabilities for your pixel art creations. It's designed to make pixel art accessible through code.
- Create pixel art from programs
- Create animations from programs
- Editing assistance with toolbar
- Share images and animations
- Syntax highlighting and line numbers
- Customizable settings for size and animation
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Let's draw pixel art with coding! Pixelet is an app to create pixel art by writing a program instead of editing each pixel. It sounds difficult, but it's easy because you only have to learn a few patterns. You can also copy and paste the program, making it easy to repeat and reuse. # Features - Create pixel art from the program - Create animation from programs - Editing assistance with toolbar - Share the created images/animations - Syntax highlighting and line numbers - Settings for sizes, animation, anti-aliasing, grid, etc. This app is completely free. * Advertisement will be displayed. Feel free to draw something.
Pixel Works
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Pixel Works is a graphics application to design small pixel graphics, animations and fonts for monochrome displays. Design small animations and pixel fonts for embedded projects and OLED screens. The application supports export to animated GIF and GFXFont. For feedback and questions feel free to contact us at info@drummachinefunk.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Works at none against Pixelet's shown. Pixel Works also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixelet ships an update every 4 months, Pixel Works every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixelet | Pixel Works |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuya Tobioka | Delta Seven Kft. |
In-app purchases
Pixelet
No in-app purchases
Pixel Works
No in-app purchases
