Comparison

PIX vs Pixel Diffusion

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

Head to head
About

PIX

Easily create pixel art with intuitive controls and essential functions. Perfect for beginners, NFT art, and designing patterns. Focuses on simplicity over extensive features.

Highlights
  • Intuitive pixel art creation
  • Essential functions only
  • Beginner-friendly
  • NFT art creation
  • Pattern design (bead, cross-stitch)
  • Twitter icon creation
Features
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PIX: Pixel Art Maker is a fun app that anyone can easily draw pixel art. PIX: Pixel Art Maker is easy to remember because it is narrowed down to intuitive operation methods and the minimum functions necessary for creating pixel art, so you will not get lost in operation. PIX: Pixel Art Maker focuses on ease of use rather than feature richness. Great for creating NFT art. [Recommended for people like this] * Pixel art beginner * Feel free to enjoy pixel art * Creating Twitter icon * Designing bead pattern * Designing Cross-stitch pattern * Creating player skins for games * Creating NFT art

About

Pixel Diffusion

Transform text prompts into unique pixel art with AI. This tool generates authentic pixel art using fixed color palettes and offers post-generation editing options like resizing and color quantization. Share your creations with others.

Highlights
  • AI art generator from text prompts
  • Authentic pixel art generation
  • Fixed color palettes
  • Post-processing: resize, quantize colors
  • Save and share artwork
  • Inspiration for further editing
Features
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Pixel Diffusion turns words into awesome pixel arts. Bring your imagination to reality by entering a prompt, and Pixel Diffusion will create pixel perfect pixel arts with fixed palettes. 【 PIXEL ART GENERATOR FROM PROMPT】 AI art generator is converting your text to the art in seconds. No style clarification required. 【 PIXEL PERFECT】 Pixel Diffusion creates real pixel arts, not "in pixel art style" as other app do. 【 FIXED PALETTES】 Pixel Diffusion uses fixed palettes to make sure that you get high quality pixel arts. 【 POST PROCESSING】 After pixel art is generated, you can resize it, quantize (reduce) colors and apply any built-in palette . 【 SAVE & SHARE IT】 Once you have your completely unique, original artwork; feel free to share it with friends to WOW them. 【 GET INSPIRED 】 Use pixel arts generated as a basis to edit and improve in any pixel art editor.

Screenshots

PIX4 screens
Pixel Diffusion3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Diffusion at 2.0 against PIX's 1.0. Pixel Diffusion also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). PIX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel Diffusion sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PIX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Diffusion holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PIX's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pixel Diffusion's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
PIX versus Pixel Diffusion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIXPixel Diffusion
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)2.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB79 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNikita VelichkoFarida Yarullina

Customer experience

PIX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Pixel Diffusion

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

PIX

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pixel Diffusion

One-time2
  • 100 credits$4.99
  • 1000 credits$19.99

Questions

Is PIX free?
PIX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Diffusion free?
Pixel Diffusion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PIX or Pixel Diffusion?
Pixel Diffusion is rated higher. PIX averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pixel Diffusion averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do PIX or Pixel Diffusion have ads?
Neither PIX nor Pixel Diffusion shows ads.

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