PIXEL86 vs DitherProg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
DitherProg
This application allows users to apply nostalgic dithering effects to images. It offers various tone depths and dithering algorithms, including Bayer, Halftone, Spiral, Floyd-Steinberg, and Jarvis, Judice & Ninke. Processed images can be saved in PNG format.
- Nostalgic dithering effects
- Multiple tone depths
- Various dithering algorithms (Bayer, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.)
- Save as PNG
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This is an application for nostalgic dithering. Tone Depth: - [ 0, 255 ] - [ 0, 128, 255 ] - [ 0, 64, 128, 192, 255 ] Dithering Type： - 2x2, Bayer - 4x4, Bayer - 4x4, Halftone - 4x4, Spiral (Type 1) - 4x4, Spiral (Type 2) - Floyd-Steinberg - Jarvis, Judice & Ninke Save format: - PNG
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PIXEL86 at 100% against DitherProg's 50%. PIXEL86 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). DitherProg's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. DitherProg asks for nothing beyond the download.
PIXEL86 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PIXEL86 has 40 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PIXEL86's written reviews are positive against 50% of DitherProg's.
PIXEL86 ships an update every 5 days, DitherProg every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PIXEL86 | DitherProg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (40 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Tretyakov | Itoh Tomoaki |
Customer experience
PIXEL86
DitherProg
In-app purchases
PIXEL86
- License Discount$9.99
- Perpetual License$19.99
DitherProg
No in-app purchases
