PicRef vs Resprite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PicRef
This app allows users to view and manipulate reference images with no loss of quality. It offers tools for cropping, resizing, and batch editing, with an optional drawing feature for iPad users. The interface is designed for efficiency, supporting split-screen use with other graphics software.
- No loss of image quality
- Image dragging, cropping, resizing
- Batch editing (drag, delete, mirror, sort)
- Desaturate and mirror images
- Free rotation at any angle
- Split screen support
- Handwriting notes (iPad only)
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- No loss of image quality Optimize the graphic algorithm to view more images at the same time without missing any high-definition details. - Mark (iPad only) Write down your ideas by hand in any location. - Basic function Support image dragging, cropping, resizing and focus on single picture, one-click mediation. - Marquee Batch drag, delete, mirror, desaturate and sort. - Compact layout - Desaturate Quickly desaturate the selected images. - Rotation Supports free rotation at any angle. - Mirror Quickly mirror the selected images. - Split screen Can be used with other graphics software split screen.
Resprite
This professional pixel art editor offers desktop-class features optimized for touch and pen input. Create pixel illustrations, animations, and game assets with an extensive toolset, advanced layers, and a high-performance renderer, all on your mobile device.
- High-performance drawing engine
- Innovative palette and coloring tools
- Advanced layers and timeline system
- Optimized gesture and pen controls
- Flexible interface layout
- Import/export GIF, spritesheet, and PSD files
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Resprite is a professional pixel art editor. Desktop-class features combined with touch/pen optimizations let you create efficiently anywhere. Resprite brings together a complete pixel toolset, an innovative coloring system, advanced layers and timelines, and a Metal-powered high-performance renderer so you can easily make pixel illustrations, spritesheets, GIF animations, and game art assets. Wherever you are—at home, camping, on the beach, or waiting at the gate—you can start creating. Resprite is your mobile pixel art studio. Resprite includes: - High-performance drawing engine - Innovative and efficient palette and coloring tools - Complete dithering pattern support - Flexible interface layout, always one tap away - Optimized gesture and pen controls for precision Flexible interface layout: - Arrange floating panels freely - All panels can be minimized - Shorten the distance between pen and target to boost efficiency - Cohesive pixel-styled UI All-in-one toolset: - Brushes, innovative coloring tools, three selection tools, eyedropper, paint bucket, three shape tools, plus rich sub-options - Pixel Perfect, Alpha Lock, dithering textures, and other advanced features - Place the toolbar anywhere for instant access - Copy, paste (including across files), flip horizontally/vertically, rotate, scale - Zoom and transform both canvas and image - Quick outline, HSV tuning, brightness/contrast adjustment, blur filter - Insert multi-line or vertical text, with custom fonts Convenient reference images: - Load multiple reference images - References can be zoomed and minimized - Place them anywhere Innovative palette: - Free placement layout - Linked workflow with coloring tools - Interpolate to create intermediate colors - Palette import and export - Automatically sample palettes from the canvas Import and sharing: - Import/export GIF, spritesheet, and Resprite packages - Export with scale, frame margin, spritesheet layout options, and more - Export per animation clip or by row - Import/export palettes (GPL, RPL formats) - Export PSD files - Import/export APNG animations - Export timelapse recordings of your drawing Layer and timeline system: - Comprehensive features for flexible layer-based creation - Copy, merge, flatten, rasterize, and other advanced operations - Onion Skin support - Set multiple animation clips and select them individually - Reliable performance—smooth even with hundreds of frames - Color tags, multi-level grouping, and opacity control Fast gesture operations: - Supports low-tilt and heavy-press stylus gestures - Two-finger/three-finger tap for undo/redo - Customizable pen Double-Tap actions - One-finger gestures to switch frames, play, and toggle onion skin - Long-press gesture - Flexibly map gestures to actions Pixel art in the demos comes from these artists: 史大巴、斯尔娜娜、扑倒奥利奥、吱小墨、妘归、KATLEE十三、石睐暮 PREMIUM: Your Resprite PREMIUM unlocks: - Remove export limits - Color adjustments - Stroke - Symmetry tool - Text tool All app features are available, and Premium is shared between iPad and iPhone. Customer support: Docs: https://resprite.fengeon.com/ Email: support@fengeon.com Optional in-app purchases: Charges are deducted from your iTunes account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. After purchase, you can manage auto-renewal anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms and conditions: Your use of this app is governed by the Terms at https://resprite.fengeon.com/terms and the Privacy Policy at https://resprite.fengeon.com/privacy, including future versions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Resprite at Free against PicRef's $0.99. Resprite also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 26). PicRef's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Resprite is free to download; PicRef costs $0.99 up front. Resprite sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PicRef asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PicRef against 4.7 for Resprite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resprite has 1.5K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of PicRef's written reviews are positive against 80% of Resprite's.
PicRef ships an update weekly, Resprite every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | PicRef | Resprite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better | 79.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 祥 汤 | Fengeon |
Customer experience
PicRef
Resprite
Bugs and requests
PicRef
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Resprite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tools disappearing from the UI
- Importing Aseprite files not working properly
- Export function counting against trial limit even when cancelled
Requested features
6 requests- Add keyframe animation support
- Implement tile set creation tools
- Allow importing/exporting more file formats
- Improve undo/redo functionality
- Add cursor/crosshair display option
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- Increase free export limit
In-app purchases
PicRef
No in-app purchases
Resprite
- 1 Month$1.991 Month
- 12 Months$14.991 Year
- A Coffee$0.99
- Lifetime$19.99
- Lifetime Standard$29.99









