Comparison

Resprite vs KnitPatternCreator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

KnitPatternCreator

Design custom knitting patterns with a variety of stitch symbols and color options. Save, print, and share your creations, with features like undo/redo and zoom for easy editing. Includes 6 free patterns to get you started.

Highlights
  • Customizable knit stitch symbols
  • Color selection for yarn simulation
  • Repeat box functionality
  • Cut, copy, and paste stitches
  • Unlimited undo/redo
  • Zoom and resize patterns
  • Print and share patterns
Features
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Create your own knitting patterns with Knitting Pattern Creator. Save, print and share your patterns. Comes with 6 free patterns. One Time Only Activation is $2.99 List of options: 1. Select any knit stitch symbol you want and place it on the knit pattern graph (includes cable knit symbols) 2. Change the color of any square on the grid to change the knit yarn color 3. Add a repeat boxes to show the set of knitting stiches that you should repeat 4. Cut/copy/paste knitting stitches on your knit pattern graph 5. Unlimited Undo/Redo feature 6. Zoom in/Zoom out on your knitting pattern 7. Resize your knitting pattern. 8. Print your pattern to a printer 9. Share your knitting pattern to yourself and others using, text, email etc. 10. Save your knitting pattern

Screenshots

Resprite4 screens
KnitPatternCreator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Resprite at 80% against KnitPatternCreator's 0%. Resprite also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). KnitPatternCreator's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Resprite sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and KnitPatternCreator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Resprite ships an update every 5 weeks, KnitPatternCreator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Resprite versus KnitPatternCreator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRespriteKnitPatternCreator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFengeonSand Castle Designs, Inc

Customer experience

Resprite

All ratings1,441 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive79.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative13.3%

KnitPatternCreator

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and 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

KnitPatternCreator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Resprite

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 12 Months$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • A Coffee$0.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime Standard$29.99
1 purchases

KnitPatternCreator

One-time1
  • Knit Pattern Creator Activate$2.99

Questions

Is Resprite free?
Resprite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KnitPatternCreator free?
KnitPatternCreator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Resprite or KnitPatternCreator have ads?
Neither Resprite nor KnitPatternCreator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Resprite or KnitPatternCreator?
Resprite ships an update every 5 weeks, and KnitPatternCreator every 4 months. Most recently, Resprite was updated on October 30, 2026 and KnitPatternCreator on October 13, 2026.

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