Comparison

Resprite vs Aquarium Widget

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

Aquarium Widget

Embark on a pixelated fishing journey to collect diverse fish and decorate your home screen with a custom aquarium widget. Complete quests to craft new fishing rods and unlock new stages in your underwater adventure.

Highlights
  • Fishing in diverse stages
  • Daily hearts for play
  • Collect common to legendary fish
  • Quests for rod crafting
  • Custom aquarium widget
Features
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Aquarium Widget Application Embark on a Fishing Journey and Create your own Aquarium ! Welcome to the Aquarium Widget Application, where your fishing adventure comes alive in pixels! Engage in fishing across various stages and collect fish ranging from common to legendary. Every day, you’re given five hearts to explore the underwater world. Experience the joy of collecting a diverse array of pixel fish and decorating your home widget ! a. Let's Go Fishing! Dive into our "Fishing" feature and try your luck at catching fish of all rarities in multiple stages. From the common to the legendary fish, each catch adds excitement to your pixelated underwater journey. b. Quests & Rod Crafting: In "Quest", tackle engaging quests to earn fishing rod parts as rewards. Gather all the pieces within a stage to craft a unique fishing rod. With each new rod, unlock the next stage of your fishing adventure, bringing you closer to catching the most prized fish. c. Personalize Your Aquarium and Add to Widget: You can showcase your catches in a custom aquarium. Add widgets to continually enjoy the view of your growing collection of pixel fish. Watch your digital aquarium evolve with every new addition. Features: # Diverse Fishing Stages: Explore and fish in various pixelated environments. # Daily Play: Enjoy five hearts daily to keep your fishing expeditions going. # Fish Collection: From common to legendary, catch a wide range of pixel fish. # Quests & Rewards: Complete quests to earn parts and craft new fishing rods. # Custom Aquarium Widget: Display your pixel fish collection on your home screen. Download the Aquarium Widget Application now and start customizing your pixel aquarium today! Immerse yourself in a world where each catch adds a unique touch to your digital underwater haven. Happy Fishing!

Screenshots

Resprite4 screens
Aquarium Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aquarium Widget at none against Resprite's 4. Aquarium Widget also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 80%). Resprite's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 9). On price, rating, 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. Resprite sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Aquarium Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Resprite against 4.7 for Aquarium Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resprite has 1.5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Resprite's written reviews are positive against 89% of Aquarium Widget's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Resprite versus Aquarium Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRespriteAquarium Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better4.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFengeonLingoStar

Customer experience

Resprite

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

Aquarium Widget

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

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

Aquarium Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Resprite

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 12 Months$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime Standard$29.99
None

Aquarium Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resprite free?
Resprite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aquarium Widget free?
Aquarium Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Resprite or Aquarium Widget?
Resprite is rated higher. Resprite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Aquarium Widget averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Resprite or Aquarium Widget have ads?
Neither Resprite nor Aquarium Widget shows ads.

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