Comparison

Resprite vs Pixbit Studio

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

Pixbit Studio

Create pixel art and animate sprites with a comprehensive set of tools. Features include layers, onion skinning, and custom color palettes. Sync your work across devices and export in various formats for game development or retro graphics.

Highlights
  • Pixel-perfect drawing tools
  • Frame-by-frame animation
  • Onion skinning
  • Layer management
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Multiple export formats
Features
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Create pixel art and animate sprites on your mobile and desktop devices. Pixbit Studio is a pixel editor with layers, frame-by-frame animation, onion skin, and sync across devices. Built for game developers, artists, and retro-style graphics creators. Free to use. Export up to 3 times to try all features. One-time purchase for unlimited exports. Drawing tools: -Pixel-perfect pencil (true pixel control) -Eraser, selection, move, bucket fill, eyedropper -Shapes: lines, rectangles, circles -Mirror: symmetrical drawing along horizontal, vertical, or both axes -Gradient -Grid with zoom support Frame-by-frame animation: -Timeline with per-frame duration editor and FPS presets -Loop modes: Loop, Once, and Ping-Pong -Onion skin to preview previous/next frames -Playback preview at different speeds Layers: -Multiple layers per frame -Show/hide, duplicate, reorder, lock -Layer thumbnails Color palettes: -Create custom palettes -Import palettes from images -Eyedropper tool -Apply any palette to your entire drawing in one tap — every pixel remapped to the closest palette color Tile preview: -Preview how your sprite tiles horizontally, vertically, or in all directions -Adjustable opacity for tile previews -Visual only — does not affect the canvas Export formats: -PNG with transparency -Animated GIF -Spritesheets (for game engines) -MP4 video Sync across devices: -Projects, palettes, and collections sync across all your devices Session tabs: -Keep multiple projects open at once during your session -Switch between related projects instantly from the start screen -Reorder and close tabs like a browser — tabs clear when you close the app Collections: -Organize projects into collections and subcollections -Multi-select collections and projects for bulk management

Screenshots

Resprite4 screens
Pixbit Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Resprite at 4.7 against Pixbit Studio's 4.3. Resprite also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 3). Pixbit Studio's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Pixbit Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Resprite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resprite has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Resprite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixbit Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Resprite ships an update every 5 weeks, Pixbit Studio every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Resprite versus Pixbit Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRespritePixbit Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFengeonLuis Rosas

Customer experience

Resprite

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

Pixbit Studio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Pixbit Studio

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

Pixbit Studio

One-time1
  • Premium - Unlimited Exports$9.99

Questions

Is Resprite free?
Resprite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixbit Studio free?
Pixbit Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Resprite or Pixbit Studio?
Resprite is rated higher. Resprite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Pixbit Studio averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Resprite or Pixbit Studio have ads?
Neither Resprite nor Pixbit Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Resprite or Pixbit Studio?
Resprite ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pixbit Studio every 4 weeks. Most recently, Resprite was updated on October 27, 2026 and Pixbit Studio on October 22, 2026.

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