Comparison

Resprite vs Skin 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

Skin Studio

Features
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Skin Studio is the biggest pixel skin studio for block games: browse 1,000,000+ ready-made character skins across 30+ categories, build your own in the Creator studio, paint pixel by pixel, preview in animated 3D, then export a PNG straight into your block game. Free editor, free export, no subscription. 1,000,000+ READY-MADE SKINS A huge, searchable library sorted into 30+ categories so you always find the look you want: Super Heroes, Villains, Anime, Monsters, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Warriors, Creatures, Royalty, Military, Officers, Public Service, Villagers, Sports, Street, Gaming, Neon, Ocean, Tribal, Horror, Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Winter, Beach, Music, School, Casual, Cartoon, Adventure and more. Jump into curated rows - Hot, Trending, New, and seasonal Summer, Autumn and Winter - search by name, filter by category, then open any skin in the editor or spin it in 3D. CHARACTER CREATOR STUDIO Design a one-of-a-kind skin without drawing a single pixel. Mix and match hair styles and colors, faces and eyes, tops, pants, shoes, hats, backpacks, wings and capes, plus chest emblems, body patterns and accent colors - millions of combinations, all with a live 3D preview. ANIMATED 3D PREVIEW See your character come alive: idle, walk, run, jump, spin and even fly. Drag to orbit, pinch to zoom, and check every angle before you export. REAL PIXEL EDITOR - True 64x64 editor with body and overlay (second) layers - Pencil, eraser, fill and an eyedropper to grab any color - Color wheel, starter palettes and recent-color history - Pinch to zoom and pan for precise per-pixel work - Unlimited undo and redo - Classic and Slim body models with correct arm widths - Wireframe guides and a live preview as you paint - Import your own PNG to remix a skin you already have EXPORT YOUR SKIN Export a clean sRGB PNG to Photos, Files or the share sheet - never blocked by an ad - then import it into your game's character editor. A built-in, step-by-step guide shows you exactly how. FREE VS PRO Free: the full editor, body and overlay layers, Classic and Slim models, color tools with history and eyedropper, undo/redo, the 3D preview and PNG export with no ad walls. Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription): unlimited saved skins, edit every premium skin pixel by pixel, all bonus palettes and templates, one-tap .mcpack import, and no ads. ADS DONE FAIRLY The free app is supported by ads, but what matters most stays free: your skins and PNG export are never blocked by an ad. Watch an optional video to unlock a premium skin, or go Pro once to remove every ad for good. AN ORIGINAL SKIN CREATOR Skin Studio is an independent tool for creating your own skins. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any game publisher, and contains no third-party game files, textures or characters - everything you make is your own original art. Support, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://nemostation90.github.io/app-support/apps/pixel-skin-maker/

Screenshots

Resprite4 screens
Skin Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skin Studio at none against Resprite's 4. Resprite's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Skin Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Resprite versus Skin Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRespriteSkin Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFengeonQuoc Nguyen

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

Skin Studio

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

Skin Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resprite free?
Resprite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skin Studio free?
Skin Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Resprite or Skin Studio have ads?
Skin Studio shows ads; Resprite does not.

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