Sketch Pro vs RetroPix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sketch Pro
This professional art app offers advanced AI tools for digital painting, illustration, and animation. Create stunning artwork with custom brushes, text-to-image generation, and intelligent editing features. It's designed to streamline your creative workflow on iPads and iPhones.
- Customizable brushes
- Text to Image AI
- Sketch to Image AI
- Magic Edit AI
- Auto-Coloring AI
- Animation Assist
- Advanced Layer System
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SketchPro, a professional art app available for iPads and iPhones, crafted with love by the Drawing Desk Team SketchPro is perfect for creative professional digital artists, including graphic designers, illustrators, comic, anime & manga book artists with a range of Drawing & painting tools to upgrade their creative workflow SketchPro tools and features: Powerful Custom Brushes -A range of free specialized brush sets for sketching, painting, doodling, drawing and more. -Customisable brushes with adjustable radius, opacity, texture and more -Create brush sets -Maintain a list of your favorite brushes -Free Roller Brush with 100+ patterns Animation Assist -Powerful interface and essential tools for creating impressive animations (Only for iPads). -Wide range of tools, including onion-skinning, instant playback, a visual timeline, and more. Essentials to accelerate the Creative Process -Smart Shapes feature for instant shape drawing -Free Symmetry Tool for easier drawing -Powerful Gradient tool with Linear and Radial options -Layer Transform Tool with Freeform, Uniform, Distort and Warp options -Magic Eraser -Assisted Drawing -Synchronization between iPad and iPhone Advanced Layer System -Free unlimited layers -Rasterize, Duplicate and Merge layers -Fill, Color Invert, Lock Alpha and Lock Layer options Advance Text Tool -Select from a full list of fonts or import your own -Customize fonts -Apply solid and gradient colors to text -A range colored font patterns, textures and designs Complete Color Palette -Full Color Wheel with adjustable color values and shades -Create unique themed color palettes for your drawing -Import colors from photos and images Extensive Shapes Library -15+ categories of free shapes, signs, and symbols -Favorites section for keeping track of frequently used shapes Other Essential Tools -Smudge Tool -Fill Bucket with solid colors -Filter options including Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Perspective Blur and more. -Convenient Cutter Tool -Import and Export functions -Custom Canvas option -AR Facepaint Organize and Save Your Work -Save every drawing automatically -Rename each saved artwork -Create folders for storing drawings methodically -Cloud syncing to secure and access artworks anywhere -Duplicate and Delete projects at any time -Time Lapse Playback -Dark Mode Unlimited access to all premium features & daily content updates during the subscription period Premium subscriptions with 1 week trial -Annual for 39.99/year You may cancel a subscription or free-trial anytime via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a SketchPro Unlimited subscription. Terms & Conditions : https://4axis.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy : https://4axis.com/privacy-policy Reach us: hello@4axis
RetroPix
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RetroPix は、レトロゲーム機の実機制約に忠実な「FORレトロゲーム」モードと、制約なく描ける「自由に描く」モードを備えたド ット絵作成アプリです。 ■ 主な特長 ・ファミコン(FC)・スーパーファミコン(SFC)・ゲームボーイ(GB)・メガドライブ(MD)、4機種の実機制約に対応 ・「FORレトロゲーム」モードでは、選んだ機種のパレット数・発色数・グリッド粒度をそのまま制約として描画 ・「自由に描く」モードでは制約なしにキャンバスサイズを自由に選んでドット絵を描画 ・PNG書き出し、スプライトシート書き出し(PNG+JSONメタデータのzip)、バイナリ書き出し(CHR・パレット・マップ・SAT等、実機/ エミュレータ向けzip) ・プロジェクトを端末内に保存、「最近のプロジェクト」からいつでも再開 ■ 実機制約への忠実さ ・FC: 256×240、BGパレット4本×3色、スプライト8×8/8×16、最大同時25色 ・SFC: 256×224、BGパレット8本×15色、スプライト最大64×64、CGRAM 256色 ・GB: 160×144、4階調 ・MD: 320×224(H40)、BGパレット4本×15色、スプライト最大32×32、最大61色 ■ プライバシーへのこだわり すべての画像処理はお使いのデバイス上で完結します。読み込んだ画像や作成したドット絵が本アプリの開発者または第三者のサー バーに送信されることはありません。アカウント登録・ログインも不要です。 ■ 使い方はかんたん 1. 「FORレトロゲーム」で機種を選ぶ、または「自由に描く」でキャンバスサイズを選ぶ 2. ドット絵を描く 3. PNG・スプライトシート・バイナリで書き出し → シェアシートで保存・共有 ■ こんな方におすすめ ・レトロゲーム機向けの実機グラフィックを作りたい方 ・実機の制約(パレット数・スプライトサイズ)を学びながらドット絵を作りたい方 ・制約なく自由にドット絵を描きたい方 ・制約なく自由にドット絵を描きたい方 ・プライバシー重視でアプリを選びたい方 ■ 対応デバイス iPhone(iOS 16.4以上)/ iPad(iPadOS 16.4以上) ■ 広告について 本アプリは無料でお使いいただけます。運営のため、ホーム画面下部にバナー広告、書き出し完了後に全画面広告を表示することが あります。「動画を見て広告を消す」ボタンから、視聴のたびに1時間広告表示を停止できます(積み上げ可能)。 ■ ご意見・サポート アプリへのご要望・不具合のご連絡は support@aifictex.com までお願いします。 プライバシーポリシー: https://aifictex.com/privacy/retropix/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RetroPix at none against Sketch Pro's 16. Sketch Pro's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sketch Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. RetroPix asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sketch Pro | RetroPix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 338 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Axis Technologies Pte Ltd | Aifictex |
Bugs and requests
Sketch Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Drawings randomly deleted or lost
- Inability to load or access previous artwork
- Crashes when trying to import photos
Requested features
6 requests- Add liquify tool
- Improve layer management and manipulation
- Provide more default brushes
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Add shape tools for perfect geometric shapes
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- Improve performance and stability
RetroPix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sketch Pro
- SketchPro Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
- SketchPro Premium Monthly3 Months trial$1.991 Month
- SketchPro Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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- SketchPro Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- SketchPro Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
- SketchPro Premium1 Year trial$14.991 Year
- SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- SketchPro Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
- SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- SketchPro Premium Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
- SketchPro Yearly Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- SketchPro Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- 100 Tokens$3.99
- 200 Tokens$4.99
- 500 Tokens$7.99
RetroPix
No in-app purchases









