Pixel Edit Lite vs Diorite Pixel Art Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Edit Lite
Create detailed pixel art on a 16x16 canvas with a minimalist interface. This tool focuses on a clean design to help you craft beautiful retro sprites and artwork.
- 16x16 canvas
- Minimalist interface
- Retro sprite creation
- Pixel art design
- Clean editor
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The pocket sprite editor for PICO-8. Copy a sprite on your Mac, edit it on your iPhone, paste it straight back. Pixel Edit Lite is a small, touch-first pixel art and sprite editor for iPhone. Draw with your finger, work offline, and create retro sprites whenever inspiration strikes. Work on a single sprite or build out a full sprite sheet — navigate between sprites, duplicate them, and copy and paste between sprites. Choose 8×8, 16×16, 32×32, or 64×64 canvases for sprites, game art, icons, and other pixel art projects. Built with PICO-8 and TIC-80 style sprite workflows in mind, with real PICO-8 clipboard format support: copy a sprite in PICO-8 on your Mac, paste it here, edit, and paste it back. Features • Clean, minimal interface • Always-on sprite sheet with navigation, duplication, and copy/paste • 8×8, 16×16, 32×32, and 64×64 canvases • Precision pixel drawing with pencil, eraser, and fill • Shape tools: line, rectangle, and circle, outlined or filled • Undo and redo • PICO-8 and TIC-80 color palettes • Grid-based editing • Rotate, flip, and shift tools • Fast, responsive touch controls • Automatic local saving • Recent Projects — reopen past sheets in one tap • Import and export through Files, including iCloud Drive • Share via the native Share Sheet — AirDrop, Messages, save to Photos, and more • Real PICO-8 sprite clipboard format support • Works offline Pixel Edit Lite is intentionally simple. No complicated desktop-style workflow — just a small pixel editor you can keep with you when you're away from your computer.
Diorite Pixel Art Editor
Create pixel art with a user-friendly interface. This app offers layering, transparent colors, and undo/redo functions. Save unlimited creations and export them as image files.
- Layering capabilities
- Transparent colors
- Undo/Redo functions
- Custom color palettes
- Specify canvas size
- Unlimited file storage
- Export as image files
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Diorite is your go-to drawing app for painting pixel art in your spare moments. Store an unlimited number of pixel art creations on your smartphone as long as storage permits. With a clean, refreshed interface, you can effortlessly switch between features to optimize your drawing experience — ideal for anyone who wants to craft pixel art anytime, anywhere. This release brings a major design refresh, with a new Zinc Dark theme, a redesigned artwork list, and a cleaner canvas where the controls stay out of your way. Currently, you can enjoy the following features, with more to be added in future updates: • Layer support • Transparent colors • Undo / Redo • Custom color palettes • Zoom in on the editing screen • Adjustable canvas size • Unlimited file storage • Export as image files
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Diorite Pixel Art Editor at Free against Pixel Edit Lite's $2.99. Diorite Pixel Art Editor also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Pixel Edit Lite's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On 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
Diorite Pixel Art Editor is free to download; Pixel Edit Lite costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixel Edit Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Edit Lite has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pixel Edit Lite ships an update every 4 days, Diorite Pixel Art Editor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Edit Lite | Diorite Pixel Art Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apurva Mehta | Shuhei Akiyama |
Customer experience
Pixel Edit Lite
Diorite Pixel Art Editor
In-app purchases
Pixel Edit Lite
No in-app purchases
Diorite Pixel Art Editor
No in-app purchases
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