Sprite Something vs Gym
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sprite Something
Create pixel art sprites, animations, and tilemaps for games. Draw individual frames, arrange them into animations, or use them to build game levels. Export your work in various formats like PNG, animated GIF, and CSV.
- Create spritesheets and tiles
- Edit frames individually
- Multiple layers for drawing
- Drag and drop animation frames
- Draw tilemaps using frames
- iCloud sync
- GIF export
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Sprite Something is a drawing, animation and tilemap application for pixel artists and game developers. Draw multiple frames individually, then quickly drag and drop frames into an animation, or use your frames to draw tilemaps for your game levels. Export your creations to PNG, animated GIF's and CSV files (tilemaps). For documentation, visit http://terriblegames.com/spriteSomething to download the Sprite Something Manual. Sprite Something is also now available on the Mac App Store. Features - create spritesheets / tiles for use in games - edit frames individually and conveniently - multiple layers for drawing (spritesheets only) - animation: drag and drop animation frames - tilemaps: draw using frames to create large maps - iCloud: sync spritesheets, tilemaps, palettes across all your devices - Photo Library: Import/Export spritesheets to/from your Photo Library - GIF export: save and email gif previews of your animation - Autosave - HSB/RGB color select - Recent colors list - scalable preview to see your pixel work at multiple sizes - onion skinning for easy tracing or cloning frames - place photos from your library behind editing area - add custom GIMP color palettes, or create palettes from your drawings - assignable three and four finger swipe gestures (changeable in Settings) - add new or save out your drawings through iTunes - export via email - export individual frame images Tips - touch and hold to select color when using pencil, line or fill - touch the onion skin button once for relative frame difference, twice for locked onion skin frame - when exporting individual frames, limit exported frames by creating a list of comma separated numbers or number ranges (i.e. 1,3,5-8,12) Videos Learn tools and tips about Sprite Something: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE9903D1642039E69 Drawing supports PNG files up to 1024x1024, tilemaps up to 200x200. Follow @mattfox12 on Twitter for latest news. Sprite Something is also available on the Mac App Store.
Gym
This app allows users to search for and manage esports tournaments. It offers filtering by online/offline status, calendar dates, and location. Users can also track their own tournaments and receive push notifications for upcoming events.
- Tournament search
- Online/offline filtering
- Calendar filtering
- GPS location search
- My tournaments tracking
- Push notifications
- Dark mode
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iOS client app of smash.gg open source API. The too has the following features: - Tournament Search - Online/Offline filter - Calendar Filter - GPS - My tournaments - Multiple Game support (Ultimate, Melee, Brawlhalla, etc) - Banner/Icon Tournament View - Push Notifications before tournaments starts (my favorite since i tend to DQ because i forget) - Dark Mode Download the app and show `em who's boss!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gym at Free against Sprite Something's $4.99. Gym also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.9). Sprite Something's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 5). On review sentiment, 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
Gym is free to download; Sprite Something costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gym holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprite Something has 54 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Sprite Something's written reviews are positive against 67% of Gym's.
Sprite Something ships an update every 2 months, Gym every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sprite Something | Gym |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (54 ratings) | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.4% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Terrible Games | e-apps |
Customer experience
Sprite Something
Gym
Bugs and requests
Sprite Something
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch or during use
- Losing saved work and projects
- Inability to open or edit existing files
- Compatibility issues with iPad Pro and newer iOS
Requested features
5 requests- Add layers support
- Implement rotate and mirror tools
- Improve animation timeline and frame controls
- Integrate with cloud storage and file sharing
- Optimize performance and reduce crashes
Gym
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sprite Something
No in-app purchases
Gym
No in-app purchases
