Asteroides vs New Pixels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asteroides
Engage in classic arcade-style space combat. Destroy incoming asteroids and evade enemy UFOs by tapping to fire lasers and sliding to maneuver your ship. Earn extra ships as you reach score milestones.
- Tap to fire lasers
- Slide to move ship
- Destroy asteroids
- Evade UFOs
- Earn extra ships
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Destroy all asteroids! Becareful with ufo! - Tap screen to ship fire laser at this point (ship rotates and fires). - Slide to ship moves (Thrust on). Ship Extra each 10.000 points. Good Luck.
New Pixels
Explore a unique pixel art creation experience using basic shapes and colors. Craft your own miniature worlds and share them with a community gallery or friends. This app offers a creative outlet inspired by renowned artists.
- Unique pixel art creation
- Basic shapes and colors
- World building
- Share art with friends
- Cloud gallery submission
- Inspired by artists
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Love pixel art? This is a new form of pixel art you gotta check out. Using basic shapes and colors and a sprinkle of imagination, a little world is swirling under your fingertips. Share your art with friends or post it to our cloud gallery, we'd love to stumble upon your little world of new pixels :) Quotes from our favorite artists: "Using #newpixelsapp is my self care." - Ken Wong, lead designer of mobile game Monument Valley & Florence. "New Pixels puts me in such a fun state. Different than doodling... though oddly similar. Like solving a tough puzzle and not knowing where I'm going at the same time." - Bob Flynn, cartoonist & character designer. (We follow CC BY-SA Copyright License for user uploaded artwork)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: New Pixels at 78% against Asteroides's 35%. New Pixels also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (415 vs 7). Asteroides's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Asteroides costs $1.99 and New Pixels $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
New Pixels holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: New Pixels has 415 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Asteroides's written reviews are positive against 78% of New Pixels's.
Asteroides ships an update every 5 days, New Pixels every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteroides | New Pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (415 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 77.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 415 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Cerra de Castro | 丽 张 |
Customer experience
Asteroides
New Pixels
Bugs and requests
Asteroides
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
New Pixels
Reported bugs
11 issues- Canvas erased when changing size
- Upload/server functionality broken since server downtime
- App crashes when changing language settings
- iPad version stuck in foreign language
- Login authentication failing with correct credentials
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- Account creation button hidden behind keyboard
- Export to Photos not working (only Dropbox works)
- Top menu buttons inaccessible (grid size, grid lines)
- Image quality becomes fuzzy/has JPEG artifacts when saved
- Shapes not aligning properly
- Keyboard not dismissing after signup on iPad
Requested features
17 requests- Dark mode
- Larger canvas size options beyond 18x18
- Ability to lock selected shapes to avoid reselection
- Extended undo/redo history (multiple steps)
- More color combinations and wider color palette
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- Symmetry tool
- Shape rotation capability
- Landscape mode support
- PNG and SVG export support
- Color wheel for precise color selection
- Multi-finger undo/redo gestures (like Procreate)
- Artist follow/gallery features
- Ability to expand canvas without losing work
- Copy and paste functionality
- More shape variety
- Ability to drag elements
- Account recovery/forgot password feature
In-app purchases
Asteroides
No in-app purchases
New Pixels
No in-app purchases
