Comparison

Pinterest vs Pixel Art Maker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pinterest

Discover endless inspiration for fashion, home design, and more. Save ideas to personalized boards, shop styles you love, and learn new skills. Unlock billions of ideas for everyday life.

Highlights
  • Discover inspiration
  • Shop styles
  • Learn new things
  • Create boards
  • Save Pins
  • Make collages
Features
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Pinterest is a place of endless possibilities. You can: - Discover everyday inspiration - Shop styles you love - Try and learn something new Create boards, save Pins and make collages of all your inspiration. Unlock billions of ideas, from fashion tips and easy recipes to DIY projects and fresh ways to redo your space. Creating the life you love? It's Possible.

About

Pixel Art Maker

Create and animate pixel art with a user-friendly drawing tool. Convert photos into pixel art, customize color palettes, and export your creations as GIFs. Offers both free and premium features for enhanced capabilities.

Highlights
  • Pixel art drawing up to 256x256
  • Photo to pixel art conversion
  • Animated pixel art creation
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Export as animated GIF
  • Scalable artwork export
Features
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"Pixel Art Maker" is a drawing tool for pixel art like retro games. ◇ Easy to use You can start drawing pixel art immediately after launching the app. The canvas can also be resized while drawing. ◇ Import a photo Convert photos into pixel art. ◇ Create animated pixel art Draw one pixel art image, duplicate it, and create animations. Features: - Draw pixel art on canvases from 1×1 up to 256×256 pixels. - Change the color palette (up to 256 colors). The basic palette includes 32 colors. The free version supports up to 65 colors. *Each palette color can be set to transparent or opaque. - Save your color palettes and reuse them in other artworks or when importing photos. - Watch an ad to temporarily unlock: • 256-color palette • Canvas size up to 1024×1024 - Premium Removes ads and permanently unlocks the full 256-color palette and canvas sizes up to 1024×1024. - Zoom in and out with two-finger pinch. - Save, load, and delete your drawings. - Import photos and animated GIFs. APNG animation is not supported; only the first frame is imported. - Import photos with built-in retro-style palettes and adjustable dithering. Indexed PNG files keep their original palette. - Import images from other apps via the Share sheet. - Export with transparency. - Scale your artwork on export from 1× to 64×, depending on canvas size, up to 4096×4096. - Save to Photos. - Share with other apps. - Create and export animated GIFs. *GIFs may not animate in Photos. - Finger Mode Draw directly with your finger. - Cursor Mode Move a cursor and place pixels with the "PIXEL" button. (Menu → Settings → Change Drawing Mode) * On Apple Silicon Macs (iPad version), animated image import may be limited, and photos may be imported at reduced resolution.

Screenshots

Pinterest4 screens
Pixel Art Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pinterest and Pixel Art Maker both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of Pixel Art Maker's written reviews are positive against 35% of Pinterest's. Pinterest's advantage is ratings volume (5.8M vs 10K) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Pinterest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Art Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Pinterest against 4.8 for Pixel Art Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinterest has 5.8M ratings behind it against 10K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Pinterest's written reviews are positive against 91% of Pixel Art Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinterest ships an update weekly, Pixel Art Maker every 9 days. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Pinterest versus Pixel Art Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinterestPixel Art Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.8M ratings)4.8 (10K ratings)
Positive reviews34.6% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8M — better10K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size408 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPinterest, Inc.Nekomimimi

Customer experience

Pinterest

All ratings5,777,270 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews12,553 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.4%
Negative54.0%

Pixel Art Maker

All ratings10,494 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews375 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.8%

User reviews

Pinterest

From 5.8M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Great for inspiration and ideas
  • 🎨 Excellent for creative projects
  • 🔍 Helpful for finding references and tutorials
  • 🧠 Stimulates creativity and imagination
  • 🤝 Allows for collaboration and sharing

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Excessive AI-generated content
  • 📢 Overwhelming number of ads
  • 🔄 Constant feed refreshing
  • 🔒 Accounts being deactivated without reason
  • 🗃️ Difficulty organizing and managing boards

Pixel Art Maker

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for making mods
  • 🚀 Great for pixel art and animations
  • 🚀 Intuitive and practical
  • 🚀 Lots of customization options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or save issues
  • 🐛 Difficulty moving or selecting specific pixels
  • 🐛 Limited color palette options

Bugs and requests

Pinterest

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Pins not loading or showing up as blank squares
  • Issues with saving pins to boards
  • Notifications not working properly
  • Scrolling and navigation glitches
  • Inconsistent behavior across mobile and web versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Restore ability to search and view boards by name
  • Bring back photo comments and 'try' feature
  • Add option to disable video autoplay and sound
  • Improve personalization and relevance of recommended content
  • Provide better customer support and communication

Pixel Art Maker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Exported images not retaining transparency
  • Color picker not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a redo button
  • Implement layers and better color management
  • Increase maximum canvas size
  • Add a paint bucket tool
  • Allow importing/exporting of animations

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pinterest

One-time10
  • Funds for Ads$5.79
  • Funds for Ads$11.49
  • Funds for Ads$17.49
Show 7 more
  • Funds for Ads$23.49
  • Funds for Ads$35.00
  • Funds for Ads$41.00
  • Funds for Ads$70.00
  • Funds for Ads2 variants$82.00
  • Funds for Ads2 variants$163.99
  • Funds for Ads$329.00
1 purchases

Pixel Art Maker

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Pinterest free?
Pinterest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Art Maker free?
Pixel Art Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pinterest or Pixel Art Maker?
Pinterest and Pixel Art Maker are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5.8M and 10K ratings respectively.
Do Pinterest or Pixel Art Maker have ads?
Both Pinterest and Pixel Art Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinterest or Pixel Art Maker?
Pinterest ships an update weekly, and Pixel Art Maker every 9 days. Most recently, Pinterest was updated on September 25, 2026 and Pixel Art Maker on September 25, 2026.

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