PhotoPearls vs Pixel art editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoPearls
Transform personal photos into bead patterns for pixel art creations. This mobile version uses a limited color palette and pattern size, with advanced features available in the desktop application.
- Convert photos to bead patterns
- Uses 30 unique bead colors
- Supports 30x30 bead peg boards
- Mobile version of desktop software
- Personalized bead art creation
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Create Beaded Pixel Art with PhotoPearls® PhotoPearls enables you to transform personal photos (family, pets, friends, holiday pics), into personalised bead patterns. For more information please visit www.photopearls.se This iPhone application is a light version of our full desktop version. The patterns are based on 30 unique colours of the original NABBI® beads and peg boards (30x30 beads). Note! The following options are only available with the full version for Mac and PC / Windows: * Custom sized patterns * Change colors, brightness and contrast * Draw free-hand * Works on Mac and PC!
Pixel art editor
Easily create pixel art with a range of professional tools, including layer editing, custom color creation, and various painting brushes. Export your creations as animated GIFs or PNG files. Load images for tracing or convert them directly into pixel art.
- Layer editing (add, delete, copy, display)
- Various painting tools (pen, syringe, rectangle)
- Animated GIF export
- Custom color creation and saving
- Load images for tracing
- Convert pictures to pixel art
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BE CREATIVE in your spare time!! This app enables you to make a pixel art easily. Although the operation is simple, it has layer editing, color making and other professional tools. Wanna make your original work during your spare time or before going to bed? To prevent a crash, creating a new project needs more than 300MB free space of your device. Sorry for the inconvenience. The app’s main functions are below. - Layer editing You can add, delete and copy layers. You can also choose the layer display or non-display and change the order of layers. - Various tools The app has basic tools to paint. (Pen, Syringe, blotting out, rectangle, circle, transfer... etc) - Animated GIF export Each layer is going to be one frame. - Undo, Redo You can cancel the line you draw. - Color making You can make your favorite color easily. It is also able to choose a color you would like to change to transparent. You can save 20 colors in maximum by a work. - Zoom-in, Zoom-out You can paint details by the Zoom-in, Zoom-out function. - Saving several works You can save several project files of your favorite works, so you can edit you work other day. - Setting canvas size You can set any canvas size from 5*5〜120*120. - Setting the dot size of exportation You can choose the dot size of exportation. The work will be saved as a png file in you r camera roll. - Rotate function You can rotate a work horizontally and vertically. - Selection area You can edit, transfer and copy only the area you selected. - Loading a picture for trace You can load a picture in forefront or back. You can set a rate of transparency, a position and a rate of magnification. - Conversion function of a picture to pixel art. It is able to convert a picture in camera roll to pixel art. After conversion, the pixel art will be loaded in new layer, so you can edit it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel art editor at 4.6 against PhotoPearls's 2.0. Pixel art editor also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 42%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 29 months). PhotoPearls's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Pixel art editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PhotoPearls asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel art editor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel art editor has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of PhotoPearls's written reviews are positive against 81% of Pixel art editor's.
PhotoPearls ships an update every 29 months, Pixel art editor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoPearls | Pixel art editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Munkplast AB | Yosuke Seki |
Customer experience
PhotoPearls
Pixel art editor
Bugs and requests
PhotoPearls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pixel art editor
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when trying to select custom colors
- Deletes unsaved work when exiting the app
- Ads interrupt music playback
- Transparent GIFs not exporting correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Add palm rejection to prevent accidental drawing
- Increase maximum canvas size
- Add ability to rename/organize artworks
- Implement auto-color option for imported images
- Add line tool and more advanced drawing tools
In-app purchases
PhotoPearls
No in-app purchases
Pixel art editor
- Removing ads, and increasing project storage limit$2.99
