Comparison

Art Set vs Pixelable

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

Head to head
About

Art Set

Experience a realistic virtual art studio on your iPad. This app offers a wide range of tools like oil paints, pastels, and pens, with features like pressure sensitivity and blending for natural results. Create detailed artwork with zoom and import your own images.

Highlights
  • Photo-realistic interface
  • 3D textured oil paint
  • Five blending tools
  • Metallic and fluorescent colors
  • Zoom and pan for detail
  • Import custom images
  • Apple Pencil support
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This stunningly beautiful app is like having a virtual art set right inside your iPad. Paint and draw via the photo realistic interface with tools that look and feel like the real thing. Art Set gives an alternative to complex and mechanical like paint apps for all to enjoy - artist or not! But simplicity comes without sacrificing quality, from pens to pencils, paints to pastels, each has been carefully crafted to produce natural results in real time. The 3D textured oil paint gives amazing thick gloopy strokes or thin delicate detail via virtual pressure sensitivity. Sparkle and glow with special metallic and fluorescent colours. Build up subtle tones and textures with oil pastels, wax crayons, coloured pencils and marker pens. Add fine detail via multitouch pinch and zoom. Choose from different paper colours and textures, or import your own photos. The blending tools give you many ways to mix and smudge colour around on the canvas with varying effects. Create anything from smooth gentle gradients to roughly textured scratches and splatters. - thick 3D textured oil paint - five blending tools - metallic colours sparkle and shine - fluorescent colours that glow and dazzle - zoom and pan for fine detail - high resolution canvas on retina screens at near 4 Mega pixels (1728 x 2304) - import your own photos and images - export to your photo album, email or social networks - recent tool list keeps used colours and tools to hand - virtual pressure sensitivity - unlimited undo - real time high performance - Apple Pencil support for pressure and tilt Art Set is a wonderfully creative addition to any iPad! Also available : 'Art Set - Pro Edition' with many more features. For iPhone and iPod touch users 'Art Set - Pocket Edition' is available too!

About

Pixelable

Create pixel art with intuitive tools and advanced features like layer editing and color customization. Export your creations as animated GIFs or PNG files. Save multiple projects and adjust canvas sizes for detailed artwork.

Highlights
  • Layer editing
  • Color making
  • Basic drawing tools
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Animated GIF export
  • Pinch-to-zoom canvas
  • Multiple project saving
Features
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Here is a pleasant pixel art editor! This is an app which pursue the stress-free and intuitively drawing of pixel art. The app has genuine functions, like layer editing, color making, and various tools. Also, you can operate intuitively. For example you can enlarge and reduce the canvas by pinch in or pinch out. Main functions are below. - Layer editing You can add and erase, and copy layers. Also, you can select display or non-display mode, change the order of layers, and make a layer transparent. - Tools The app has basic tools to draw pixel arts. (For example, pen, spuit, filling and transfer) ・Undo and redo You can cancel drawing. - Animated GIF export Each layer is going to be one frame. - Color making You can make your favorite color easily. You can save 150 colors in maximum by a work. - Pinch in and pinch out You can enlarge and reduce the canvas by pinch in and out. It enables you to draw more details. - Saving multiple pictures You can save several projects, so that you can edit other projects later. - Setting canvas size You can select the size of canvas from 5*5 to 256*256. - Setting a exporting pixel size You can select exporting size. Pictures will be saved to camera roll as a png file. - Reflection function You can reflect the selected layer vertical and horizontal. ※There is another flunked app, ‘Dottable’. ※To prevent a crash, you need more than 150MB of free space to make a new project. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Screenshots

Pixelable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pixelable at Free against Art Set's $2.99. Pixelable also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months). Art Set's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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

Pixelable is free to download; Art Set costs $2.99 up front. Pixelable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Art Set asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixelable holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixelable has 3.4K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Art Set's written reviews are positive against 78% of Pixelable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Set ships an update every 11 months, Pixelable every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Art Set versus Pixelable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt SetPixelable
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (79 ratings)4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews77.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings793.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLOFOPIYosuke Seki

Customer experience

Art Set

All ratings79 ratings
Positive63.3%
Neutral10.1%
Negative26.6%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral13.0%
Negative16.9%

Pixelable

All ratings3,364 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews359 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral13.4%
Negative8.9%

User reviews

Art Set

From 79 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Realistic art tools and textures
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 💰 Good value for the price
  • 🎨 Wide variety of drawing mediums
  • 👨‍🎨 Suitable for both beginners and experienced artists

Room to improve

  • 🎨 Limited color palette and mixing options
  • 🎨 Blending tools could be improved
  • 🎨 Lack of layer support
  • 🎨 Eraser tool is not as effective as desired
  • 🐛 Occasional loss of artwork due to bugs

Pixelable

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Lots of tools and features
  • 👍 Good for pixel art and animation
  • 👍 Helpful tutorials
  • 👍 Unlimited color options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Issues with saving and auto-saving
  • 🐛 Bugs with certain features like mirroring and resizing
  • 🔍 Ads can be intrusive
  • 🔍 Limited canvas size

Bugs and requests

Art Set

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Artwork disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Blurring/pixelation issues with some drawings
  • Inconsistent performance on newer iPad models

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to adjust brush/tool size and opacity
  • More color options and a color wheel
  • Layering support
  • Improved eraser functionality
  • Retina display support

Pixelable

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to save or create new projects
  • Issues with layers not working as expected
  • Color picker and eyedropper tool not functioning properly
  • Mirroring tool not aligning pixels correctly
  • Resizing canvas causes loss of work

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add ability to import/trace images
  • Increase canvas size limit
  • Add more layer management options
  • Improve color palette management
  • Add animation timeline and better animation tools
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  • Implement auto-save and better save/load functionality
  • Add option to remove ads for a one-time fee

In-app purchases

None

Art Set

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixelable

One-time1
  • Remove ads$3.99

Questions

Is Art Set free?
Art Set costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixelable free?
Pixelable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Art Set or Pixelable?
Pixelable is rated higher. Art Set averages 3.7 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Pixelable averages 4.7 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Art Set or Pixelable have ads?
Pixelable shows ads; Art Set does not.
Which is updated more often, Art Set or Pixelable?
Art Set ships an update every 11 months, and Pixelable every 5 weeks. Most recently, Art Set was updated on October 5, 2026 and Pixelable on October 14, 2026.

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