ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer vs PIXLport
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
Easily open, view, and extract images from popular brush, tool preset, and pattern file formats. Load files from cloud storage or directly from other apps. Export your extracted images to various destinations.
- View ABR, TPL, and PAT files
- Extract images from files
- Load files from cloud storage
- Export images to Photos, Mail, Files
- Drag and Drop support on iPad
- AirDrop support
Read full descriptionHide full description
Here is a small but polished tool that allows you to open, view and extract images from abr (brushes), tpl (tool presets) and pat (patterns) files. Abr/tpl/pat are the most popular formats to share brushes and patterns, you can find thousands of them in Internet. Features: - support of all available versions of ABR, TPL an PAT files - displaying full Brush list or Stamp / Pattern items only - loading files from any location - both from Cloud Drive and any other cloud service - export selected images to Photos, Mail, Notes, Files etc - support of Drag and Drop on iPad - support of AirDrop - opening files copied to app folder using File Sharing on computer - opening files directly from Safari, Mail or any other app that include 'Open In' option
PIXLport
Easily import media files from external sources to your device. Offers advanced renaming options with previews and safety checks before import. Built by a professional photographer.
- Import media from external sources
- Customizable file renaming options
- Preview renamed files before import
- Automatic renaming with date and text
- Incrementing numbers for filenames
- Import progress monitoring
- Storage and filename conflict safety checks
Read full descriptionHide full description
Want to import your media files while on the go? Enjoy pro level importing features in your pocket with PIXLport. Choose a source • Supported devices will appear in the source menu (external memory card reader required for iOS devices) • Option to choose a custom folder via Files for import Choose a destination • Select a folder "On My iPhone" or a location on an external drive to save your files Select files • View a list of files on your source device and select specific files to download • Toggle preview images of source files Rename files • Automatically rename files on import • Rename files with creation date formatted as year, month, day (yyyy_mm_dd, yy_mm_dd, yyyymmdd, yymmdd) • Rename files with a custom text entry (My_Trip, California, etc) • Add incrementing numbers with custom start number and custom 0-padding • Preview all renamed files before committing to import Import • View the percentage of completion of your total job and the percentage of completion of each individual file • Pause imports while in progress • Cancel imports in progress • Upon completion, view total size of files imported, total number of files imported, and any errors encountered Safety checks • Sufficient storage space safety check performed before import begins • Filename conflicts in destination folder safety check performed before import begins Built by a professional photographer.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PIXLport at 5.0 against ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's 3.7. PIXLport also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 37%) and update cadence (every 10 months vs every 22 months). ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). 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
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer costs $1.99 and PIXLport $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PIXLport holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's written reviews are positive against 50% of PIXLport's.
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer ships an update every 22 months, PIXLport every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer | PIXLport |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #189 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucky Clan | Christopher Macke |
Customer experience
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
PIXLport
In-app purchases
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
No in-app purchases
PIXLport
No in-app purchases









