Comparison

Dots (Pixel Art) vs RexyView

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

Head to head
About

Dots (Pixel Art)

Create pixel art easily by selecting colors and filling dots. Share your creations directly to social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter.

Highlights
  • Pixel art drawing
  • Color selection
  • Dot filling
  • Social media sharing
  • Simple interface
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Draw pixel art with Dots. If you are a pixel art lover, you shouldn't miss Dots! Dots doesn't have complex features. It totally focused on real pixel-art. Select a color and fill dots with it. It's so simple and easy! #DotsApp

About

RexyView

Consolidate your Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media libraries into a single, intuitive interface across all Apple devices. Discover new content with curated themes, manage profiles with robust parental controls, and enjoy offline playback.

Highlights
  • Unified media library from multiple servers
  • Content discovery by theme and time
  • Customizable profiles with parental controls
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
  • Offline viewing with downloads
  • Server dashboard for owners
  • Apple ecosystem integration
Features
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RexyView brings your Plex, Jellyfin and Emby servers together in one beautiful app, built natively for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro, with an Apple Watch companion. It helps your family find something to watch, gives parents real control and follows you across every Apple device. ALL YOUR SERVERS, ONE LIBRARY Use Plex, Jellyfin and Emby side by side, with as many servers and Plex accounts as you like. Turn on Combine Libraries to see every server as one collection. A title on several servers appears once, with a badge for each, and Play From lets you pick which copy to watch. FIND SOMETHING TO WATCH • Browse by Theme: pick themes like Dinosaurs, Heists or Christmas and see every title that matches them all • Under 1 Hour: only what fits the time you have • Surprise Me: a random pick, from the app or by asking Siri • Holiday picks that change with the season • Smart Rows: your own Home rows, like “Best of the 90s” or “Unwatched in 4K” • Your Year: a shareable card of everything you watched this year PROFILES AND PARENTAL CONTROLS “Who’s Watching?” profiles work across every server at once, each with its own photo, optional PIN and maximum content rating, based on your server’s ratings. Set a bedtime, a daily viewing time or a number of episodes a day. When time runs out, a child can ask for more and a parent approves it right from their phone. Profiles and limits can be shared with your family’s devices through iCloud, and viewing time adds up across them, so switching devices doesn’t reset the clock. EVERY APPLE DEVICE, IN SYNC iCloud Sync carries your settings, Home layout and Smart Rows to your other devices. Sign-ins can be shared through iCloud Keychain, so a new device is ready in seconds. Handoff continues what you’re looking at on another device. Watched status can stay in step across your servers. MAKE HOME YOURS Reorder, hide and add Home rows per profile, choose your Discover tiles, pick a poster grid or a cinematic hero layout, accent colours and backgrounds. HomeKit scenes can dim the lights when you press play. WATCH AND DOWNLOAD Plays with Apple’s own video player, with Skip Intro and Credits, Up Next, chapters, audio and subtitle choices, Find Subtitles (when your server supports it), a sleep timer and Picture in Picture. When a file isn’t in a format your device plays, your server converts it. Download movies and episodes to watch offline on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. FOR SERVER OWNERS A full Dashboard shows who’s watching what, users and playback history, and lets you stop a stream. Home Screen widgets and the Apple Watch companion keep your server at a glance, and Apple TV shows your newest titles in Top Shelf. BUILT FOR APPLE Designed for the Liquid Glass look, with Siri and Shortcuts, Spotlight search, keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac, and swipe brightness and volume on iPhone and iPad. PRIVACY FIRST No analytics, no tracking and no ads. RexyView has no servers of its own. It connects to your media servers, to Plex’s and Emby’s online services when you use those accounts, to your own iCloud for syncing, to IMDb or YouTube when you open those pages, and to TMDB only if you add your own API key. Nothing reaches the developer unless you choose to send a bug report. ==== Requires your own Plex Media Server (with a Plex account), Jellyfin server or Emby server. RexyView doesn’t provide any content. RexyView is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Plex, Inc., the Jellyfin project, Emby LLC or The Movie Database (TMDB). Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes are trademarks of their respective owners. Metadata and artwork come from your media server. RexyView uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs (with your own API key) but is not endorsed, certified or otherwise approved by TMDB. ==== Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rexyview.com/privacy

Screenshots

Dots (Pixel Art)4 screens
RexyView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RexyView at Free against Dots (Pixel Art)'s $2.99. RexyView also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Dots (Pixel Art)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

RexyView is free to download; Dots (Pixel Art) costs $2.99 up front. RexyView sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dots (Pixel Art) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RexyView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dots (Pixel Art) has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Dots (Pixel Art)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of RexyView's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dots (Pixel Art) versus RexyView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDots (Pixel Art)RexyView
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (15 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperxilesChris Ortega

Customer experience

Dots (Pixel Art)

All ratings15 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral8.9%
Negative8.9%

RexyView

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Dots (Pixel Art)

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Undo button doesn't work all the time
  • Undo skips around in history
  • App crashes on older devices
  • Duplicate feature doesn't always work
  • App cannot be opened after update
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  • Moving layer outside canvas loses work
  • Merge layers undo loses a layer
  • Fill tool issues (double tap)
  • Picture disappears when moved
  • Imported images are pixelated
  • Exported images look fuzzy
  • Saving to photo library lowers quality
  • Line of pixels appears when zooming
  • Internet connection required, otherwise crashes

Requested features

34 requests
  • Organize drawings into folders
  • Eyedropper tool
  • Copy and paste for layers
  • Select colors from imported image
  • Larger canvas size
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  • Export file showing grid
  • Animation support
  • Custom image sizes
  • Selection tool for moving parts
  • Shape tool
  • Adjustable grid or more grid sizes
  • 256x256 size option
  • Layer opacity for GIFs
  • Brush tools with multiple widths and shades
  • User input for custom grid dimensions
  • Transparent background option
  • Fill button
  • 8x8 option for Minecraft
  • Easier way to store favorite colors
  • Number input for precise color selection
  • Save to camera roll as PNG and GIF
  • More export options
  • Custom resolutions
  • Direct export to Dropbox
  • Key in color codes manually
  • Eraser tool for transparent backgrounds
  • 16x16 resolution option
  • Save in GIF format
  • Layer support
  • Higher resolution export
  • Toggle grid option
  • Paint bucket tool
  • Change pencil size
  • More tools beyond pencil

RexyView

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Dots (Pixel Art)

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

RexyView

One-time4
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Large Coffee$2.99
  • Buy Me Lunch$4.99
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  • You're Amazing$9.99

Questions

Is Dots (Pixel Art) free?
Dots (Pixel Art) costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RexyView free?
RexyView is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dots (Pixel Art) or RexyView?
RexyView is rated higher. Dots (Pixel Art) averages 3.4 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while RexyView averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Dots (Pixel Art) or RexyView have ads?
Neither Dots (Pixel Art) nor RexyView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dots (Pixel Art) or RexyView?
Dots (Pixel Art) ships an update every 3 weeks, and RexyView every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dots (Pixel Art) was updated on November 6, 2026 and RexyView on November 7, 2026.

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