SpritePixels vs Sprite Tight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpritePixels
Create pixel art with intuitive multi-touch controls for fluid painting and precise editing. Zoom in for detail, copy and paste sections, and customize extensive color palettes. Save and export your creations as high-resolution PNGs.
- Multi-touch painting
- Zoomable canvas
- Drag-and-drop copying
- Area fill tool
- Rectangular region copy
- Customizable 16-color palettes
- Large canvas size
- iCloud sync
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Designed for multi-touch! No more pecking one pixel at a time – fluidly paint pixel art using several touches at once. Tap a tile to zoom in and work with precision. The companion mini-view shows what it looks like at normal size. Drag any tile to instantly copy it to another tile. Great for making similar versions of a sprite. Press and hold with one touch to fill an area. Press and hold with two touches to lift and copy a rectangular region. Customize a palette of up to an incredible 16 colors! Expand your canvas to a staggering 512 by 512 pixels! Press and hold any color in the palette to adjust it to any of a mind-blowing 4,096 possible values! Experiment with color sets by pressing and holding the palette to replace an entire row of colors. Save your work in iCloud and resume it from another device. Export your art as a pixel-perfect PNG image.
Sprite Tight
Create pixel art and animated GIFs with an intuitive interface. Design tiled patterns for backgrounds or social media, and export your creations as images or animations. This tool makes pixel art accessible and enjoyable for various design needs.
- Pixel art editing
- Animated GIF creation
- Tiled pattern design
- Export as images
- Export as animated GIFs
- Simple interface
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Sprite Tight is your go-to pixel editing and animation solution. Simple menu and easy to use interface make creating pixel art actually fun. Create perfect tiled patterns to use as backgrounds images for graphic design or social media. Use the advanced animation mode to create GIFS! Export and share your art as still images or animated GIFS.
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Verdict
SpritePixels and Sprite Tight both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Sprite Tight's written reviews are positive against 0% of SpritePixels's. Sprite Tight also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (daily vs every 15 months). SpritePixels's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Sprite Tight is free to download; SpritePixels costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SpritePixels against 5.0 for Sprite Tight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of SpritePixels's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sprite Tight's.
SpritePixels ships an update every 15 months, Sprite Tight daily. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpritePixels | Sprite Tight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Barnes | andrew bell |
Customer experience
SpritePixels
Sprite Tight
In-app purchases
SpritePixels
No in-app purchases
Sprite Tight
No in-app purchases
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