SpritePixels vs Flow Nodes
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.
Flow Nodes
Create live graphics, video effects, custom interfaces, and 3D scenes using a node-based visual programming system. Build complex projects with a wide range of tools, including AI-powered features, and real-time inputs. Supports iCloud syncing and offers tutorials for easy learning.
- Node-based visual programming
- Live graphics and video effects
- 3D scene creation
- AI-powered tools
- Real-time inputs (sensors, NDI, OSC)
- Custom UI building
- iCloud syncing
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Flow Nodes is a visual programming app for building live graphics, video effects, 3D scenes, and custom interfaces — just connect nodes, no code required. Start from ready-made presets in Discover, follow built-in tutorials, or build from scratch. Combine image processing, video, animation, math, networking, and UI with realtime inputs like camera, microphone, motion sensors, body, hand and face tracking, MIDI, OSC, and NDI. Built for realtime creation. Nodes arrange themselves as you connect them. Search and add nodes quickly, edit properties in the inspector, animate with a keyframe timeline, and reuse flows inside other flows. Organize projects in folders, split the canvas into tabs and panes, and navigate with a mini-map and live previews. Import and export images (including HDR), video, and 3D assets, record any output to video, and AirPlay content over Wi-Fi or HDMI. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence helps you understand and edit flows: read node docs, review connections, and use chat to create, connect, and update nodes with natural language. Automate flows with Shortcuts. Node Features - AI nodes for image generation, Image Playground, and chat - Live video: camera, background removal, chroma key, and text detection - Body, hand, and face tracking - Video playback, frame sampling, and recording - Keyframe timeline with bezier curves - OSC, MIDI, NDI, and network requests for realtime control - 3D rendering of geometry, particle fields, and Gaussian splats - Cameras, lights, projectors, and 360° equirectangular and cube map tools - Vector and geometry tools: shapes, clones, extrude, lathe, and transforms - UI nodes: buttons, sliders, labels, text fields, grids, stacks, and overlays - JavaScript and Metal shader nodes for custom logic and effects - Sensors: motion, microphone, location, game controllers, and haptics - Data and state: typed values, lists, maps, math, time, and signals Some nodes require Pro Nodes access. Your flows sync across devices with iCloud. Privacy Policy https://flownodes.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use https://flownodes.app/terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flow Nodes at 75% against SpritePixels's 0%. Flow Nodes also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months). SpritePixels's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ads 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
Flow Nodes is free to download; SpritePixels costs $0.99 up front. Flow Nodes sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SpritePixels asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpritePixels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Nodes has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of SpritePixels's written reviews are positive against 75% of Flow Nodes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SpritePixels ships an update every 15 months, Flow Nodes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpritePixels | Flow Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 253 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Barnes | Anton Heestand |
Customer experience
SpritePixels
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In-app purchases
SpritePixels
No in-app purchases
Flow Nodes
- Pro Nodes (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Pro Nodes (Yearly)14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Code Node Bundle$3.99
- Data Node Bundle$3.99
- Visual Node Bundle$3.99
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- All Nodes$49.99









