SpritePixels vs ISD Studio 3D
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.
ISD Studio 3D
Design and animate 3D characters with this tool. Create custom models by manipulating surfaces, then rig them with skeletons to add motion and export as glTF animations or VRM avatars.
- Create 3D character models
- Deform and combine surfaces
- Rig models with skeletons
- Add motion for animation
- Export glTF animations
- Export VRM avatars
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This is a tool to create glTF 3D animation and VRM avatar. You can: Create character models by deforming and combining surfaces, Bind (rig) models with skeletons and add motion to create animation, and Export glTF realtime 3D animation, Play and view it from different angles. You can also export VRM avatar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ISD Studio 3D at 100% against SpritePixels's 0%. ISD Studio 3D also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). SpritePixels's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads 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
ISD Studio 3D is free to download; SpritePixels costs $0.99 up front. ISD Studio 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SpritePixels asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpritePixels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of SpritePixels's written reviews are positive against 100% of ISD Studio 3D'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, ISD Studio 3D every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SpritePixels | ISD Studio 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Barnes | Lilysoft LLC |
Customer experience
SpritePixels
ISD Studio 3D
In-app purchases
SpritePixels
No in-app purchases
ISD Studio 3D
- Full version$2.99
