Comparison

PIXLpath vs QuadCropper

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

Head to head
About

PIXLpath

A minimalist asset manager designed for visual artists to organize creative files across Apple devices. It offers seamless organization, offline access to projects, and workflow helpers without subscriptions or tracking.

Highlights
  • Seamless organization of creative assets
  • Offline access to projects with embedded previews
  • Memory card importing and batch renaming
  • Cross-platform compatibility (Mac, iPad, iPhone, Vision Pro)
  • Support for a wide range of image, video, audio, and design formats
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking or subscriptions
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A Minimalist Asset Manager for Apple Creatives Created by a photographer for fellow visual artists, PIXLpath is a powerful, visually refined workspace built specifically for the Apple ecosystem. Rooted in a minimalist design philosophy, it offers a calm, focused environment that complements the beauty of the work it displays. Free from subscriptions and invasive tracking, PIXLpath helps you reconnect with what matters most—your art. Why PIXLpath? Seamless Organization Transform cluttered folders on your device or external drives into beautiful reference catalogs. With intuitive search and cataloging tools, navigating your work becomes fast, focused, and visually satisfying. Keep Your Projects Close Save your catalogs as .pixlpath documents with embedded previews and metadata. Even when you’re offline or away from your source files, a version of your work is always within reach—and with iCloud Drive, it’s easy to keep your projects in sync across all your Apple devices. Workflow Helpers Speed up your process with features like memory card importing, file copying, batch renaming — each designed to support your creative rhythm. Cross-Platform Harmony Enjoy a seamless experience across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Vision Pro. Start a project on one device and continue effortlessly on another. One Purchase, All Platforms Buy once, use everywhere. A single purchase unlocks PIXLpath across all four Apple platforms—no subscriptions, no hidden tiers. Privacy First Your creativity stays yours. No tracking. No subscriptions. Just a focused space for your work—private, local, and yours alone. Comprehensive Support for Creative Formats Image Formats JPEG, PSD, TIFF, HEIC, PNG, GIF, DNG, SONY ARW, CANON CR2/CR3, NIKON NEF, FUJI RAF (uncompressed), PANASONIC RW2, OLYMPUS ORF, HASSELBLAD 3FR Video Formats QuickTime (MOV), MP4, M4V, Apple ProRes Audio Formats AIFF, AAC, WAV, M4A, MP3 Design Formats PDF, AI, SVG, ICO Preview-Only Formats AFPHOTO, AFDESIGN, AFPUB (thumbnail previews only) Say Hello! I’m Chris, the developer behind PIXLpath. Your feedback and questions help shape its future. Feel free to reach out at hello@pixlpath.com to share your thoughts or ask how PIXLpath can better support your creative workflow. And if you run into any bugs, just send me a note—I usually reply the same day.

About

QuadCropper

Effortlessly crop and straighten skewed rectangular objects in photos. This tool allows precise corner placement to correct perspective distortion, ideal for digitizing documents or images taken at an angle.

Highlights
  • Crop skewed rectangles
  • Deskew perspective distortion
  • Adjustable corner placement
  • Access Photos library
  • Use camera
  • Crop from files
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This app contains a Photos extension to crop and deskew rectangles in a photo. Since the rectangles may be skewed by perspective, the cropping tool allows individual placement of the four corners of the 2D quadrilateral -- and then deskews the contained rectangle. This is useful for business cards or slides or book covers or the like which have been photographed at an angle. The app mimics the functionality of the Photos extension and can access the Photos library or the camera to get an image. One can also crop the image from any file. Unless the image is retrieved from the Photos library, the app will store the cropped image to a user-selected file. Corners can be nudged by tapping on the corner circles. The corner will move by a pixel in the direction of the quadrant of the circle that was tapped on.

Screenshots

PIXLpath4 screens
QuadCropper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: QuadCropper at Free against PIXLpath's $14.99. PIXLpath's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 60%) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

QuadCropper is free to download; PIXLpath costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PIXLpath against 5.0 for QuadCropper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of PIXLpath's written reviews are positive against 60% of QuadCropper's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PIXLpath versus QuadCropper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIXLpathQuadCropper
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher MackeRobert Lefkowitz

Customer experience

PIXLpath

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

QuadCropper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

PIXLpath

No in-app purchases

None

QuadCropper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PIXLpath free?
PIXLpath costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuadCropper free?
QuadCropper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PIXLpath or QuadCropper?
PIXLpath and QuadCropper are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PIXLpath or QuadCropper have ads?
Neither PIXLpath nor QuadCropper shows ads.

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