Comparison

Pixelate vs Ed

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

Head to head
About

Pixelate

Create unique pixel art using a wide range of shapes like hearts, stars, and musical notes. Resize graphics, set grid lines for alignment, and export high-definition images with or without grids. Save your creations or share them directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Generate pixel art with various shapes
  • Resize graphics and set grid lines
  • Toggle grid lines for alignment
  • High-definition export
  • Save to photo album
  • Share on social media
Features
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Pixelate is a pixel maker that can use a variety of shapes to generate pixel art. 【The main function】 Pixelate your photos with a variety of shapes, including circles, rectangles, hearts, stars, moons, maple leaves, flames, musical notes, suns and more. Graphics can be resized and grid lines can be set to help you align them, and the grid lines can be toggled. High-definition export supports export with and without grid lines. You can save the generated pixel art to the photo album or share it on social media. No ads, all features unlocked, essential for pixel maker.

About

Ed

Design and prototype tile-based games with a powerful level editor. Import sprites, define terrain rules, and manage multiple levels. Export your creations in various formats, including Unity.

Highlights
  • Sprite sheet import and slicing
  • Terrain bit mask rules
  • Custom tile definitions
  • Rule and auto brushes
  • Random tile selection
  • Multi-level project management
  • Export to Unity and JSON
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Ed is a cross-platform prototyping tool and level editor for tile-based games. The tablet version of the app comes with the full feature set including: - Import your sprite sheets and automatically slice them into sprites, - Set terrain bit mask rules for different sprites and export them to brushes that automatically detect and draw terrain corners appropriately, - Create Tile Definitions (TileDefs) that have custom tile sizes, animations, background colors and more, - Rule Brushes: Define rules with which the editor automatically picks and chooses tiles based on criteria you set, - Auto Brushes: Whitebox your levels and define auto brush regions to automatically transform whiteboxed tiles into polished areas, - Pick tiles randomly based on assigned probability weights, - Manage multiple levels per project (world), - Draw on multiple boards on each level, - Set parallax parameters per board, - Draw colliders using a brush and craft secret areas, - Export to an intuitive and easy to parse text format, as integer, hex, or char grid, - The file format is ZIP containing images and pure JSON, ready to be imported into your code, - Go back and forth between the desktop and tablet versions and create your game on the go or at your desk! - Built-in support to export to Unity - Create Enums, Classes and other data structures. Built-in support for MonoBehaviours. The iPhone version of the app allows you to open your projects and edit levels in a more compact user interface, optimized for the smaller device form factor. While the environment is compatible with the full version, the iPhone app has a more limited feature set.

Screenshots

Pixelate4 screens
Ed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pixelate at $0.99 against Ed's $14.99. Pixelate also leads on chart position (#188 vs unranked). Ed's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Pixelate costs $0.99 and Ed $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelate ships an update every 9 days, Ed fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Pixelate versus Ed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelateEd
Price$0.99 — better$14.99
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#188 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer国庆 裘Chilling Moose

Customer experience

Pixelate

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Ed

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixelate

No in-app purchases

None

Ed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelate free?
Pixelate costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ed free?
Ed costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixelate or Ed have ads?
Neither Pixelate nor Ed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixelate or Ed?
Pixelate ships an update every 9 days, and Ed fortnightly. Most recently, Pixelate was updated on November 7, 2026 and Ed on November 8, 2026.

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