Comparison

HarmonicArt vs Kostka Pixel

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

Head to head
About

HarmonicArt

Transform your photos into unique artistic compositions using dice or Rubik's Cubes. Experiment with various styles, densities, and colors to craft mesmerizing masterpieces. Save and share your creations with ease.

Highlights
  • Photo to art transformation
  • Dice and Rubik's Cube styles
  • Style, density, and color experimentation
  • Save and share creations
  • New elements and effects updates
Features
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Turn any photograph into a mosaic made of dice, dominoes, bricks or beads, then get the plan to build it for real. HarmonicArt is not a filter. It is a studio for designing something physical, and it hands you the material list, the finished dimensions and a printable plan to work from. SEVEN MATERIALS Dice: black and white faces, the classic. Six tones from one set, twelve from two. Dominoes: seven tones per set, laid end to end. Cubes: nine stickers each, six colours, a wall of puzzle cubes. Bricks: studded plates in twenty-two colours on a baseplate. Fuse beads: ironed pegboard pixels. Halftone: newsprint dots in the ink of your choice. Typewriter: glyphs standing in for grey. Pick one and the whole picture changes. The preview updates as you choose. A PLAN YOU CAN BUILD FROM Every piece comes with the part nobody else gives you: • What to buy, by the item, "3,200 black dice, 1,600 white", not a list of color codes • Finished size and weight, before you commit to anything • An estimate of how long the placing will take • The backing board you will need • A printable PDF: a shopping list, a method page, a section map with progress boxes, and numbered section pages with coordinates on all four edges and a per-page material tally Print it, take it to the table, and work through it a section at a time. A STUDIO, NOT A BUTTON • A live preview that redraws as you move a slider, no guessing, no waiting • Touch and hold to compare against your original • Detail from a few dozen tiles to tens of thousands • Several palettes per material, from full colour to greyscale • Three ways to handle tone: flat, diffused or screened • Brightness and contrast, when a photo needs a hand Colours are matched in a perceptual colour space, so faces land on believable skin tones instead of drifting green. SEE IT IN THREE DIMENSIONS Orbit a finished piece as real objects, dice with real pips, cubes with real stickers, bricks with studs, lit and shadowed, before you have bought a single one. KEEP AND SHARE • Save to Photos, or export up to 8192 pixels for a gallery print • A gallery that remembers every piece with its settings, so you can reopen one, push the detail up, switch materials and export it again • Share the picture or the build plan PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos are read, mosaicked and saved entirely on your device. There is no account, no server, and nothing is uploaded. Diagnostics are optional and can be switched off in one tap.

About

Kostka Pixel

Features
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Turn a favorite photo into a real picture made of dice. Kostka Pixel converts any image into a print-ready 1:1 plan of dice faces — no account, no ads, everything runs on your device. Pick a photo from your gallery, take a new one, or import a file. Crop and rotate the frame, choose dice color and size (from 8 mm mini to jumbo), then set the mosaic dimensions in centimeters or inches. Fine-tune contrast and tone, optionally enable blank dice for very bright or dark areas, and watch the mosaic update live until it looks the way you want. When the project is ready, export a true 1:1 PDF instruction split across A4 pages. Each square shows the pip face to place (1–6), with coordinates around the edges so you can assemble row by row with standard pipped dice. KEY FEATURES: • mosaic from any photo, made of real dice faces (pips 1–6) • dice size from 8 mm mini to jumbo • many dice colors to match the set you own • mosaic dimensions in centimeters or inches • contrast and tone control, plus blank dice for very bright or dark areas • live preview of the finished mosaic • print-ready 1:1 PDF split across A4 pages • numbered grid with coordinates so you never lose your place • 21 languages in the app • no account, no ads — everything runs on your device From a small desk piece to a wall of thousands of dice, Kostka Pixel helps you plan each mosaic. Pick a photo, print the plan and build your own dice art.

Screenshots

HarmonicArt4 screens
Kostka Pixel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HarmonicArt at Free against Kostka Pixel's $4.99. HarmonicArt also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Kostka Pixel's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 32 months) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HarmonicArt is free to download; Kostka Pixel costs $4.99 up front. Kostka Pixel sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. HarmonicArt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HarmonicArt ships an update every 32 months, Kostka Pixel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
HarmonicArt versus Kostka Pixel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarmonicArtKostka Pixel
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeyed Mahmoud HodaeeniaHubert Przychodniak

In-app purchases

None

HarmonicArt

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Kostka Pixel

One-time2
  • Single Mosaic$1.99
  • Lifetime Unlock$12.99

Questions

Is HarmonicArt free?
HarmonicArt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kostka Pixel free?
Kostka Pixel costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do HarmonicArt or Kostka Pixel have ads?
Neither HarmonicArt nor Kostka Pixel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HarmonicArt or Kostka Pixel?
HarmonicArt ships an update every 32 months, and Kostka Pixel every 2 months. Most recently, HarmonicArt was updated on October 19, 2026 and Kostka Pixel on October 7, 2026.

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