Comparison

Pixelcos vs Pixel Art Focus

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

Head to head
About

Pixelcos

Create and edit pixel art with a variety of tools, including customizable brushes, layers, and shape drawing. Export your creations in high resolution with or without a background.

Highlights
  • Create and manage pixel artboards
  • Customizable canvas size and background
  • Multiple brush styles and colors
  • Mirror drawing and shape tools
  • Layer management
  • Ultra HD export up to 8K
Features
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Pixelcos is a pixel painting software. Using Pixelcos, you can draw fancy creative pixel painting style photos. Features of product - Create and manage pixel artboards - Customize canvas size - Set canvas background color or transparent grid - Set brush style, shape - Support mirror drawing - Built-in multiple brush color presets, custom colors can be added - Supports one-finger smearing and Apple Pencil smearing; supports two-finger zooming and moving the canvas - Supports shape drawing and filling - Support eraser erasing -Supports small window preview mode, when the canvas is enlarged, you can position it through the small window - Created artboards can save projects for easy editing next time - Support layer manager - Support floating image reference - Import stickers to draw into the pixel canvas - Support content export with background removal - Support export as perler beads pattern - Supports Ultra HD export up to 8K Privacy Policy : https://share.note.youdao.com/s/R6XX7x5P Terms of Service : https://share.note.youdao.com/s/7Miu84DE

About

Pixel Art Focus

Features
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● By using subject recognition, you can apply pixel art effects to only the foreground or background of the subject. ● You can apply a pixel art effect mosaic to the subject or background. ● Of course, you can also apply pixel art effects to the entire photo. ● Equipped with a real-time "automatic pixel art focus" monitor. ● You can easily create unique photos with pixel art effects applied only to the parts you want to focus on, such as people, pets, cars, buildings, and flowers. ● The reverse switch allows you to invert the side to which the pixel art effect is applied. ● Edited image files can be copied, saved, and shared. [Photo source] ・Real-time camera images ・Launch the camera and take a photo ・Select a photo from the photo album ・Import shared files from other apps ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Settings] ・Dot width ・Bevel width ・Saturation ・Resolution ・Foreground mask ・Reverse effect [Touch operation] ・Pinch in/out: Zoom in on the image ・Pan: Scroll through the zoomed image [Photo output] ・Save to camera roll: Photos ・Photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

Pixelcos4 screens
Pixel Art Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pixelcos at Free against Pixel Art Focus's $0.99. Pixel Art Focus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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

Pixelcos is free to download; Pixel Art Focus costs $0.99 up front. Pixelcos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Art Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixelcos versus Pixel Art Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelcosPixel Art Focus
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓航 郑Masanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixelcos

One-time1
  • PRO$2.99
None

Pixel Art Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelcos free?
Pixelcos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Art Focus free?
Pixel Art Focus costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixelcos or Pixel Art Focus have ads?
Neither Pixelcos nor Pixel Art Focus shows ads.

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