Comparison

Pixelcos vs Brightroom

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

Brightroom

Transform your iPhone into a high-quality film scanner. Easily digitize color negatives, black-and-white negatives, and color slides with advanced editing tools for perfect results. Save your scanned memories directly to your device or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Film negative and slide scanning
  • Color and B&W negative conversion
  • Live editing controls
  • DNG and ProRAW import support
  • Save to Photos or Files
  • IPTC caption embedding
  • Workflow optimization
Features
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Brightroom turns your iPhone into a precision film scanner. Photograph color negatives, black-and-white negatives, or color slides — on a lightbox, iPad screen, or bright window — and Brightroom instantly converts them into sharp, accurate digital photos you can crop, adjust, caption, and save. FILM CONVERSION • Color Negative (C-41) — removes the orange film base cast with per-channel auto-levels and white balance correction, plus an S-curve for shadow richness and highlight pop • Black & White Negative — desaturates before inversion with a classic film contrast curve • Slide / Positive (E-6) — gentle levels correction preserving the film's inherent color balance ADJUSTMENTS • 10 live controls in a scrollable toolbar: Crop, Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Black Point, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, Sharpen, Vignette • Every slider updates the image instantly as you drag — no tap to apply • Changed controls highlighted in orange; one-tap reset per control IMAGE QUALITY • Supports DNG and Apple ProRAW imports alongside JPEG and HEIC • Single-pass Core Image pipeline — no intermediate resampling steps, maximum sharpness at full sensor resolution • Captures full pixel density from both 1x and 2x lenses CROP & SAVE • Manual crop with corner handles and rule-of-thirds grid • Save to Photos Library or directly to any Files location — iCloud Drive, network shares, NAS, cloud services • Save location remembered: pick a folder once, Brightroom saves there automatically • Save with optional 90° rotation — corrects sideways negatives at save time CAPTION • Type or dictate an IPTC caption before saving — embedded permanently in the JPEG, readable in Lightroom, Photos, and any IPTC-aware app • Voice dictation uses on-device speech recognition — nothing leaves your iPhone WORKFLOW • Scan → camera direct; Convert → camera or library (supports DNG/RAW) • After saving, immediately prompts for the next negative — no extra navigation between frames • Before/after toggle: tap Converted badge to compare with the original capture • Full-resolution JPEG output with EXIF orientation and IPTC metadata embedded

Screenshots

Pixelcos4 screens
Brightroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixelcos at 100% against Brightroom's 0%. Pixelcos also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). Brightroom's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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; Brightroom costs $0.99 up front. Pixelcos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brightroom asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brightroom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixelcos has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Pixelcos's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brightroom's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelcos ships an update every 5 weeks, Brightroom every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pixelcos versus Brightroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelcosBrightroom
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓航 郑Greg Anderson

Customer experience

Pixelcos

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Brightroom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixelcos

One-time1
  • PRO$2.99
None

Brightroom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelcos free?
Pixelcos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brightroom free?
Brightroom costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixelcos or Brightroom?
Brightroom is rated higher. Pixelcos averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Brightroom averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pixelcos or Brightroom have ads?
Neither Pixelcos nor Brightroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixelcos or Brightroom?
Pixelcos ships an update every 5 weeks, and Brightroom every 6 days. Most recently, Pixelcos was updated on October 13, 2026 and Brightroom on October 11, 2026.

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