Comparison

Guess the Pixel vs CoverSmash

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

Head to head
About

Guess the Pixel

Test your visual recognition skills by identifying pixelated characters and landmarks. Challenge yourself and friends across diverse categories like music, sports, movies, people, and places. Uncover the hidden images and prove your guessing prowess.

Highlights
  • Pixelated character identification
  • Diverse guessing categories
  • Challenge friends
  • Music, Sports, Movies, People, Places themes
  • Share challenges
Features
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Dive into the world of pixels and test both your sight and knowledge! Can you recognize iconic characters or landmarks from just a pixelated image? Challenge yourself and your friends with Pixelaty! Diverse Categories: Pixelaty offers a captivating journey through various themes, ensuring endless guessing fun. Explore categories such as: - Music: Uncover pixelated images of the music world's biggest stars. Can you identify these legendary singers and bands? - Sports: From basketball courts and tennis arenas to athletic tracks, soccer fields, and beyond, can you identify the legendary figures who've left their mark across various sports disciplines? - Movies: Delve into the magic of cinema. Recognize the faces that have lit up the silver screen over the years. - People: From trailblazers in various fields to influential leaders, challenge yourself to identify these iconic personalities. - Places: Embark on a virtual tour, guessing renowned landmarks and captivating cities from around the world. Use the share button to ask your friends for help by sending them pixelated characters, or simply challenge them to decipher what those pixels hide. With Pixelaty, every pixelated image is a new challenge waiting to be unveiled!

About

CoverSmash

Features
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Britney Spears sung heavy metal? Bossa nova Taylor Swift? Listen to a cover of a popular song and guess the original artist before the timer hits zero. Focus on the lyrics, because you have 30 seconds to guess the original artist. The faster you smash the right answer, the more points you earn! Keep your streak alive to build a massive score multiplier and rocket up the global charts. Discover new artists covering your favorite songs with everything from acoustic to genre-bending! Each level you smash right, the cover and original artist will be added to a playlist for you to connect with AppleMusic. Features: Fast-paced music trivia: With a catalog covering the biggest hits of the genreations, you'll be singing along with each level! Genre-bending: Listen to covers remaking hits as rock, acoustic, country and more! Score multipliers: Chain correct answers into streaks to boost your multiplier and chase huge scores. Leaderboards: Smash your way to the top of the CoverSmash charts, between your friends and against players around the world! AppleMusic: Connect your AppleMusic account and create playlists of the songs you like most Suggest Covers: Have a cover you love? Send it to us and we'll add it to the mix! ---------------------------------------------- Think you can recognize every artist from just a cover? Play CoverSmash and find out!

Screenshots

Guess the Pixel4 screens
CoverSmash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CoverSmash at none against Guess the Pixel's shown. CoverSmash also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Guess the Pixel's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guess the Pixel ships an update every 3 weeks, CoverSmash every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Guess the Pixel versus CoverSmash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuess the PixelCoverSmash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB20 MB
Age rating+49+
DeveloperVázquez SoftwareShannighan

In-app purchases

None

Guess the Pixel

No in-app purchases

None

CoverSmash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guess the Pixel free?
Guess the Pixel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoverSmash free?
CoverSmash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guess the Pixel or CoverSmash have ads?
Guess the Pixel shows ads; CoverSmash does not.
Which is updated more often, Guess the Pixel or CoverSmash?
Guess the Pixel ships an update every 3 weeks, and CoverSmash every 9 days. Most recently, Guess the Pixel was updated on November 3, 2026 and CoverSmash on November 9, 2026.

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