Comparison

Open UI vs PIXIO Pixel Studio

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

Head to head
About

Open UI

Features
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Checkout Open UI, the only truly accessible app generator. Open UI is a sandbox where every aspect of the app’s appearance can be controlled by you. Do you want fun fonts, vibrant colors, and a picture of your pet on every screen? No problem. Do you need high contrast layouts, large touch points, and screen reader support? We’ve got you covered. Then, when the UI is just how you like it: click β€œGenerate” and make that (app) dream come true.

About

PIXIO Pixel Studio

Features
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PIXIO is a small, focused pixel-art studio for iPhone and iPad. Pick a canvas, pick a colour and start painting; when the picture is done, bring it to life as a looping animation. DRAW β€’ 8Γ—8, 16Γ—16, 32Γ—32 and 64Γ—64 canvases. Switching size is lossless: the picture is always kept at 64Γ—64, and a coarser size simply paints whole blocks. β€’ Pencil, eraser, flood fill and colour picker. β€’ Horizontal, vertical or both-ways symmetry, plus flip and rotate. β€’ Layers on every frame: add, reorder, hide and delete them, with 50 steps of undo and redo per layer. β€’ A quick palette of the colours already in your picture, a 132-colour grid, a saturation/brightness panel and a hue slider. ANIMATE β€’ A frame timeline with duplicate and delete. β€’ Onion skin with adjustable opacity, so the previous frame shows through while you draw the next one. β€’ Playback from 1 to 60 frames per second. GESTURES β€’ One finger paints. Two fingers pan, and pinch to zoom around your fingers. β€’ Two-finger tap to undo, three-finger tap to redo. β€’ Tap the zoom percentage to snap back to 100 %. EXPORT β€’ Save the current frame as a crisp 2048Γ—2048 PNG to Photos. β€’ Export the whole animation as a looping 512Γ—512 GIF and share it anywhere. Optional chiptune background music, silent until you choose a song. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases and no tracking: your artwork stays on your device.

Screenshots

Open UI4 screens
PIXIO Pixel Studio2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Open UI at 4 against PIXIO Pixel Studio's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Open UI versus PIXIO Pixel Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen UIPIXIO Pixel Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size51 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmpathetechBitfarm AS

In-app purchases

None

Open UI

No in-app purchases

None

PIXIO Pixel Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open UI free?
Open UI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PIXIO Pixel Studio free?
PIXIO Pixel Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open UI or PIXIO Pixel Studio have ads?
Neither Open UI nor PIXIO Pixel Studio shows ads.

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