Comparison

Pixelss vs Spriteer

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

Head to head
About

Pixelss

Create pixel art animations with this intuitive application. Design your characters and scenes frame by frame, bringing your creations to life with simple tools. Perfect for aspiring animators and pixel art enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Pixel art animation creation
  • Frame-by-frame design
  • Intuitive animation tools
  • Character and scene design
Features
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A pixel animation app

About

Spriteer

Create animated pixel art characters and objects on an 8x8 canvas. Integrate your creations into 38 built-in arcade games or export them as PNGs or GIFs. Drawing, playing, and sharing are free.

Highlights
  • 8x8 pixel art canvas
  • Animated sprite creation
  • 38 built-in arcade games
  • PNG and GIF export
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Live walk preview
  • Undo functionality
Features
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The canvas is eight by eight. That is the whole rule — and it is enough. Draw a hero, a zombie, a gem, a door. One small frame per pose; the engine breathes in the rest — the walk beat, the floating treasure, the bounce of a slime. Your sprite starts living the moment you lift your finger. What you draw is yours to keep. Export any sprite as a PNG, or a character as an animated GIF, and take it wherever you like. Then prove it. Thirty-eight real arcade games are built in — mines, factories, haunted manors — and every one of them instantly wears YOUR art. Outrun boulders as the hero you drew; hunt the zombie you gave those red eyes. Your work lives in skins, like resource packs: each skin is a complete project — every character, tile, and item in one place, with your progress counted. Wear one skin at a time and switch styles in a tap. Share the file anywhere, or open it in Pythoneer and play whole worlds dressed in your sprites. Mirror drawing, a fixed sixteen-color palette, onion skin, a live walk preview, undo — serious tools, one simple rule. Unlock All — one purchase, no subscription: make as many characters of your own as you like. Five are free, and so are skins, every export, every color, drawing, playing and sharing. Sixty-four pixels. Yours.

Screenshots

Pixelss4 screens
Spriteer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixelss at 100% against Spriteer's 0%. Pixelss also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Spriteer's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Pixelss sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Spriteer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixelss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spriteer has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pixelss's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spriteer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelss ships an update daily, Spriteer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pixelss versus Spriteer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelssSpriteer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSounds Creative LLCSwiftian Inc.

Customer experience

Pixelss

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

Spriteer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pixelss

One-time4
  • Unlock Five Save Slots$1.99
  • Unlock Higher Resolution$4.99
  • Unlock 64 Frames$4.99
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  • Unlock All Save Slots$9.99
1 purchases

Spriteer

One-time1
  • Unlock All$1.99

Questions

Is Pixelss free?
Pixelss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spriteer free?
Spriteer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixelss or Spriteer?
Pixelss is rated higher. Pixelss averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Spriteer averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Pixelss or Spriteer have ads?
Neither Pixelss nor Spriteer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixelss or Spriteer?
Pixelss ships an update daily, and Spriteer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pixelss was updated on November 4, 2026 and Spriteer on November 10, 2026.

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