Pixat vs Clean Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixat
This platform allows users to create, join, and participate in photography competitions. Users can vote on submissions, view rankings, and connect with other photo enthusiasts. It's a space to showcase skills and engage with a community.
- Create photo competitions
- Join and participate in contests
- Vote for best photos
- View competition rankings
- Connect with photographers
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Unleash your creativity with Pixat, the ultimate platform for photographers and photo enthusiasts! Whether you’re a professional or a casual snapper, Pixat lets you: Create Photo Competitions: Design and launch your own photography challenges with ease. Join and Participate: Compete in exciting photo contests created by others. Vote and Decide: Cast your votes for the best photos and help crown the winners. See the Rankings: Discover who’s on top and get inspired by incredible photography. Pixat makes competitions simple and engaging. Share your vision, showcase your skills, and connect with a community of like-minded photographers. Ready to compete, vote, and win? Download Pixat now!
Clean Express
This application allows users to read, download, and post articles on Usenet (NNTP) servers. It offers secure server connections, efficient group management, and robust attachment handling. Users can compose and post new messages or replies with automatic draft saving.
- Secure NNTP server connections
- Group browsing and subscription management
- Thread syncing and filtering
- Inline attachment preview
- Binary content decoding
- Download queue management
- Draft saving for posts and replies
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Clean Express is a modern Usenet (NNTP) client for Apple platforms. Read threads, download attachments, and post articles in one focused workflow. Connect with confidence - Add one or more NNTP servers with Plaintext, STARTTLS, or SSL/TLS (Implicit). - Review self-signed certificate fingerprints and choose whether to trust them. - Store server credentials securely in Keychain-backed storage. Stay on top of busy groups - Browse server groups, search and manage subscriptions, and filter your sidebar. - Sync thread headers with incremental progress updates. - Sort by recent activity or original post, then filter by All, Unread, or Threads with Unread. - Expand or collapse branches, watch threads, and move quickly with keyboard or swipe navigation. - Mark messages, threads, or full visible ranges as read. Work with attachments - Preview supported attachments inline, including text, images, and PDFs where available. - Decode common Usenet binary content, including yEnc and uuencode payloads. - Add large downloads to a dedicated queue with staged progress, retry/cancel, and clear-completed actions. - Save completed downloads to files, with queue state restored after relaunch. Compose and post without losing your place - Create new posts and replies with quote-aware reply context. - Keep drafts automatically and resume after relaunch. - Add attachments from the file picker or drag and drop. - Choose MIME, yEnc, or uuencode posting formats based on server or community preferences. - Send in the background with visible posting progress.
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Verdict
Pixat and Clean Express both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Clean Express's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pixat's. Clean Express also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Pixat's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixat against 5.0 for Clean Express. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Pixat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clean Express's.
Pixat ships an update every 3 weeks, Clean Express every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixat | Clean Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALZAWAYA ALKHAMIS COMPANY FOR ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING | Cleanbit, MB |
Customer experience
Pixat
Clean Express
In-app purchases
Pixat
No in-app purchases
Clean Express
No in-app purchases
