PxPad vs PixelMode AI Pixel Art Studio

Create stunning pixel art with PxPad, a powerful native sprite editor for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Perfect for game developers, artists, and retro art enthusiasts. Features • Brush, eraser, fill, select, move, and eyedropper tools • Undo / redo feature • Zoom / pan / rotate gestures • Layers • Multiple artboards in one document • Image imports • iCloud integration • Files app icon previews • Dark mode • Export PNG / JPG / GIF / WebP / ICO / PX • Export multiple artboards at once • Canvas resizing • Full color picker • Haptics • Apple Pencil support on compatible iPads • Left-handed mode • Sample files • 41 Languages Create retro art, game graphics and sprite sheets across iPhone, iPad and Mac, with iCloud integration, native sharing and file previews. Touch shortcuts and gestures • Double-tap with the brush to fill an area (enable in Settings). • Press and hold on the canvas while using the brush, eraser or fill tool to pick a color. • 2 finger tap: Undo • 3 finger tap: Redo • 2 finger pan: Pan view • 2 finger pinch: Zoom view • 2 finger rotate: Rotate canvas • Swipe gesture on folder previews, in the grid view, to cycle through previews. • Drag eyedropper onto canvas to activate with one gesture. Notes • When editing, an orange circle by the file name indicates the file is unsaved. Green briefly confirms a successful save. Red indicates a save error. • Import .px files by moving them into the PxPad folder (see Settings). If you like PxPad, please let me know in a review! Thank you, Andy (The Developer) License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

PixelMode is a pixel art studio for iPhone and iPad. Draw sprites, tiles and animations with tools made for hard pixels, then export them for your game. Use AI tools to generate pixel art and speed up your creative process! DRAW • Pencil, eraser, line, shapes, fill, gradients and dithering built for crisp pixels • Layers, groups, masks and blend modes • Indexed and RGBA color with palettes, ramps and color cycling • Pixel grid, symmetry, tiled preview and guides • Apple Pencil and touch, left- or right-handed ANIMATE • Frame timeline with onion skinning and tags • Eight-direction animation setup • Export animated GIF and PNG AI THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE • Text to Item: describe an item and get four pixel-art sprites or tiles to choose from • Image to Image: repaint your current art while keeping its composition • Results arrive as editable layers on your canvas, never flattened images • Runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Your prompts and artwork are never uploaded • Requires iOS 26 and a one-time 1.2 GB download EXPORT • PNG, sprite sheets, GIF, animated PNG • Aseprite (.aseprite) and PixelMode project files • Share straight to Files, Photos and other apps