PixelCute vs Paintsight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelCute
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Your photo transformed into retro game-style pixel art! PixelCute uses AI technology to instantly convert uploaded portraits into beautiful pixel art. With simple operations, even beginners can easily create their own original pixel art. Key Features • AI Auto-Conversion: Analyzes your photo and recreates outlines and colors in pixel style • Multiple Styles: Retro / Fantasy / Monochrome and many pixel filters • Real-Time Preview: Instantly preview results after selecting a style • High-Resolution Export: Save in sizes optimized for social media and profile pictures • One-Tap Sharing: Seamlessly share to Twitter, Instagram, LINE • Gallery Feature: Browse, like, and comment on your own and others’ works How to Use 1. Launch the app → Upload a photo 2. Choose your preferred pixel art style 3. Tap “Generate” to let AI convert automatically 4. Preview and select “Save” or “Share” With PixelCute, turn your memories into unique pixel art!
Paintsight
This app helps artists analyze and draw from reference photos. It offers tools for value studies, color analysis, composition guides, and proportional drawing grids. Users can also compare their work directly against references.
- Notan and value studies
- Color palette analysis
- Drawing grids and guides
- Painting comparison tools
- Reference photo organization
- iPad-optimized interface
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Paint from photos with a painter's eye. Paintsight keeps your reference photos in one place and gives you the studio tools to read them: notan and value studies, grids, color palettes, design tools, and a way to check your painting against the reference. SEE THE VALUES • Notan and value study: simplify any photo into 2 to 7 values, then tap a value to highlight it • Notan options: several ways to design the lights and darks, side by side • Thumbnail: see the design at postage-stamp size, where only the big shapes count • Squint and grayscale views, to judge light and dark without detail or color in the way • Sample: tap any spot to read its value on a 0 to 10 scale, its color and whether it reads warm or cool READ THE COLOR • Palette: the main color masses with their share of the picture, value, hex and RGB. Tap one to see everywhere it appears • Color blocks: flat color masses for the block-in • Warm and cool map, and a chroma map of where the most intense color sits • Gamut wheel: the palette on a color wheel, with its color scheme named SEE THE DESIGN • Planes: the photo as flat facets, finer where the form turns • Silhouette: check that the subject reads as a single shape • Focal point, big lines and flow: where the eye goes first, the main directions, and the direction of form for planning brushstrokes • Hard and soft edges: see how sharply shapes meet • Contours: clean lines for drawing in or transferring DRAW IT IN PROPORTION • Drawing grid with numbered and lettered squares, sized to your canvas (such as 16x20 in) so you can scale up square by square • Rule of thirds, golden section, diagonals and harmonic armature guides • Measure angles and proportions, with a plumb line • Sketch over a reference with Apple Pencil. The sketch is saved with the photo • Mirror, rotate, and crop to your canvas shape or a standard ratio CHECK YOUR PAINTING • Photograph your painting, straighten it, and compare it with the reference: overlaid, flicking between the two, or side by side • Compare in any view, such as values or color blocks, to see where the painting has drifted KEEP YOUR REFERENCES ORGANIZED • Import from the camera or your photo library, one at a time or in bulk • Tag photos, such as hands, skies, fabric or portraits, and filter in a tap • Add notes to each reference: palette ideas, mixes, what to try next time • Syncs with iCloud, so the same library is on your iPhone and iPad BUILT FOR iPAD • Library sidebar, and tool options in a side panel so the photo stays full size • Open a reference in its own window beside your painting app in Split View or Stage Manager • Drag a reference straight into Procreate, Files or another app • Keyboard shortcuts for the main tools MADE FOR PAINTERS For oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and plein air painters, and for anyone drawing from reference. Plan a painting at the kitchen table, then prop your iPad or iPhone by the easel while you work. The screen stays awake while a reference is open. SIMPLE PRICING Try Paintsight free with up to 3 reference photos and every tool. One payment unlocks unlimited photos for life. No subscription, no account, no ads. Questions or ideas? Get in touch from Settings. Paintsight is made by an independent developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PixelCute at none against Paintsight's 1. PixelCute also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Paintsight's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Paintsight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PixelCute asks for nothing beyond the download.
PixelCute ships an update daily, Paintsight every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixelCute | Paintsight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TOKEN POCKET INC. | Gruffydd Johnston |
In-app purchases
PixelCute
No in-app purchases
Paintsight
- Lifetime$4.99









