modello* vs PixelForge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
modello*
Transform your photos and sketches into richly rendered image studies. Guide the generation with mood, subject, and style, adjusting creative distance to explore variations. This tool acts as a proposal generator for artists, offering a modern take on traditional preparatory painting techniques.
- Transform photos and sketches into image studies
- Control mood, subject, and style
- Adjust creative distance for variations
- Runs entirely on-device
- Custom models trained on original paintings
- Curated prompts, no open text input
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modello* is a generative studio for painters and visual artists. Begin with your own photo or sketch and transform it into richly rendered image studies. Set mood, subject, and style to guide each generation. Adjust Creative Distance to stay close to your original image — or push the generator to re-imagine it entirely. Italian painters once created preparatory painting proposals called modelli. modello* brings that spirit into a modern generative workflow. After the first generation, new variations appear quickly so you can explore dozens of ideas effortlessly. Features • Runs entirely on-device — your images never leave your device • Generate unlimited images with a modello* Unlimited subscription • Custom models trained on original paintings by the developer • Curated prompts — no open text input • Artist names are never used in prompting If you require technically correct anatomy, this is not that tool. Think of it as a proposal generator, not finished art. Make a few modelli. Follow the interesting ones. See what surprises you! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Note: Requires newer hardware to create images. Minimum supported devices include iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and iPads with at least 6 GB of memory. Older and lower-memory devices are not supported.
PixelForge
Create AI art privately on your device. Generate images, portraits, and characters from text prompts without cloud uploads. Offers local models, style presets, and a gallery for your creations.
- Private on-device AI image generation
- Local models for various art styles
- Prompt and negative prompt controls
- Style presets with visual previews
- Batch generation
- Built-in gallery with saved history
- Image variations and inpainting
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PixelForge is a private AI image studio for iPhone and iPad. Create artwork, portraits, anime-style characters, wallpapers, concept art, and creative variations from simple text prompts. Generation runs on your device. No cloud rendering. No prompt uploads. Your prompts, images, seeds, and gallery history stay stored locally on your device. PixelForge includes: Private on-device AI image generation Local models for realism, anime, and creative art styles Prompt and negative prompt controls Style presets with visual previews Batch generation for multiple results at once A built-in gallery with favorites, delete, and saved history Saved image details including prompt, seed, model, style, and settings Image variations from previous results Canvas inpainting for masked photo edits Plain-English setting tips for better results PixelForge is built for creators who want AI art without sending every idea to a server. Make profile art, character concepts, wallpapers, reference images, photo-style scenes, and creative experiments directly on your device. You can create 10 images free after install. After that, unlimited creation and advanced features require a one-time in-app purchase. Device Requirements Requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later. Recommended for best performance: iPhone 15 Pro or newer iPhone 16 series iPhone 17 series iPad with Apple silicon Older compatible devices may run slower, especially when loading a model for the first time.
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Verdict
modello* and PixelForge are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. modello* sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year and PixelForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for modello* against 5.0 for PixelForge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | modello* | PixelForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 970 MB | 3.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bryan Leister | Jeff Burns |
Customer experience
modello*
PixelForge
In-app purchases
modello*
- modello Unlimited$24.991 Year
PixelForge
- PixelForge Pro Unlock$4.99









