Comparison

Pixelio vs Piece

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

Head to head
About

Pixelio

This app transforms daily tasks into an engaging role-playing game. Complete habits to earn experience points, unlock items, and explore a fantasy world. It offers a rewarding approach to habit building without pressure.

Highlights
  • Customizable habit recurrence
  • Earn XP and gold for completed habits
  • Level up character and unlock stages
  • Equip avatar with pixel art items
  • Explore 6 fantasy regions
  • Weekly item shop
  • Unlock achievements and memories
  • Track streaks and progress
Features
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Pixelio is the habit tracker that turns your daily routine into an adventure. Every completed habit gives XP to your pixel art character, unlocks items, and lets you explore a fantasy world. Drinking water, meditating, reading, running : everything becomes a quest. A PRODUCTIVITY APP DISGUISED AS AN RPG No guilt-inducing notifications. No stressful scores or pressure. Just a character that grows at your own pace, a shop that refreshes every week, and the satisfaction of watching your adventure come to life pixel by pixel. FEATURES - A habit tracker with custom recurrence (daily, weekly, specific days) - Earn XP and gold coins for every completed habit - Level up your character and unlock new stages - Equip your avatar with pixel art weapons, armor, and accessories - Send expeditions to explore 6 regions and bring back treasures - Buy items from the weekly shop - Unlock achievements and collect unique memories - Track your streaks and progress statistics - Customizable reminder notifications - Pre-made habit templates to get started quickly - Available in French and English AN AUTHENTIC PIXEL ART WORLD Every sprite, animation, and interface has been handcrafted by our pixel artists. Pixelio immerses you in a 16-bit aesthetic inspired by classic 90s RPGs. WHY IT WORKS Building habits is hard. The best habit trackers know that we need small, immediate rewards to maintain long-term effort. Pixelio turns every checked box into a rewarding moment: flying XP, falling coins, level-ups, unlocked items. Your brain gradually starts associating "habit" with "reward" and that changes everything. SUPER PIXELIO The premium subscription is absolutely not required, but it unlocks advanced features, gives you a few extra coins to buy equipment, and most importantly, supports the development of the app by our independent studio. INDIE AND TRANSPARENT Pixelio is the habit tracker built by Lux Studio. No investors, no ads, no invasive tracking. Just a habit tracker made with passion by people who wanted a better daily routine for themselves. Download Pixelio, the habit tracker RPG, and start your adventure today. Terms of Use: https://getpixelio.com/terms

About

Piece

Features
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Both of you are right. One of you, a little less so. Piece is an impartial third party for the small fights – the ones that don't need a therapist, just a referee. The forgotten text. The 9:30pm arrival. The "fine" that wasn't fine. Piece hears each side once, weighs them honestly, and quietly tells one of you to go first. HOW IT WORKS Three steps. No lectures. Two to five minutes, start to finish. 1. Record: Each of you takes the floor. One at a time, on the same phone. You speak; the other waits. Neither of you hears the other's recording. Only the AI does. 2. Weigh: Piece compares both sides, names who's more in the wrong, and shows where each of you had the receipts and where each of you lost the plot. 3. Apologise: Whoever was wrong, says so. Out loud, in their own words. The other taps "they did it"... and the round is closed. ONE VERDICT, FOUR VOICES Same call. Different delivery. Pick the tone before you record. - Witty: "Michael, the math isn't mathing." - Sarcastic: "Michael. Bravo. Genuinely." - Earnest: "Michael, the silence was the problem, not the deadline." - Theatrical: "Michael, you stand accused of forgetting your phone is a phone." WHAT IT'S FOR Piece is for everyday friction. The dishes. The tone. The sister-in-law's birthday. The thing you said in the car. The thing you didn't say at the dinner. Use it when you're stuck and someone needs to go first. Don't use it for the big stuff, that's what therapists are for and, sorry but we can't help you. YOUR FIGHT STAYS IN THE ROOM Your audio leaves your phone, briefly. It reaches our AI long enough to become text and to weigh both sides. Then everything is dropped. - No recordings kept. - No transcripts saved. - No training on your arguments. The model that just judged you is, in a few minutes, going to forget you exist. JUST ONE PHONE You share a single phone through the round. It's designed to keep you in the same room, on the same couch, looking at the same screen – not arguing across two devices. Only one of you needs to download Piece. The other one just needs to sit down. WHAT IT'S NOT Piece is a nudge, not a judge. It will sometimes get it wrong; and when it does, the conversation it unlocks usually gets you to the truth anyway. It's not couples therapy. It's not a replacement for talking. It's the thing that helps you start. One verdict at a time.

Screenshots

Pixelio4 screens
Piece4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piece at none against Pixelio's 7. Piece also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Pixelio's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Pixelio sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Piece asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelio ships an update weekly, Piece every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixelio versus Piece: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelioPiece
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB33 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLux StudioDavid Alia

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pixelio

Subscriptions3
  • Super Pixelio Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Super Pixelio — Launch Offer7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Super Pixelio Annual7 Days trial$84.991 Year
One-time4
  • Super Pixelio Lifetime$29.99
  • Super Pixelio Lifetime$54.99
  • Super Pixelio Lifetime$99.99
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  • Super Pixelio Lifetime$114.99
None

Piece

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelio free?
Pixelio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piece free?
Piece is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixelio or Piece have ads?
Piece shows ads; Pixelio does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixelio or Piece?
Pixelio ships an update weekly, and Piece every 10 days. Most recently, Pixelio was updated on October 28, 2026 and Piece on October 24, 2026.

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