Comparison

Spryt vs PIXIO Pixel Studio

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

Head to head
About

Spryt

Features
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Spryt is the pixel art editor built for creators. Whether you're designing game sprites, retro icons, or animated pixel art — Spryt gives you everything you need. DRAW WITH POWERFUL TOOLS • Pencil, eraser, fill bucket, and eyedropper • Selection tool to move and rearrange pixels • Mirror mode for instant symmetry (horizontal, vertical, or both) • Undo and redo every stroke ANIMATE FRAME BY FRAME • Create frame-by-frame animations • Multiple layers per frame with visibility controls • Adjustable FPS from 1 to 30 • Preview your animation in real time TEMPLATES FOR EVERY SIZE • Ready-made templates for 8x8, 16x16, 32x32, and 64x64 grids • Pixel characters, hearts, swords, mushrooms, castles, and more • Jump right in or start from scratch EXPORT & SHARE • Export frames as high-resolution PNG • Export animations as GIF • Export sprite sheets for game development • Share directly to social media 12 ANIMATED THEMES • A different animated background every day • Ocean, Space, Forest, Sakura, Arctic, Volcano, Underwater, Retro Arcade, Haunted, Thunderstorm, Campfire, and Galaxy • Choose your favorite or let it rotate automatically SPRYT PRO • Unlock 32x32 and 64x64 canvases • Unlimited animation frames and layers • GIF export • All templates • Custom color picker • iCloud sync across all your devices Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PIXIO Pixel Studio

Features
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PIXIO is a small, focused pixel-art studio for iPhone and iPad. Pick a canvas, pick a colour and start painting; when the picture is done, bring it to life as a looping animation. DRAW • 8Ɨ8, 16Ɨ16, 32Ɨ32 and 64Ɨ64 canvases. Switching size is lossless: the picture is always kept at 64Ɨ64, and a coarser size simply paints whole blocks. • Pencil, eraser, flood fill and colour picker. • Horizontal, vertical or both-ways symmetry, plus flip and rotate. • Layers on every frame: add, reorder, hide and delete them, with 50 steps of undo and redo per layer. • A quick palette of the colours already in your picture, a 132-colour grid, a saturation/brightness panel and a hue slider. ANIMATE • A frame timeline with duplicate and delete. • Onion skin with adjustable opacity, so the previous frame shows through while you draw the next one. • Playback from 1 to 60 frames per second. GESTURES • One finger paints. Two fingers pan, and pinch to zoom around your fingers. • Two-finger tap to undo, three-finger tap to redo. • Tap the zoom percentage to snap back to 100 %. EXPORT • Save the current frame as a crisp 2048Ɨ2048 PNG to Photos. • Export the whole animation as a looping 512Ɨ512 GIF and share it anywhere. Optional chiptune background music, silent until you choose a song. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases and no tracking: your artwork stays on your device.

Screenshots

Spryt4 screens
PIXIO Pixel Studio2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PIXIO Pixel Studio at none against Spryt's 2. PIXIO Pixel Studio also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Spryt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PIXIO Pixel Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 3 level
Spryt versus PIXIO Pixel Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprytPIXIO Pixel Studio
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.116.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyler BerndtBitfarm AS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spryt

Subscriptions2
  • Spryt Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Spryt Pro$19.991 Year
None

PIXIO Pixel Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spryt free?
Spryt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PIXIO Pixel Studio free?
PIXIO Pixel Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spryt or PIXIO Pixel Studio have ads?
Neither Spryt nor PIXIO Pixel Studio shows ads.

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