Comparison

Glyphon vs TAME Pixel Art

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

Head to head
About

Glyphon

Create pixel fonts for retro games or unique display faces. Draw, refine, and export your typeface in industry-standard formats. Sync your work across Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

Highlights
  • Pixel-perfect glyph drawing
  • Full Unicode support
  • Export to TTF, BDF, and JSON
  • Per-glyph advance width control
  • Live text preview
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Glyphon is a pixel font editor built for anyone who loves the craft of bitmap typography. Whether you're designing a retro game font, a lo-fi display face, or a complete character set, Glyphon gives you the tools to draw, refine, and ship your typeface — at your desk or in your pocket. DRAW PIXEL-PERFECT GLYPHS Work in a large pixel grid with pinch-to-zoom, a toggleable grid overlay, and draggable typographic guides for baseline, cap height, x-height, ascender, and descender. Drag any guide directly on the canvas for instant precision. Every stroke is undo-able. FULL UNICODE SUPPORT Your font isn't limited to the ASCII alphabet. Add glyphs for any Unicode range — Basic Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Greek, Hiragana, Katakana, Box Drawing, and more — in a single step. EXPORT TO INDUSTRY FORMATS When your font is ready, export it as: - TTF — install directly on your Mac or share with other designers - BDF — the open bitmap standard used in embedded and terminal applications - JSON — a portable format for round-tripping with the Glyphon web app DESIGN WITH PRECISION - Per-glyph advance width with a live visual indicator on the canvas - Origin-aware horizontal flip that keeps your left-bearing columns in place - Shift pixels in any direction with a single tap or keyboard shortcut - Copy and paste pixel designs between glyphs - Flood fill for closed areas LIVE PREVIEW See your font render real text as you draw. Type any sentence into the preview strip to test spacing, rhythm, and readability at a glance. SYNC ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Start a typeface on your Mac, refine it on iPad, finish a stubborn glyph on your phone. iCloud sync keeps every font current on every device — automatically. Each font is still a self-contained file you own. DESIGNED FOR MAC, iPAD, AND iPHONE Glyphon is a native SwiftUI app, at home on every Apple device. On Mac, every action has a keyboard shortcut. On iPad, pinch to zoom and swipe between glyphs. On iPhone, the full editor fits in your pocket — draw a font in a boring meeting and it'll be waiting on your Mac when you get back.

About

TAME Pixel Art

Features
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Create tiny pixel art on a focused 32x32 canvas. Pick colors, draw offline, export PNG artwork, and save finished pieces to Photos when you choose. Designed for quick offline work with clear controls, local processing, and no account requirement.

Screenshots

Glyphon4 screens
TAME Pixel Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glyphon at none against TAME Pixel Art's 1. TAME Pixel Art's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. TAME Pixel Art sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glyphon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glyphon ships an update every 10 days, TAME Pixel Art fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Glyphon versus TAME Pixel Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlyphonTAME Pixel Art
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJussi Edlund海舰 彭

In-app purchases

None

Glyphon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TAME Pixel Art

One-time1
  • Pixel Art Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Glyphon free?
Glyphon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TAME Pixel Art free?
TAME Pixel Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glyphon or TAME Pixel Art have ads?
Neither Glyphon nor TAME Pixel Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glyphon or TAME Pixel Art?
Glyphon ships an update every 10 days, and TAME Pixel Art fortnightly. Most recently, Glyphon was updated on October 17, 2026 and TAME Pixel Art on October 31, 2026.

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