Comparison

Pixmaker vs Spriteer

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

Head to head
About

Pixmaker

Features
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PixMaker helps you create fuse bead and Perler bead art faster, easier, and with more confidence. Connect your PixMaker board to the app, choose or import a design, and follow the LED light guide step by step. Each light shows where to place your beads, so you can focus on creating instead of counting. PixMaker is designed for beginners, families, hobby makers, and advanced bead artists who want to create more detailed patterns with fewer mistakes. With the PixMaker app, you can: • Connect your PixMaker board by Bluetooth • Choose bead patterns and designs • Import your own images • Convert images into bead art patterns • Follow the LED guide directly on the board • Create larger and more detailed artwork faster • Access tutorials, updates, and product support PixMaker makes bead art more visual, more accurate, and more enjoyable. Follow the lights and start creating.

About

Spriteer

Create animated pixel art characters and objects on an 8x8 canvas. Integrate your creations into 38 built-in arcade games or export them as PNGs or GIFs. Drawing, playing, and sharing are free.

Highlights
  • 8x8 pixel art canvas
  • Animated sprite creation
  • 38 built-in arcade games
  • PNG and GIF export
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Live walk preview
  • Undo functionality
Features
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The canvas is eight by eight. That is the whole rule — and it is enough. Draw a hero, a zombie, a gem, a door. One small frame per pose; the engine breathes in the rest — the walk beat, the floating treasure, the bounce of a slime. Your sprite starts living the moment you lift your finger. What you draw is yours to keep. Export any sprite as a PNG, or a character as an animated GIF, and take it wherever you like. Then prove it. Thirty-eight real arcade games are built in — mines, factories, haunted manors — and every one of them instantly wears YOUR art. Outrun boulders as the hero you drew; hunt the zombie you gave those red eyes. Your work lives in skins, like resource packs: each skin is a complete project — every character, tile, and item in one place, with your progress counted. Wear one skin at a time and switch styles in a tap. Share the file anywhere, or open it in Pythoneer and play whole worlds dressed in your sprites. Mirror drawing, a fixed sixteen-color palette, onion skin, a live walk preview, undo — serious tools, one simple rule. Unlock All — one purchase, no subscription: your own skins beyond the first, every export (GIF, 256 px, sprite sheet, scene), and any color beyond the sixteen. Drawing, playing and sharing stay free. Sixty-four pixels. Yours.

Screenshots

Pixmaker4 screens
Spriteer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pixmaker at every 4 days against Spriteer's fortnightly. Pixmaker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixmaker ships an update every 4 days, Spriteer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pixmaker versus Spriteer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixmakerSpriteer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixply LTDSwiftian Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Pixmaker

No in-app purchases

None

Spriteer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixmaker free?
Pixmaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spriteer free?
Spriteer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixmaker or Spriteer have ads?
Neither Pixmaker nor Spriteer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixmaker or Spriteer?
Pixmaker ships an update every 4 days, and Spriteer fortnightly. Most recently, Pixmaker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Spriteer on October 13, 2026.

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