Comparison

Pixels vs Pixelis

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

Head to head
About

Pixels

Log your daily mood, sleep, and weather to create a visual representation of your year. This private journal app offers a gentle and beautiful way to track your well-being with customizable options and calming aesthetics.

Highlights
  • Daily mood logging
  • Sleep tracking
  • Weather logging
  • Custom trackers
  • Year-at-a-glance grid
  • Private by design
  • Dreamy themes
Features
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Pixels is a cozy daily journal inspired by the classic “Year in Pixels” page. Pick how you felt, log your sleep, note the weather, and each day becomes one soft, colorful square. Over weeks and months, those little squares grow into a beautiful picture of your whole year. It’s gentle, private, and made to be the loveliest ten seconds of your day. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK Mood: choose from expressive, color-coded feelings Sleep: log your hours and watch your rest take shape Weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy, and more Your own: build custom trackers with your own colors, icons, and questions YOUR YEAR IN PIXELS A full year-at-a-glance grid for every tracker Tap today to log in a tap or two Charts for number trackers like sleep A clear color key so every square makes sense MADE TO FEEL GOOD Six dreamy themes, including a starry night look Soft, pillowy design with cute clouds and sparkles Calm, smooth little animations throughout PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device — no account, no sign-up No ads, no tracking, no analytics Export and import your data anytime, so your year is always yours Start today. Color one little square, and let your year bloom.

About

Pixelis

A visual journaling app that lets you reflect on your day by coloring a pixel. Create custom trackers for mood, sleep, or activities, and watch your entries form a unique, colorful calendar of your life. Your data is stored privately on your device.

Highlights
  • Color a pixel daily to represent your day
  • Create custom trackers for mood, sleep, and more
  • Visual journal forms a colorful calendar of your life
  • Private journaling with local data storage
  • No writing required for daily reflection
  • Track patterns and memories over time
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Journal your day without writing a single word. Pixelis is a simple, visual journal that turns a few quiet minutes of coloring into a daily reflection. Choose the color that represents your day, mood, or anything you want to remember, color your pixel, and you're done. No blank pages. No pressure to find the right words. Just a relaxing little ritual to slow down, think about your day, and turn it into color. • YOUR DAYS, TURNED INTO ART • Every pixel becomes part of a bigger picture. As the days pass, your colors come together to create a visual journal of your month and year that's completely yours. Track your mood, sleep, reading, movement, self care, weather, or the little things that made your day memorable. Create different trackers and choose what each color means to you. • JOURNAL IN YOUR OWN WAY • - Color a pixel each day with your finger or Apple Pencil - Reflect on your mood and daily life without writing - Create your own trackers for anything you want to remember - Choose colors that make your journal feel like you - Look back and see the patterns, moods, and memories that shaped your year • YOUR JOURNAL STAYS YOURS • Your journal is personal, and Pixelis keeps it that way. Your entries and tracking data are stored locally on your device. Pixelis does not collect or store your journal data. Simple, private journaling that's just for you. Journaling your day can be as simple as coloring one pixel.

Screenshots

Pixels4 screens
Pixelis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixels at none against Pixelis's 1. Pixels also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Pixelis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixels asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixels against 5.0 for Pixelis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pixels versus Pixelis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelsPixelis
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven LuongSuzette Gomez

Customer experience

Pixels

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pixelis

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixels

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixelis

One-time1
  • Pixelis Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Pixels free?
Pixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixelis free?
Pixelis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixels or Pixelis?
Pixels and Pixelis are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Pixels or Pixelis have ads?
Neither Pixels nor Pixelis shows ads.

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