Comparison

Draw Pixel 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

Draw Pixel

Features
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Draw Pixel is a drawing app that makes pixel art easy and fun for everyone. Create your own masterpieces with intuitive tools, completely free of complex features. ā–  Various Canvas Sizes From 16Ɨ16 to 128Ɨ128, select a template or enter custom dimensions to draw freely on your own canvas. ā–  Powerful Drawing Tools - Pencil & Eraser: Precise pixel-by-pixel drawing - Flood Fill (Bucket): Color entire areas quickly - Eyedropper: Instantly extract any color used - Line & Rectangle Tools: Create clean, perfect shapes - Pinch Zoom & Move Mode: Work on intricate details with comfort ā–  Layer Support Add, rename, and reorder multiple layers to organize and manage complex drawings systematically. You can also hide or delete layers as needed. ā–  Custom Color Palettes Beyond the default palettes, create the exact colors you want with a custom color picker, and quickly reuse recently used colors. ā–  Undo / Redo Don't worry about mistakes. You can go back to previous steps or redo your actions at any time. ā–  Easy Saving & Sharing Upscale and save your finished artwork to your gallery or share it directly with friends. ā–  Project Management View all your ongoing projects at a glance and pick up right where you left off. It's okay if you're not an expert artist. Filling in pixel by pixel is a joyful experience in itself. Start creating your own tiny world with Draw Pixel today!

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

Draw Pixel3 screens
PIXIO Pixel Studio2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PIXIO Pixel Studio at none against Draw Pixel's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Draw Pixel versus PIXIO Pixel Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw PixelPIXIO Pixel Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAEMIN LEEBitfarm AS

In-app purchases

None

Draw Pixel

No in-app purchases

None

PIXIO Pixel Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draw Pixel free?
Draw Pixel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PIXIO Pixel Studio free?
PIXIO Pixel Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Draw Pixel or PIXIO Pixel Studio have ads?
Draw Pixel shows ads; PIXIO Pixel Studio does not.

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