Comparison

Pixel vs nemodot

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

Head to head
About

Pixel

Features
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Your photo, turned into a pattern you can actually make. Pixela turns any picture into a crisp pixel grid with a tidy color palette and a printable chart — so you can recreate it however you like: • Perler / Hama beads — get the bead-by-bead layout for your next fuse-bead art. • Cross-stitch & embroidery — symbols per color and a printable chart to stitch from. • Knitting & crochet — color-work charts (intarsia, tapestry, C2C, jacquard): one square per stitch/block. • Quilting & patchwork — each pixel becomes a fabric square. • Pixel art, sprites & icons — turn a photo or your own drawing/sketch into true pixels with a controlled palette; export a clean PNG. • Event & stadium mosaics — plan "pixel performances" and card stunts, seat by seat, sized in meters. • Wall decor & murals — set the centimeters per tile and get the real wall size to paint or tile. • LEGO & brick mosaics — each pixel is one brick on the baseplate. • LED matrices & low-res screens — a pixel map to wire or program each LED. • Gifts & keepsakes — turn a pet, a portrait, or a logo into a handmade piece. • Drawings, coloring pages & templates — a ready-made grid to trace, color, or hand off. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Pick a photo — Pixela builds the pattern in seconds. • Control the look — set the number of columns and palette colors with live sliders. • Color symbols — every color gets a letter so it's easy to follow (great for color-vision needs). • Printable PDF — a clean legend plus the full symbol chart, ready to print or share. • Export a clean PNG — the pure pixel art with no grid or symbols, ready to use as a sprite, sticker, or poster. • Real thread colors — see the nearest DMC floss for every color, and swap any color for the one you prefer. • Real finished size at any scale — stitches (Aida), beads, or big tiles; shown in cm or meters, so you can size a wall mural or a whole stadium mosaic. • Track your progress — mark finished cells and watch your % climb. • Pinch to zoom, tap "1:1" to see the whole thing — built for big, detailed pieces. • Works offline — everything is processed on your device. Your photos never leave it. FAIR PRICING Unlock everything with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, ever. Private by design: your photos are processed on-device and are never uploaded.

About

nemodot

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nemodot is a pixel art editor for drawing and animating. From tiny icons to a game character's walk cycle, build it one dot at a time. Drawing - Pencil, eraser, paint bucket and eyedropper - Line, rectangle and ellipse - Brush size and mirror drawing - Pixel Perfect cleans up corner pixels so diagonal lines stay one pixel thin - Undo and redo Select and move - Rectangle select, lasso and magic wand - Painting stays inside the selection - Drag to move, or nudge with the arrow keys - Copy, cut and paste (even into another drawing), flip horizontally or vertically Colors and palettes - Color picker, recent colors and a secondary color - Add and remove palette colors - Import palettes (.gpl, .pal, .hex) and export them Layers - Add, duplicate, delete and merge down - Reorder, show or hide, and set opacity Animation - Add, duplicate, delete and reorder frames - Set the duration of each frame - Play it back instantly - Onion skin shows the previous and next frames so you can line up motion Export and import - Export PNG, animated GIF or a sprite sheet, scaled 1Ɨ to 20Ɨ with crisp pixels - Share straight to Photos, Files or your messaging apps - Import PNG or GIF and keep drawing (each GIF frame becomes a frame) - Save project files to move work between devices Made for touch, pencil and mouse - Pinch and drag with two fingers to zoom and pan - Two-finger tap to undo, three-finger tap to redo - Touch and hold to pick a color - Apple Pencil: draw only with Pencil, double-tap to switch to the eraser - Mac: full menus and keyboard shortcuts, right-click for the secondary color, trackpad zoom and pan Also - Your drawings save automatically - Light and dark mode - Korean and English - No ads and no account. Your drawings stay on your device and are never sent anywhere If something feels off or you'd like a feature, let us know through the support page.

Screenshots

Pixel4 screens
nemodot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nemodot at none against Pixel's 1. Pixel's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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. Pixel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. nemodot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Pixel versus nemodot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelnemodot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbraham Munguiachanghwan lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel

One-time1
  • Pixel-A Pro$4.99
None

nemodot

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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