PixelCreater vs Chroma8

PixelCreater is a clean, modern pixel-art studio for iPhone and iPad. Sketch crisp sprites, pixelate your photos, and export transparent PNGs that are ready for games, stickers, emoji and icons. FEATURES • Precise drawing — pencil, eraser, fill, eyedropper, line and rectangle • Photo to pixel art — import a photo, pinch to choose the area, pick a resolution, done • True transparency — untouched pixels stay clear; export crisp 32-bit PNG • Pro tools — layers with opacity, mirror symmetry, adjustable brush, unlimited undo/redo • Tilemaps — arrange sprites into tilesets and level maps, export as a single PNG • Export up to 16× — sharp nearest-neighbor scaling; share or save to Photos • Stay organized — folders, duplicate, rename and manage every project • Made for touch — smooth pinch-zoom, pan and a delightful dark interface • iPhone & iPad — no account, no sign-up, just create Whether you're making game sprites, app icons, pixel emoji or just doodling, PixelCreater makes pixel art fast, precise and fun. Download PixelCreater and start creating today.

Chroma8 is a focused pixel-art studio for iPhone and iPad — draw, layer, and animate at true pixel resolution, then export your work anywhere. No account required to start creating. NEW: AI ASSIST Describe what you want and Chroma8 draws it onto your canvas, where you can edit every pixel of it. Free for everyone. • Text to sprite — type "a small green slime with a highlight" and get pixel art, not a photo • Photo to pixel — turn any picture into a clean sprite on a reduced palette • Auto-shade and auto-outline, plus a clean-up pass that tidies stray pixels and jagged edges • Animation rigs — turn one sprite into a walk, run, idle, attack, hit, death, explode or spin cycle • Tween between two keyframes and let Chroma8 draw the in-betweens • Choose a video of yourself moving and Chroma8 retargets that motion onto your sprite • Fill empty space with a pattern learned from what you have already drawn • Find the sprites in a sheet and split them into frames automatically • Ask for a variation, a matching piece, or the same idea drawn across separate layers • Every generation is kept in a history you can revisit, put back on the canvas, or branch into a new Art It all runs on your device and works with no network, no account and no API key. BRING YOUR OWN MODEL — OPTIONAL Already pay for an AI service? Point Chroma8 at it and let it draw for you instead. • Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or Anthropic • Works with OpenRouter, OpenAI, Groq, or an Ollama running on your own machine • Your key is held in the Keychain on that device only, and is never synced or sent anywhere else • If a provider is unreachable, Chroma8 quietly draws it on device instead — you are never left unable to work On devices with Apple Intelligence, Chroma8 also uses the on-device model to make better sense of what you asked for. DRAW WITH PRECISION • Grid-accurate pixel canvas with brush, eraser, paint bucket, and selection tools • Reference photo import to trace or match colors • Hand tool for panning and zooming without touching your art • Undo and redo that span the whole frame, including layers you add, delete or reorder LAYERS & FRAMES • Unlimited layers per frame with visibility, lock, and opacity control • Frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning to keep motion consistent • Adjustable playback speed ORGANIZE YOUR WORK • Group related Arts into Projects • Search your library by name, or by what a piece actually looks like • Copy or reuse Arts across Projects without losing the original • Everything saved locally on your device — works fully offline EXPORT ANYWHERE • PNG for single frames or full spritesheets • Animated GIF and MP4 video for sharing your animations • SVG for crisp, scalable vector output • Game-ready sprite sheet generation CHROMA8 PRO Chroma8 is free to use, supported by ads. Chroma8 Pro removes ads and unlocks Cloud Sync (sign in with email, Google, or Apple to back up and access your library across devices), offered as an auto-renewing subscription: • Monthly: $3.99/month after a 7-day free trial • Yearly: $24.99/year after a 7-day free trial Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://colondev.com/apps/chroma8/Terms.html Privacy Policy: https://colondev.com/apps/chroma8/Privacy.html Chroma8 — pixel art, the way it's meant to be made.