NPS Image Editor vs PixSprite

NPS Image Editor is a multi-layer image editing program that is perfect for pixel art, screenshots, drawing, and light photo editing. No ads, no subscriptions, just pure image-editing goodness. Enjoy the simplicity of dragging the corners of the canvas to resize it, the productivity of quickly cutting things out with the Ripple Delete feature, and the impressive power of multi-layer blending. With 22 drawing tools and over 60 filters, there is something for everyone. Create your own brushes, textures, palettes, and templates for reuse. For advanced users, a scripting engine allows you to automate common or tedious tasks. Edit most common image formats, animated GIFs, and NPSD files that can be shared with the desktop version of NPS Image Editor. Indexed color images are supported with preserved index data. A powerful Color Picker tool allows you to choose any color for editing. Convert colors between 20 color spaces, save palettes, and even grab colors from the real world with your camera! NPS Image Editor runs on all of your devices and adapts to fit a narrow phone screen or a wide tablet screen.

PixSprite is a pixel art and sprite animation editor built for iPhone and iPad. Start with a blank canvas or turn a photo into editable pixel art, then bring your ideas to life, pixel by pixel. Create • Work on canvases up to 1024×1024 pixels • Draw with pencil, eraser, eyedropper, line, shape, selection, lasso, and magic wand tools • Refine artwork with layers, opacity, blend modes, symmetry, and live preview • Build and manage your own color palettes, including transparency • Add pixel text with built-in fonts and adjustable size, line spacing, alignment, and color • Replace, adjust, and remap colors; reduce palette colors and remove unused colors Animate • Draw frame by frame, adjust timing, and preview your animation • Duplicate and reorder frames on the timeline • Organize animation sequences with tags • Use linked cels to share the same layer content across frames Turn images into pixel art • Import a photo or image and continue editing the result • Adjust crop, palette, scaling, and dithering • Split sprite sheets into animation frames Import and export • Import and export Aseprite files with support for layers, animation frames, tags, and linked cels • Import animated GIFs, APNGs, and sprite sheets • Export GIF, APNG, MP4, PNG sequences, and sprite sheets • Save and share your work as PixSprite project files Some features and export formats require the one-time PixSprite Pro purchase.