Belowrez vs PIXEL86
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Belowrez
Transform your photos and videos into a retro, pixelated aesthetic reminiscent of classic 80s graphic adventure games or NES titles. Adjust the pixel size and choose from nine classic color palettes for a unique, low-resolution digital look.
- Real-time previews
- Adjustable pixel size
- 9 classic color palettes
- Retro aesthetic
- Pinch-to-pixelate functionality
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View and photograph the world from the viewpoint of the pixellated, low resolution digital future past. Want your world to look like a classic point and click graphic adventure game from the 80's? Or a NES game? It's just a tap away. Not blocky enough? PINCH to pixelate! It's awesome fun. Includes - * realtime previews * adjustable pixel size * 9 classic color palettes based on classic consoles and personal computers
PIXEL86
Transform photos and videos with vintage pixel art aesthetics. Apply true black-and-white dithering, custom color palettes, and unique dithering styles to create retro media. Supports video editing and sharing your creations.
- True B/W dithering
- Video editing support
- Customizable color palettes
- Three dithering styles (Natural, Pattern, Flat)
- Vintage-inspired aesthetics
- Social media sharing
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PIXEL86 — Retro Dithering for Photos & Videos Make your media look like it came from a cooler, glitchier timeline. Bring back the charm of vintage tech with PIXEL86, the ultimate tool to transform your photos and videos into pixel-perfect black-and-white or limited-palette art. Inspired by early computer graphics, old-school printers, and classic GIFs — this is retro done right. True B/W Dithering No grays. Just black or white pixels smartly arranged to simulate shadows and depth — exactly how early screens did it. Now Supports Video Editing Apply your favorite dithering style to video clips. Make every frame look like a piece of pixel-art history. Color Palettes, Reimagined Choose from curated vintage-inspired palettes Hit random for a fresh surprise every time Or build your own custom palette for a personalized look Three Dithering Styles Natural — Smooth, classic error diffusion. Clean and expressive. Pattern — Retro dot-matrix vibes. Adjustable matrix for custom textures. Flat — Not technically dithering, but perfect for dramatic, posterized effects in both stills and motion. Share Your Style Use #pixel86 on social and tag @pixel86app on Instagram — we love featuring the coolest creations from the community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PIXEL86 at 4.7 against Belowrez's 4.0. PIXEL86 also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Belowrez's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. PIXEL86 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Belowrez asks for nothing beyond the download.
PIXEL86 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PIXEL86 has 40 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Belowrez's written reviews are positive against 100% of PIXEL86's.
Belowrez ships an update every 6 weeks, PIXEL86 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Belowrez | PIXEL86 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Mathes | Peter Tretyakov |
Customer experience
Belowrez
PIXEL86
In-app purchases
Belowrez
No in-app purchases
PIXEL86
- License Discount$9.99
- Perpetual License$19.99








