Pixel Art Maker vs Addons for Minecraft Community
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Art Maker
Create and animate pixel art with a user-friendly drawing tool. Convert photos into pixel art, customize color palettes, and export your creations as GIFs. Offers both free and premium features for enhanced capabilities.
- Pixel art drawing up to 256x256
- Photo to pixel art conversion
- Animated pixel art creation
- Customizable color palettes
- Export as animated GIF
- Scalable artwork export
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"Pixel Art Maker" is a drawing tool for pixel art like retro games. ◇ Easy to use You can start drawing pixel art immediately after launching the app. The canvas can also be resized while drawing. ◇ Import a photo Convert photos into pixel art. ◇ Create animated pixel art Draw one pixel art image, duplicate it, and create animations. Features: - Draw pixel art on canvases from 1×1 up to 256×256 pixels. - Change the color palette (up to 256 colors). The basic palette includes 32 colors. The free version supports up to 65 colors. *Each palette color can be set to transparent or opaque. - Save your color palettes and reuse them in other artworks or when importing photos. - Watch an ad to temporarily unlock: • 256-color palette • Canvas size up to 1024×1024 - Premium Removes ads and permanently unlocks the full 256-color palette and canvas sizes up to 1024×1024. - Zoom in and out with two-finger pinch. - Save, load, and delete your drawings. - Import photos and animated GIFs. APNG animation is not supported; only the first frame is imported. - Import photos with built-in retro-style palettes and adjustable dithering. Indexed PNG files keep their original palette. - Import images from other apps via the Share sheet. - Export with transparency. - Scale your artwork on export from 1× to 64×, depending on canvas size, up to 4096×4096. - Save to Photos. - Share with other apps. - Create and export animated GIFs. *GIFs may not animate in Photos. - Finger Mode Draw directly with your finger. - Cursor Mode Move a cursor and place pixels with the "PIXEL" button. (Menu → Settings → Change Drawing Mode) * On Apple Silicon Macs (iPad version), animated image import may be limited, and photos may be imported at reduced resolution.
Addons for Minecraft Community
Connect with other Minecraft players and share your creations. Discover new add-ons, maps, and skins, and engage with a community of fellow fans. Make friends and play together with a full suite of social features.
- Share Minecraft creations (Add-ons, Maps, Skins)
- Connect with other players
- Create, edit, and delete posts
- Like, comment, and follow posts
- Follow/unfollow users
- Search for posts
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Craft Community is made by fan, for Minecraft fans around the world. The app aims to help Minecraft fans connect to other players. • Share your Minecraft creations like Add-ons, Maps, Skins... • Share your love, knowledge, tips about Minecraft. • Easy connect with other players, make new friend and play together. • The app have full features of a social app • Create, edit, delete post • Likes, comments, follow/unfollow posts • Search posts • Follow/ unfollow users • More features are coming... # This is a fan app. We are not associated or affiliated with Mojang AB.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Addons for Minecraft Community at none against Pixel Art Maker's shown. Addons for Minecraft Community also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.5). Pixel Art Maker's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pixel Art Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Addons for Minecraft Community sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel Art Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11K and 13K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Pixel Art Maker's written reviews are positive against 84% of Addons for Minecraft Community's.
Pixel Art Maker ships an update every 9 days, Addons for Minecraft Community every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Art Maker | Addons for Minecraft Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) — better | 4.5 (13K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.0% of reviews — better | 83.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nekomimimi | Tuan Phan |
Customer experience
Pixel Art Maker
Addons for Minecraft Community
User reviews
Pixel Art Maker
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Helpful for making mods
- 🚀 Great for pixel art and animations
- 🚀 Intuitive and practical
- 🚀 Lots of customization options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or save issues
- 🐛 Difficulty moving or selecting specific pixels
- 🐛 Limited color palette options
Addons for Minecraft Community
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great variety of addons, mods, and maps
- 👍 Mostly free content
- 🤩 Awesome community creations
- 😊 Fun and entertaining experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 💰 Some content locked behind paywall
- 🤖 Lack of moderation in community discussions
- 🤔 Outdated or incompatible content
Bugs and requests
Pixel Art Maker
Reported bugs
2 issues- Exported images not retaining transparency
- Color picker not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add a redo button
- Implement layers and better color management
- Increase maximum canvas size
- Add a paint bucket tool
- Allow importing/exporting of animations
Addons for Minecraft Community
Reported bugs
3 issues- Downloading issues and freezing
- Incompatibility with newer Minecraft versions
- Inability to install addons in Minecraft
Requested features
4 requests- Add more free content updates
- Improve search functionality
- Implement better moderation tools
- Allow users to upload their own creations
In-app purchases
Pixel Art Maker
- Remove Ads$1.99
Addons for Minecraft Community
- Upgrade Premium$0.99
Questions
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