Comparison

Pixel Art Maker vs Comic Strip

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Comic Strip

Transform your photos into authentic comic book panels in seconds. Easily add filters, stickers, text bubbles, and titles to create shareable comic strips. Supports bulk image selection and various layouts for quick and fun creation.

Highlights
  • Bulk image selection
  • Comic book filters
  • Stickers and text bubbles
  • Customizable layouts
  • Auto-filtering
  • Manual editing options
Features
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Just Launched Limited run from $4.99 to free! Make each day worthy of a comic panel. Turn your moments into amazing authentic comic panels in seconds! Create stunning Comic Book Panels easily, for those memories that you just can't wait to share. Comic Strip uses a pretty unique combination if filters to bring an amazing authentic book look to your images, it fits almost every scene and it gives you great control over the look of the images and all the rest. Comic Strip allows you to bulk select images and it then auto filters, auto arranges for speedy results, after that you get to do the fun part, add filters, stickers, text bubbles, titles, play with fonts and colors and share it with people close to you. Comic Strip supports various layouts and arranges photos on your behalf although you can choose to disable the initial filtering, change the ordering of the images or manually add in each image. Summary of some of the features: • Bulk Image Selecting • Different Panel Layouts • Auto Filtering • Border Adjustment • Manual Filtering • Various Comic Book Filters • Filter Merging • Special Comic Book Filters For Outstanding Results • Textures • Stickers • Text Bubbles • Titles • Various Comic Book Style Fonts And More • Carefully Curated Comic Book Colors • Easy Sharing Options We have tried to make reaching out to us extremely easy, you can use email or the quick bug reporting option in the app to help us better the app. Or the support link in the App Store or email us directly at support@unicornapps.com

Screenshots

Pixel Art Maker4 screens
Comic Strip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Art Maker at 91% against Comic Strip's 34%. Pixel Art Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (11K vs 2K). Comic Strip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel Art Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Comic Strip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Art Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Art Maker has 11K ratings behind it against 2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Pixel Art Maker's written reviews are positive against 34% of Comic Strip's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pixel Art Maker versus Comic Strip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Art MakerComic Strip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better4.5 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better34.4% of reviews
Number of ratings11K — better2K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB58 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNekomimimiRonan Stark

Customer experience

Pixel Art Maker

All ratings10,540 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews375 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.8%

Comic Strip

All ratings2,002 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive34.4%
Neutral14.1%
Negative51.6%

User reviews

Pixel Art Maker

From 11K App Store ratings

What 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

Comic Strip

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Bright and colorful selections
  • 🚀 Fun to use
  • 👍 Great for a hobby

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🐛 Freezes and loses progress
  • 🐛 Poor image handling and resizing
  • 🐛 Forced filters and effects

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

Comic Strip

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes during use
  • Images get stuck or cut off
  • Inability to remove or adjust filters
  • Difficulty adding and positioning text
  • Inconsistent orientation and sizing of images

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow drawing/creating own comics
  • More layout and template options
  • Ability to save and continue projects
  • Better image editing and centering tools
  • Remove forced filters and effects

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Art Maker

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Comic Strip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Art Maker free?
Pixel Art Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Comic Strip free?
Comic Strip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Art Maker or Comic Strip?
Pixel Art Maker is rated higher. Pixel Art Maker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Comic Strip averages 4.5 from 2K ratings.
Do Pixel Art Maker or Comic Strip have ads?
Pixel Art Maker shows ads; Comic Strip does not.

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