Pixel Art Maker vs PathBinder
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.
PathBinder
Organize your trading card game collections with digital binders, instant card scanning, and live market value tracking. Buy and sell cards in a collector-run marketplace, with offline functionality for seamless inventory management.
- Build custom digital binders
- Scan cards with camera for instant logging
- Track live market value and history
- Support for multiple TCGs
- Collector-run marketplace for buying/selling
- Offline functionality for inventory and POS
- Set checklists and variant tracking
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PathBinder is where TCG collectors finally feel organized. BUILD CUSTOM BINDERS 3x3, 2x2, or 1x1. Change binder background colors or upload an image. Binder slots also allow the Michi Method. Upload up to three images per page, choose which slots you want them to cover, and stare in amazement at your beautifully curated binder pages. Generate shareable links that allow your friends to follow along your collection path. Scan your cards with your camera and they're logged instantly — name, set, number, condition, and live market value. Build digital binders, track what your collection is worth over time, and never lose track of a card again. ONE APP FOR EVERY GAME Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, and more — all in a single collection, with set checklists and variant tracking (normal, reverse holo, and beyond). KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH Live pricing and value history so you always know where your collection stands. Set the cards you're chasing and watch the market. A MARKETPLACE BUILT FOR COLLECTORS Buy and sell singles and sealed product in a collector-run marketplace. List in a tap straight from your binder, with secure checkout and prepaid shipping labels. BUILT FOR SHOPS & VENDORS Run your booth or store with on-shelf inventory, a fast point-of-sale scan mode, and a sales log — even offline at a card show, syncing when you're back online. WORKS OFFLINE Your collection and POS keep working with no signal, so a dead spot at a convention never slows you down. Just load the app when you have service, and don't worry about it after that. Everything resyncs when you're back online. Free to start. Upgrade any time for marketplace selling, bulk tools, multi-binder organization, and shop features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PathBinder at none against Pixel Art Maker's 1. PathBinder also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pixel Art Maker's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 1). 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. Pixel Art Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PathBinder asks for nothing beyond the download.
PathBinder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Art Maker has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pixel Art Maker | PathBinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nekomimimi | PathBinder |
Customer experience
Pixel Art Maker
PathBinder
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
PathBinder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixel Art Maker
- Remove Ads$1.99
PathBinder
No in-app purchases
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