Pixel art editor vs Sculpted
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel art editor
Easily create pixel art with a range of professional tools, including layer editing, custom color creation, and various painting brushes. Export your creations as animated GIFs or PNG files. Load images for tracing or convert them directly into pixel art.
- Layer editing (add, delete, copy, display)
- Various painting tools (pen, syringe, rectangle)
- Animated GIF export
- Custom color creation and saving
- Load images for tracing
- Convert pictures to pixel art
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BE CREATIVE in your spare time!! This app enables you to make a pixel art easily. Although the operation is simple, it has layer editing, color making and other professional tools. Wanna make your original work during your spare time or before going to bed? To prevent a crash, creating a new project needs more than 300MB free space of your device. Sorry for the inconvenience. The app’s main functions are below. - Layer editing You can add, delete and copy layers. You can also choose the layer display or non-display and change the order of layers. - Various tools The app has basic tools to paint. (Pen, Syringe, blotting out, rectangle, circle, transfer... etc) - Animated GIF export Each layer is going to be one frame. - Undo, Redo You can cancel the line you draw. - Color making You can make your favorite color easily. It is also able to choose a color you would like to change to transparent. You can save 20 colors in maximum by a work. - Zoom-in, Zoom-out You can paint details by the Zoom-in, Zoom-out function. - Saving several works You can save several project files of your favorite works, so you can edit you work other day. - Setting canvas size You can set any canvas size from 5*5〜120*120. - Setting the dot size of exportation You can choose the dot size of exportation. The work will be saved as a png file in you r camera roll. - Rotate function You can rotate a work horizontally and vertically. - Selection area You can edit, transfer and copy only the area you selected. - Loading a picture for trace You can load a picture in forefront or back. You can set a rate of transparency, a position and a rate of magnification. - Conversion function of a picture to pixel art. It is able to convert a picture in camera roll to pixel art. After conversion, the pixel art will be loaded in new layer, so you can edit it.
Sculpted
This application allows users to paint and customize 3D models with a variety of tools like brushes, stamps, and color pencils. It includes a selection of pre-made models and supports importing and exporting UV maps.
- 3D model painting
- Variety of brushes and tools
- Pre-loaded 3D models
- Import .obj files
- Export UV maps
- Adjustable canvas size
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Sculpted is a 3D modeling app that's easy to use and incredibly fun. Download Sculpted today for free and get started painting 3D models. FEATURES: 3d models, stamps, color pencils, erasers, magnifying glass, highlighter, smudge finger, and water blur. CANVAS SIZE: 1024x1024. 2048x2048 on newer devices. UNDO: 15 levels 23 MODELS INCLUDED: Bust, square, van, sphere, sneaker, shirt, two Pirate Ships, bedroom, pyramid, 4 male super heroes, baseball cap, plush elephant and bunny, 1 female super hero, dragon, desk, cylinder, cube, and police car. IMPORT: .obj format only. EXPORT: UV maps in .png format.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel art editor at 81% against Sculpted's 20%. Pixel art editor also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 4). Sculpted'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
Both are free to download. Pixel art editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sculpted asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel art editor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel art editor has 1.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Pixel art editor's written reviews are positive against 20% of Sculpted's.
Pixel art editor ships an update every 2 months, Sculpted weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel art editor | Sculpted |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Seki | Brook Seaton |
Customer experience
Pixel art editor
Sculpted
Bugs and requests
Pixel art editor
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when trying to select custom colors
- Deletes unsaved work when exiting the app
- Ads interrupt music playback
- Transparent GIFs not exporting correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Add palm rejection to prevent accidental drawing
- Increase maximum canvas size
- Add ability to rename/organize artworks
- Implement auto-color option for imported images
- Add line tool and more advanced drawing tools
Sculpted
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixel art editor
- Removing ads, and increasing project storage limit$2.99
Sculpted
No in-app purchases
