Pixel art editor vs Pixel Grid Art
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.
Pixel Grid Art
Create pixel art with ease using this intuitive tool. Supports multiple layers, a wide color palette, and various grid shapes. Save and share your creations freely.
- Up to 4 layers support
- Switch between 8 colors freely
- Free color choice
- Default recommended colors
- Store favorite colors
- Multiple grid shapes
- Save and share drawings
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·Up to 4 layers are supported ·At the same time, you can switch between 8 colors freely ·Free choice of color ·There are default recommended colors ·Users can store their favorite colors ·There are enough grid shapes for you to choose from ·The drawing can be stored and shared freely
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel art editor at 4.6 against Pixel Grid Art's 3.8. Pixel art editor also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 4). Pixel Grid Art's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Pixel Grid Art sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel art editor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. 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.
Pixel art editor ships an update every 2 months, Pixel Grid Art every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel art editor | Pixel Grid Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| 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 | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Seki | 建宁 邹 |
Customer experience
Pixel art editor
Pixel Grid Art
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
Pixel Grid Art
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pixel art editor
- Removing ads, and increasing project storage limit$2.99
Pixel Grid Art
- Activate layer function$0.99
- Grid replace function$0.99
- Remove ads$2.99
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