ColorHints Mosaic vs Swift Pixels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorHints Mosaic
Transform your photos into pixelated mosaics with customizable tile shapes, colors, and aspect ratios. Perfect for creating patterns for crafts like quilting, cross-stitch, or even Minecraft art. Share, save, or print your creations in large poster sizes.
- Photo to mosaic conversion
- Customizable tile shape and count
- Color limiting and editing
- Save, share, or print mosaics
- Large poster printing up to 200"
- Pattern generation for crafts
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Color Hints Mosaic creates a mosaic or pixelated version of a photograph. The mosaic you create can be shared with others, saved, or printed. To create a mosaic, simply - take or choose a photograph - choose the tile shape, the number, and aspect ratio of the mosaic tiles - select the Mosaic tab to see the results Too many colors in the mosaic for your purposes? Just tap the “Limit” button and then adjust the slider to choose the number of colors that does suit your purposes. Or, use the Mosaic editor to choose exactly the colors you want – including using a palette to assign colors to the Mosaic. Create mosaics to use for - pixel quilt designs - pixel quilt designs - tile patterns - knitting patterns - cross-stitch patterns - beading - mosaics from glass, wood, or other media - minecraft art - posterization - student art Want to share your mosaic? Share directly from Color Hints Mosaic via social media or Air Drop, save it to iBooks as a pattern, or send it to another App, like Color Hints or QuiltSandwich (from NNN Software). Want a printed copy? Print your mosaic as poster as large as 200" (500cm) on a side. Or, print an annotated version of the mosaic complete with a table of colors.
Swift Pixels
Create pixel art with a unique color palette and diverse rendering options. Save your creations as PNGs with transparency or high-resolution images to share. Import photos from your library or camera to use as a base for your designs.
- Unique color palette with universal categories
- Render pixels as squares, 3D boxes, beads, towels, or hexels
- Save images as PNG with transparency
- High-resolution export and sharing
- Import photos from library or camera
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Simple and easy to use drawing application to create pixel art. Features: * Unique color palette based on universal color categories. Each color category expands a continuous gamut for that color. * Render pixels as simple squares, 3D boxes, beads, a towel, or as hexagons (hexels). * Save small images as PNG images with transparency (alpha/mask), or save them in hi-res and share them with the world :) * Load and import pictures from your Photo Library, or directly take a picture from your camera.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Swift Pixels at 4.7 against ColorHints Mosaic's 3.7. Swift Pixels also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 40%) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). ColorHints Mosaic's advantage is chart position (#90 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99 and Swift Pixels $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Swift Pixels holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of ColorHints Mosaic's written reviews are positive against 60% of Swift Pixels's.
ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, Swift Pixels every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | ColorHints Mosaic | Swift Pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #90 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Calvin | David Gavilan |
Customer experience
ColorHints Mosaic
Swift Pixels
In-app purchases
ColorHints Mosaic
No in-app purchases
Swift Pixels
No in-app purchases
Questions
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