Comparison

ColorHints Mosaic vs Swift Pixels

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

ColorHints Mosaic4 screens
Swift Pixels4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, Swift Pixels every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ColorHints Mosaic versus Swift Pixels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorHints MosaicSwift Pixels
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings314 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#90 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.7 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJim CalvinDavid Gavilan

Customer experience

ColorHints Mosaic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Swift Pixels

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

ColorHints Mosaic

No in-app purchases

None

Swift Pixels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ColorHints Mosaic free?
ColorHints Mosaic costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swift Pixels free?
Swift Pixels costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ColorHints Mosaic or Swift Pixels?
Swift Pixels is rated higher. ColorHints Mosaic averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Swift Pixels averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do ColorHints Mosaic or Swift Pixels have ads?
Neither ColorHints Mosaic nor Swift Pixels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorHints Mosaic or Swift Pixels?
ColorHints Mosaic ships an update every 3 months, and Swift Pixels every 5 months. Most recently, ColorHints Mosaic was updated on October 29, 2026 and Swift Pixels on October 29, 2026.

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