Weave for Messenger vs Pixel Art Effect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weave for Messenger
Create unique, hand-drawn, self-dissolving video animations to share with friends. Watch your drawings come to life in a time-lapse video format. Express your creativity and connect with others in a fun, visual way.
- Hand-drawn video animations
- Self-dissolving effect
- Time-lapse video playback
- Shareable across platforms
- Creative expression tool
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* Featured on ANTYapps.pl with 5/5 stars rating (Jun 2015) Explore your creativity in a whole new way with Weave for Messenger! Create beautiful hand-drawn self-dissolving video animations and share with people you care about. Your friends, colleagues or relatives will be amused watching how exactly you've been drawing it. Your animations will be sent as videos, meaning that they could be viewed on any platform supported by Messenger. No need to install the app to view a message! Become closer by revealing your imagination expression techniques! Download the app and have fun! Weave for Messenger is free, simple to use and extremely assistive! Please support us by downloading the app, more awesome features are coming up in updates! Video preview soundtrack: 'Change' by My Monthly Date
Pixel Art Effect
Transform your photos into retro or modern pixel art with customizable effects. Adjust pixel size, edge thickness, and choose from various pixel shapes. Add text and crop images into different shapes before or after applying the pixel art effect.
- Convert photos to pixel art
- Adjustable pixel amount
- Customizable edge thickness
- Multiple pixel designs (square, hexagon, triangle, torn)
- Add text to photos
- Crop photos into shapes
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The Pixel Art Effect app lets you turn your photo into video game pixel art. The effect ranges from modern pixel art which has a more subtle pixelated effect (many small pixels) to retro pixel art which is made up of fewer larger pixels. You can control the amount of pixels you want. There 6 designs to choose from which differ in color etc. You can control the edge thickness. This is the outline of the artwork. There are also 4 pixel designs to choose from. These pixel designs are standard square, hexagon pixels, triangular pixels and torn pixels. See the screenshot for a visual example. No internet connection is required! Step 1: To convert your image to pixel art! Simply tap the "Add a Photo". You will be presented with the option of choosing a photo from your photo library or taking a picture with your camera! Step 2: Tap the "Apply Pixel Effect" button. Step 3: Save your pixel art to your photo library or share it to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, VK or any other social network, forum or site and set the picture as a profile picture, cover photo etc. As of version 2.2, Pixel Art Effect allows you to do a lot more with your photos! The effects are endless because you can mix and combine the features and effects. You can also add text to your photos before or after applying the pixel effect! Add the text before applying the pixel effect if you want the text to become pixelated as well! You can also crop your photos into various shapes. Choose from a circle, flag, heart, star, square or rectangle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Art Effect at 4.7 against Weave for Messenger's 4.2. Pixel Art Effect also leads on ratings volume (103 vs 5). Weave for Messenger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads 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 Effect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Weave for Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel Art Effect holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Art Effect has 103 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Weave for Messenger's written reviews are positive against 95% of Pixel Art Effect's.
Weave for Messenger ships an update every 9 days, Pixel Art Effect every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weave for Messenger | Pixel Art Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (103 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 103 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Shevtsov | Danny Pajevic |
Customer experience
Weave for Messenger
Pixel Art Effect
In-app purchases
Weave for Messenger
No in-app purchases
Pixel Art Effect
- Remove Ads$1.99
