Pixquare - Pixel Art Studio 4+
Pixel art, sprite, animation
Son Nguyen
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Screenshots
Description
Pixquare is the #1 pixel art editor, recommended by top pixel artists, game developers, and creators worldwide! Whether you're a beginner or a pro, its simple interface and rich toolset make pixel art creation easy and fun!
Download now to create game assets, animate, or simply doodle pixel art! With feedback from thousands of artists, Pixquare is designed for your best pixel art experience ever!
• HIGHLIGHTS:
- Support both iPads & iPhones
- Highly customizable and intuitive UI with left-hand mode available
- RGB and Indexed mode
- Tileset/Tilemap system
- Timelapse recording
- Apple Pencil support: gestures, sensitivity, touch rejection
- Manual & auto-save modes
- Shortcut options: keyboard, gesture pad, joystick
- Custom themes
• VERSATILE TOOLS:
- Brush: spray, pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, contour, dithering, custom brush, jumble, blur
- Eraser: pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, dithering
- Move: transformation and snapping supported
- Line: straight & curve mode, perfect angle
- Shape: ellipse & rectangle mode, filled, perfect ratio
- Selection: 5 types & 5 modes
- Color: solid/gradient fill, contiguous/non-contiguous, and more
- Color picker: 4 modes (HSV, HSL, Wheel, RGB), history, drag-to-fill
- All tools offer shading
- Additional tools:
+ Color replace
+ Color adjustment
+ Outline
+ Text with font import capability
+ Custom object
• LAYER/TIMELINE PANEL:
- Optimized for animation & organized layers
- Multi-selection, layer grouping, frame tagging, and bulk operations
- Visibility and editing-lock toggle
- Supports reference layers
- Frame duration and cel opacity
- Linked cells, onion skin, and clipping mask
• ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- Symmetry tool with unlimited axes
- Reference images
- Color palette: save/load from Lospec, import/export, color gradient generator
- Blending modes, alpha lock
- Preview with a separate animation loop
- Canvas rotation, Finder-like file system
- Guideline
• FILE IMPORT/EXPORT:
- Aseprite file compatibility (importing & exporting)
- GIF importing with all frames
- PNG, GIF, MOV, Sprite sheet export options (layers, frames, size, and animation)
- Import Photos and files as reference layers and images
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WHY ARTISTS LOVE PIXQUARE?
"Genuinely the best pixel art app for the iPad that I would recommend anyone to get!" - Jon Davies, Pixel Artist on Super House of Dead Ninjas, Binding of Isaac.
"Pixquare has more than meets the eye. A seemingly simple interface that has the intuitive control you look for. The gesture pad is comparable to a desktop keypad." - Michael, Pixel Artist, Author of Pixel Logic book
"I've been sharing it with basically everyone I know with an iPad because I think it's one of the best software out there for creating pixels on the iPad." - CupOhJoe, Game Developer
"This is one fine app to pixel on the iPad! You can tell there's a lot of love for the craft poured in here" - Ota Jaider, Pixel Artist
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• SCREENSHOT ARTWORK AUTHORS：
- FICO (@FicoPx)
- Tofu (@tofupixel.bsky.social)
- Mossy (@MossyPixe)
- chili (@ryviolie)
- Lesma (@pixe_lesma)
- ue_voxel (@UeVoxel)
- TransientCode (@TransientCode)
- 08games (@the08games)
- Rinspirit_art(@rinspiritart.bsky.social)
- natalie (@cafeaunat)
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SUPPORT:
User guide: https://docs.pixquare.art
Email: info@pixquare.art
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixquare_app
Website: https://www.pixquare.art/
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What’s New
Version 2.51.1
- Added a collapse button for the color helper
- Added a toggle for "Quick pinch"
Ratings and Reviews
Such an impressive program!
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt strongly enough about an app to leave a review, but Pixquare has far surpassed my expectations of it, and after using it for one piece of art I had to pay for it immediately! Everything about the UX was enjoyable, from the cute pixel interface to the intuitiveness of the tools and menus 😊
At points I had a couple of seconds where I was trying to find something, but compared to the learning experience of other apps I’ve used (e.g., Procreate) these moments were few and far between. As someone who’s moved from more standard digital art to pixel art in the last few months, having a program wholly created for pixel art first and foremost has been a game changer (e.g., the art resize function when exporting - genius! On Procreate I would have to draw at a standard pixel art scale and then manually copy and paste different layers into a sized-up canvas and then use a calculator to figure out precise resizing - I may have been making that harder than it needed to be but regardless the process on Pixquare in comparison was so easy!)
I also have to say how amazing it is that this app appears to have been built by a lone dev, truly the passion he has for Pixquare shines through, and I can’t wait to see what features and other improvements come through over time 🤩
Finally, it’s really good that people get a chance to try the full program out before committing to paying for it - more should do this!
Developer Response ,
Hi pigeongrrl,
Thank you so much for your review. I'm super happy to see you have been making good use of my app.
If you have any feature request, please feel free to let me know via email or Discord.
Best
The Best
Coming from Aseprite on PC, to drawing on my iPhone/iPad with Pixquare, it’s absolutely phenomenal. Has all you need to make professional level pixel art from the comfort of a portable device. I particularly enjoy editing my colours on the go with indexed mode - such a time saver and makes the creative process more efficient. The app has never crashed and it runs so smoothly. The creator is open to discussing new features, which is really personable and gives the already awesome app so much more potential in the future. 5*!
Developer Response ,
Hi BigErratic,
Thank you for you kind review. I assume that you already joined Pixquare's Discord server, if that's the case, please feel free to drop any requests that you have in there :D
Best
Good app
I recently got an iPad for art and tried all the popular pixel art apps. This one was by far the best and easiest to use. The other apps I found difficult to import images or they would crash or be buggy. This one didn’t have any bugs as far as I could tell. The only thing is that the layer system is not as intuitive as it could be.
Developer Response ,
Hi Gjgdryguu,
Thank you for the 5-star. I really appreciate it. As for the layer system, you can always join Pixquare's Discord to ask questions or browsing Pixquare's user guide: https://docs.pixquare.art/
Best
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Information
- Provider
- Son Nguyen
- Size
- 41.4 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Son Nguyen
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Life-time full access £19.99
- Life-time full access 30% off £12.99
- Full access for iPads £17.99
- Life-time full access 50% off £9.99
- Full access for iPhones £7.99
- Buy me a coffee £1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.