Pixmint: Pixel Art Studio
Sprite Maker, Draw & Animate
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Create retro pixel art and frame-by-frame animations on iPhone & iPad. Multi-layer studio, Lospec palettes, Aseprite & GIF export, plus smart tools when needed.
Pixmint is a professional pixel art studio and frame-by-frame animation editor for iPhone and iPad. Built for indie game devs, digital artists, and retro fans—create pixel-perfect sprites, seamless tilesets, and animations anywhere.
Desktop precision with touch-first speed: multi-layer editing, colored onion skinning, Lospec palettes, and native Aseprite file interchange.
Download free and start your canvas in seconds!
PRECISION PIXEL TOOLS
• Pixel-Perfect smoothing: removes double edges and L-corners
• Pencil, Eraser, Line, Rectangle & Ellipse shapes
• Flood Fill & Color Replace across the active layer
• ColorDrop: drag color swatches to instantly fill areas
• Real-time Loupe: floating magnifier shifts to keep touch visible
• Dithering brush: classic retro shading and textures
• Alpha Lock: paint strictly within existing pixels
• Symmetry: Horizontal, Vertical, and Dual-Axis
• Adjustable brush sizes (1px–16px) and opacity
ANIMATION & ONION SKIN
• Frame-by-frame timeline: add, duplicate, reorder, and remove frames
• Canvas playback with adjustable frame rate (1–60 FPS)
• Advanced Onion Skin: colored previous and next frames
• Build walk cycles, attack combos, and smooth loops
LAYERS & IPAD WORKSPACE
• Multi-layer editing per frame with opacity sliders and layer lock
• Duplicate, Merge Down, Clear, and drag reorder
• Multi-Project Tabs: keep multiple canvases open on iPad
• Apple Pencil ready: palm rejection & Pencil-only mode
• 2-finger zoom, pan, rotate, and Virtual Joystick panning
LOSPEC PALETTES & TILESET WRAP
• Direct Lospec integration: import iconic retro palettes
• Color picker with Hex, RGB, and HSV inputs
• 3x3 Tileset Wrap: design seamless repeating game tiles in real time
SELECTION & TRANSFORM
• Freehand Lasso, Rectangular Selection, and Select All
• 1-pixel precision Nudge arrows for micro-adjustments
• Flip Horizontal/Vertical, Fill, Outline Stroke, and Clear
EXPORT & IMPORT
• Export images: PNG (transparent), JPG, WebP, HEIC
• Export animations: Animated GIF and MP4 video
• Game Atlases: Sprite Sheets with JSON metadata
• Pro formats: Native .ase / .aseprite and MP4 timelapse recording
• Upscaling: crisp nearest-neighbor from 1x to 32x (2048px+)
• Import: Aseprite (.ase), Piskel (.piskel), Pixilart, GIFs, and photos
OPTIONAL SMART ASSIST
• Text to Pixel: generate sprite ideas in 8-bit, 16-bit, or Isometric
• Photo to Pixel: convert photos with before/after split slider
• Sprite Sheet Generator: generate multi-frame motion sequences
• Magic Cut: separate artwork into transparent PNG layers
PRICING & ORGANIZATION
• Custom folders with batch move, delete, and sample templates
• Free tier: 2 artworks, 1 layer/frame, standard exports
• Pixmint Pro: Unlimited artworks & layers, all pro exports (GIF, MP4, Sheet, Aseprite, Timelapse), and 32x upscale (Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime)
Pixmint is made for creators. Pick up your pencil and start crafting today!
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Information
- Seller
- Loi Nguyen
- Size
- 31.8 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Yearly Plan $19.99
- Ultra Credits $49.99
- Mega Credits $19.99
- Pro Credits $9.99
- Starter Credits $4.99
- Basic Credits $1.99
- MONTHLY $4.99
- LIFETIME ACCESS $29.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Loi Nguyen