Pixelator
Create & export pixel art
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Pixelator is a fun pixel art studio for iPhone, built for sharp grids, clean tools, and art you can share.
DRAW!
• Brush, eraser, pen, fill, and scatter
• Shapes: line, rectangle, circle, triangle, star, and arrow
• Select and move pixels with precision
• Adjustable brush size and shape
LAYERED WORKFLOW!
• Stack, hide, lock, and reorder layers
• Opacity control and merge down
• Undo through your edit history
CANVAS TOOLS!
• Symmetry: vertical, horizontal, or 4-way
• Grid, wrap mode, and paint-inside options
• Canvas sizes from tiny sprites to larger grids (8×8 to 128×128 and custom)
PALETTES!
• Curated palettes: Pico-8, Game Boy, NES, Sweetie 16, DB16, DB32, and more
• Create and manage your own palettes
• Full-spectrum color picker with recent colors
EXPORT & SHARE
• PNG at any scale for crisp upscales
• SVG for clean vector-ready pixel art
• Import images and pixelate them onto your canvas
APPLE INTELLIGENCE*
• Invent drawing names from what’s on the canvas
• Generate fresh color palettes — all on device
Also draw on Apple Watch with a lightweight companion editor.
Whether you’re making game sprites, icons, stickers, or weekend doodles, open Pixelator, paint a few pixels, and make something that looks like it came from a cartridge.
*Apple Intelligence features require a compatible device and availability.
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• Canvas composition guides (center, rule of thirds, 8×8 / 16×16 cells)
• Outline stroke for the current selection or opaque layer content
• Dither brush with coverage control and hatch angle
• Split layer by colour in the layers panel
• Shape proportion lock for constrained shape drawing
• Separate guide-line colour (with opacity) in Settings
• Grid colour and opacity combined into one Settings colour control
• Magic wand no longer selects mismatched neighbouring colours
The developer, PETER JOHN WRIGHT, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- PETER JOHN WRIGHT
- Size
- 4.9 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Peter Wright