Pixquare - Pixel Art 4+
Pixel art, sprite, animation
Son Nguyen
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Screenshots
Description
NO SUBSCRIPTION. BUY ONCE AND USE FOREVER!
Pixquare is a powerful pixel art app for anyone who loves drawing on iPads and iPhones, from beginners to professionals. Pixquare is praised for its simple UI, easy workflow, and advanced features for pixel art.
With Pixquare, you can create static or animated pixel art sprites anytime, anywhere. Pixquare also has assistive tools for isometric and tileset. I've improved Pixquare based on feedback from 1000+ pixel artists, making sure it's the perfect tool for both beginners and pros to start their pixel art journey:
• 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:
- Mossy (@ArtNature_it)
- chili (@ryviolie)
- Lesma (@pixe_lesma)
- Fariis (@fariis_art)
- ue_voxel (@UeVoxel)
- Huy B (@bit5andpiece5)
- Sunny (@minisunnyworld)
- Manytle (@manytle)
- TransientCode (@TransientCode)
- And special thanks to Naocraf (@NaocrafPixel), Hyuk Choi (@anti_rocker), Eka (@EkaSetyaNugraha), Cetaceaqua (@cetaceaqua) and TML (@fluffy_tml), Tonio (@TonioPxl) for helping with the Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, French translation.
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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/
What’s New
Version 2.22.4
- Added tile index to tile preview window
- Fixed some minor issues with split view layout
- Fixed shading tool can be cleared when disabled
Ratings and Reviews
Best for iPad
Not just a clone of aseprite and adapted well for touch-screen
Developer Response ,
Hi AllieReppo,
Thank you for the review. Pixquare had the for-iPad mentality from the beginning, therefore, a lot of its features are well-designed for mobile device. I'm glad that you like the app.
Best
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Information
- Provider
- Son Nguyen
- Size
- 37.7 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
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Son Nguyen
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Life-time full access 22,99 €
- Full access for iPads 19,99 €
- Life-time full access 70% off 7,99 €
- Life-time full access 30% off 14,99 €
- Full access for iPhones 8,99 €
- 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.