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Pixaki: cost, fit and limits
Pixaki is an iPad pixel art and animation app for Apple Pencil that offers pixel perfect painting, dither brushes, layers with blend modes and a timeline, with a free version and a paid Pixaki 4 Pro listing on the App Store.
What to know first
Pixaki's home page shows a Free Version and a Buy button, but the free version's limits are not described. The App Store listing for Pixaki 4 Pro shows $20.00 and names Rizer Creative Ltd as developer; the vendor pricing page returned 404. Canvases go up to 2MP and onion skinning to ten frames. Projects use iCloud Drive for storage and collaboration. No AI feature is named.
Pixaki at a glance
| Maker | Rizer Creative Ltd (named on the App Store listing, not found on the vendor site), Not stated on the vendor pages |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | $20.00 (App Store) |
| API access | No |
| Category | Best AI Pixel Art Software in 2026, rank 9 of 11 |
| Website | pixaki.com |
Who Pixaki is best for
Apple Pencil artists
The app is built around iPad drawing, with line and shape tools that include angle locks for isometric art and aspect-ratio locks for squares and circles.
Pixel artists who like dithering
The Matrix Dither brush has 13 dither patterns and works with the eraser, which speeds up shading on small sprites.
Tablet users with iCloud projects
iCloud Drive handles project storage and collaboration, so a drawing started on one iPad can be picked up elsewhere in the Apple ecosystem.
Pixaki plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free Version | Free | Named on the vendor home page. Its limits were not published on the pages we read. |
| Pixaki 4 Pro | $20.00 (App Store listing) | Described on the App Store as a pixel art studio from developer Rizer Creative Ltd. |
Checked November 2026.
What Pixaki does
- Pixel perfect painting
- A pixel perfect painting mode removes double pixels in line art, so freehand strokes drawn with an Apple Pencil stay one pixel wide instead of forming small L-shaped corners.
- Matrix Dither brush
- Thirteen dither patterns are available in the Matrix Dither brush, and the same patterns also work with the eraser, which is handy for building gradients in limited palettes.
- Isometric and shape tools
- Line and shape tools offer an angle lock for isometric art and an aspect-ratio lock for perfect squares and circles, so geometric pieces can be drawn with a finger or pencil.
- Layers, blend modes and timeline
- Layers are shared across the whole project with 18 blend modes, and a scrubbable timeline lets you move through frames quickly while drawing and checking an animation.
- Reference layers
- Reference layers import images from the photo library or the Files app at full resolution, so a photo or another sprite can sit under the drawing to trace or compare against.
How Pixaki handles your data
Pixaki is an iPad app, and the home page says projects can be stored and shared through iCloud Drive, so Apple's cloud services handle any synced files under Apple's own terms. The pages we read did not give the vendor's own privacy policy, retention periods, hosting region or certifications, and the vendor pricing page returned 404. The developer name, Rizer Creative Ltd, appears on the App Store listing rather than on the vendor site. Review the App Store privacy labels before using the app with confidential client art.
Where Pixaki falls short in practice
- iPad only. The vendor home page presents an iPad app with Apple Pencil support, and no desktop, Windows or Android edition is named on the pages we read.
- Canvas and onion skin caps. Canvases are limited to 2MP and onion skinning to ten frames per the home page, which is fine for sprites but tight for large scenes.
- Unclear free version and price source. The free version's limits are unpublished, and the only price we could read comes from the App Store listing rather than from the vendor's own website.
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Pixaki: common questions
How much does Pixaki cost?
The App Store listing for Pixaki 4 Pro shows $20.00 as of November 2026. The vendor home page also shows a Free Version and a Buy button, but its pricing page returned 404 and the free version's limits were not published. Check the live store listing in your region.
What is the maximum canvas size in Pixaki?
The home page says canvases go up to 2MP, which is about two million pixels. That covers sprites, icons and modest scenes but not large illustrations. Onion skinning is limited to ten frames, so check those limits against your animation length.
Does Pixaki work on iPhone or Mac?
The vendor home page describes an iPad app with Apple Pencil support. The pages we read did not name an iPhone, Mac, Windows or Android version. If you need several Apple devices, compare it with Pixquare, which names iPad, iPhone and macOS.
How do I store Pixaki projects?
The home page names iCloud Drive for project storage and collaboration, and reference layers can be imported from the photo library or the Files app. The pages did not describe export formats in the text we read, so test an export to your game engine.
Does Pixaki have AI features?
The pages we read name no AI feature. It is a hand-drawing app with pixel perfect painting, a Matrix Dither brush, layers with 18 blend modes and a timeline. If you need generated art, use a separate service and import the images as reference layers.