Pixquare Lite
Draw pixel art anywhere
Free
1.13for iPhone, iPad and more
8.9
11 Ratings
Son Nguyen
Developer
26.9 MB
Size
Sep 29, 2023
Update Date
Graphics & Design
Category
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
Pixquare Lite Screenshots
About Pixquare Lite
Pixquare Lite is a free pixel art app for iPad and iPhone. Perfect for artists, illustrators, and game developers, the app offers an intuitive UI, smooth workflow, and advanced pixel art tools.
With Pixquare, you can create 8-bit art, GIFs, 2D sprites, isometric artwork, animation for your art and games, anytime, anywhere! We've improved Pixquare based on feedback from 500+ pixel artists, making sure it's just right for your creative journey. Explore why pixel 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." - 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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How Pixquare Lite can level up your pixel art, beginners and pros alike:
• HIGHLIGHTS:
- Support both iPads & iPhones
- Intuitive UI; left-hand mode available
- Timelapse recording
- Enhanced Apple Pencil support: gestures, sensitivity, touch rejection
- Utilize MetalKit for a smooth sketching experience
- Offer manual and auto-save modes
- Shortcut options: keyboard or on-screen gesture pad
- Quick size and opacity sliders.
- Custom themes
• VERSATILE TOOLS:
- Brush: pixel perfect, watercolor mode, pressure sensitivity, dithering
- Eraser: pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, dithering
- Move: transformation supported
- Line: straight and curve mode, watercolor mode, perfect angle
- Shape: ellipse and rectangle mode, watercolor mode, 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, round and square tips.
• LAYER/TIMELINE PANEL:
- Optimized for animation and organized layers
- Unlimited number of layers
- Multi-selection, layer grouping, and operations
- Visibility and editing-lock toggle
- Supports reference layers
- Frame customization: duration and multi-selection
- Linked cells, onion skin, and clipping mask
• ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- Symmetry tool with unlimited axes
- Reference images
- Color palette: save/load, download from Lospec, color gradient generator
- Blending modes, alpha lock
- Preview with separate animation loop
- Canvas rotation, Finder-like file system, Lospec integration, and guideline
• FILE IMPORT/EXPORT:
- Aseprite file compatibility (importing & exporting)
- PNG and GIF export options (layers, frames, size, and animation)
- Import Photos and Files as reference layers and images
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• Acknowledgement:
- Special thanks to Naocraf (@NaocrafPixel), Hyuk Choi (@anti_rocker), 鲸流 (@cetaceaqua), TML (@fluffy_tml) for helping with the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese translations.
• Screenshot artwork authors:
- Mossy (@ArtNature_it)
- chili (@ryviolie)
- Lesma (@pixe_lesma)
- Fariis (@fariis_art)
- ue_voxel (@UeVoxel)
- Becky C (@tinydiorama)
- Huy B (@bit5andpiece5)
- Sunny (@minisunnyworld)
- Manytle (@manytle)
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Download Pixquare Lite now (free version with all features - the maximum number of files you can create is 2). You can upgrade to the pro version (Pixquare) anytime with just a one-time purchase to create unlimited pixel artwork!
SUPPORT:
Email: info@pixquare.art
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixquare_app
Website: https://www.pixquare.art/
With Pixquare, you can create 8-bit art, GIFs, 2D sprites, isometric artwork, animation for your art and games, anytime, anywhere! We've improved Pixquare based on feedback from 500+ pixel artists, making sure it's just right for your creative journey. Explore why pixel 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." - 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
-----------------------------------------
How Pixquare Lite can level up your pixel art, beginners and pros alike:
• HIGHLIGHTS:
- Support both iPads & iPhones
- Intuitive UI; left-hand mode available
- Timelapse recording
- Enhanced Apple Pencil support: gestures, sensitivity, touch rejection
- Utilize MetalKit for a smooth sketching experience
- Offer manual and auto-save modes
- Shortcut options: keyboard or on-screen gesture pad
- Quick size and opacity sliders.
- Custom themes
• VERSATILE TOOLS:
- Brush: pixel perfect, watercolor mode, pressure sensitivity, dithering
- Eraser: pixel perfect, pressure sensitivity, dithering
- Move: transformation supported
- Line: straight and curve mode, watercolor mode, perfect angle
- Shape: ellipse and rectangle mode, watercolor mode, 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, round and square tips.
• LAYER/TIMELINE PANEL:
- Optimized for animation and organized layers
- Unlimited number of layers
- Multi-selection, layer grouping, and operations
- Visibility and editing-lock toggle
- Supports reference layers
- Frame customization: duration and multi-selection
- Linked cells, onion skin, and clipping mask
• ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- Symmetry tool with unlimited axes
- Reference images
- Color palette: save/load, download from Lospec, color gradient generator
- Blending modes, alpha lock
- Preview with separate animation loop
- Canvas rotation, Finder-like file system, Lospec integration, and guideline
• FILE IMPORT/EXPORT:
- Aseprite file compatibility (importing & exporting)
- PNG and GIF export options (layers, frames, size, and animation)
- Import Photos and Files as reference layers and images
-------------------------------
• Acknowledgement:
- Special thanks to Naocraf (@NaocrafPixel), Hyuk Choi (@anti_rocker), 鲸流 (@cetaceaqua), TML (@fluffy_tml) for helping with the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese translations.
• Screenshot artwork authors:
- Mossy (@ArtNature_it)
- chili (@ryviolie)
- Lesma (@pixe_lesma)
- Fariis (@fariis_art)
- ue_voxel (@UeVoxel)
- Becky C (@tinydiorama)
- Huy B (@bit5andpiece5)
- Sunny (@minisunnyworld)
- Manytle (@manytle)
-------------------------------
Download Pixquare Lite now (free version with all features - the maximum number of files you can create is 2). You can upgrade to the pro version (Pixquare) anytime with just a one-time purchase to create unlimited pixel artwork!
SUPPORT:
Email: info@pixquare.art
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixquare_app
Website: https://www.pixquare.art/
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.13
Last updated on Sep 29, 2023
Old Versions
Features:
- Onion skin customization
- Color adjustment (HSV and RGB values)
- Isometric guide line
- Indonesian language support
Enhancements:
- Preview can be freely resized
- Color replace can select specific frames and layers to replace
- After picking color, if the previous tool is not a drawing tool, auto-select brush
- Optimize performance for linked cells
Fixes:
- Cannot rename some files due to keyboard dismissing itself
- Cannot share px files with spaces in their names
- Onion skin customization
- Color adjustment (HSV and RGB values)
- Isometric guide line
- Indonesian language support
Enhancements:
- Preview can be freely resized
- Color replace can select specific frames and layers to replace
- After picking color, if the previous tool is not a drawing tool, auto-select brush
- Optimize performance for linked cells
Fixes:
- Cannot rename some files due to keyboard dismissing itself
- Cannot share px files with spaces in their names
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Version History
1.13
Sep 29, 2023
Features:
- Onion skin customization
- Color adjustment (HSV and RGB values)
- Isometric guide line
- Indonesian language support
Enhancements:
- Preview can be freely resized
- Color replace can select specific frames and layers to replace
- After picking color, if the previous tool is not a drawing tool, auto-select brush
- Optimize performance for linked cells
Fixes:
- Cannot rename some files due to keyboard dismissing itself
- Cannot share px files with spaces in their names
- Onion skin customization
- Color adjustment (HSV and RGB values)
- Isometric guide line
- Indonesian language support
Enhancements:
- Preview can be freely resized
- Color replace can select specific frames and layers to replace
- After picking color, if the previous tool is not a drawing tool, auto-select brush
- Optimize performance for linked cells
Fixes:
- Cannot rename some files due to keyboard dismissing itself
- Cannot share px files with spaces in their names
1.12
Sep 21, 2023
Features:
- New masking mode, now there are 2 modes: cropping mask and clipping mask
- Max canvas dimensions are now determined by available RAM, ranging from 500x500 to 2500x2500
- Animation slider to quickly slide through frames
- Hold-to-color-pick button between sliders
Enhancements:
- File importer to use system light/dark mode
- Pixquare can handle images directly outside of the app
- The position of the masking entry is now the above entry instead of the below
- When selecting a frame, its duration is shown in the toast area
- Snapping for canvas rotation and move tool's rotation
- Contextual menu label can be turned off
- Color palette can be undocked
Fixes:
- Rare infinite loading when importing files
- Color palette selected color jumps when selecting 2 identical colors
- Some artifacts with the Preview window
- File rename can have empty input which hides the files
- Fixed and reset streak counter
- Polygon and lasso selection freeze when selecting out-of-bounds coordinates at the bottom
- New masking mode, now there are 2 modes: cropping mask and clipping mask
- Max canvas dimensions are now determined by available RAM, ranging from 500x500 to 2500x2500
- Animation slider to quickly slide through frames
- Hold-to-color-pick button between sliders
Enhancements:
- File importer to use system light/dark mode
- Pixquare can handle images directly outside of the app
- The position of the masking entry is now the above entry instead of the below
- When selecting a frame, its duration is shown in the toast area
- Snapping for canvas rotation and move tool's rotation
- Contextual menu label can be turned off
- Color palette can be undocked
Fixes:
- Rare infinite loading when importing files
- Color palette selected color jumps when selecting 2 identical colors
- Some artifacts with the Preview window
- File rename can have empty input which hides the files
- Fixed and reset streak counter
- Polygon and lasso selection freeze when selecting out-of-bounds coordinates at the bottom
1.11
Sep 12, 2023
Features:
- Clipping mask
- Shading
- Korean language support
- Group duplication
Enhancements:
- Language change shortcut
- Palette lock
- Preview's zoom enhancement
Fixes:
- Color replace panel being cut off on phones
- Incorrect streak counter
- Clipping mask
- Shading
- Korean language support
- Group duplication
Enhancements:
- Language change shortcut
- Palette lock
- Preview's zoom enhancement
Fixes:
- Color replace panel being cut off on phones
- Incorrect streak counter
1.10
Sep 3, 2023
Features:
- Guide line system
- Chinese support
Enhancements:
- Pixel grid's line has dynamic width
- Fullscreen mode enhancement
- Quick tip can be turned off completely
- Toast notification can be turned off
- Removing encoded naming. Some of your files might show odd name now, but you can rename it and after that, no more weird encoding to the file name.
- Guide line system
- Chinese support
Enhancements:
- Pixel grid's line has dynamic width
- Fullscreen mode enhancement
- Quick tip can be turned off completely
- Toast notification can be turned off
- Removing encoded naming. Some of your files might show odd name now, but you can rename it and after that, no more weird encoding to the file name.
1.9.1
Aug 31, 2023
Enhancements:
- Major performance improvements
- Fullscreen mode
- Canvas resize CTA to the top of screen
- Streak counter can be turned off
- New dismissible quick tips
- Major performance improvements
- Fullscreen mode
- Canvas resize CTA to the top of screen
- Streak counter can be turned off
- New dismissible quick tips
1.9
Aug 27, 2023
Features:
- Color palette import from files (.px, .aseprite, and images)
- Added streak counter
- Gradient generator now can do HSV interpolation
- Brush and eraser now can fine-tune the pressure curve for both size and dithering intensity
Enhancements:
- Canvas resize now uses text fields for easier input
- Frame duration step is now 5 ms
Fixes:
- Pixel perfect not working
- Color dodge blending mode when the color component is 0
- Minor UI issue with color picker of symmetry tool and gradient generator on phone
- Color palette import from files (.px, .aseprite, and images)
- Added streak counter
- Gradient generator now can do HSV interpolation
- Brush and eraser now can fine-tune the pressure curve for both size and dithering intensity
Enhancements:
- Canvas resize now uses text fields for easier input
- Frame duration step is now 5 ms
Fixes:
- Pixel perfect not working
- Color dodge blending mode when the color component is 0
- Minor UI issue with color picker of symmetry tool and gradient generator on phone
1.8.1
Aug 15, 2023
Hotfix:
- Fixed file count limit being only 1, it should be 2.
- Fixed file count limit being only 1, it should be 2.
1.8
Aug 13, 2023
Features:
- Japanese language support
- File sort
- Canvas flip
- Batch folder export
Enhancements:
- Brush/eraser size boundary indicator
- More file info displayed on file explorer
- New font
Bug fixes:
- Prereview not updated for newly created files
- Japanese language support
- File sort
- Canvas flip
- Batch folder export
Enhancements:
- Brush/eraser size boundary indicator
- More file info displayed on file explorer
- New font
Bug fixes:
- Prereview not updated for newly created files
1.7
Aug 7, 2023
- Custom theme for Pixquare so that you can customize:
- Colors
- Icons
- Font
- Minimum iOS version is bumped to iOS 15.0
- Colors
- Icons
- Font
- Minimum iOS version is bumped to iOS 15.0
1.6
Jul 23, 2023
Features:
- Dithering for gradient tool, brush, and eraser.
- Pixquare's file system now can be accessed through Files app
- Artwork preview in the file browser, can be turned off in the setting
Fixes:
- Keyboard auto-dismiss on smaller iPad in landscape mode
- Aseprite file import crash when the reference image is too big
- Dithering for gradient tool, brush, and eraser.
- Pixquare's file system now can be accessed through Files app
- Artwork preview in the file browser, can be turned off in the setting
Fixes:
- Keyboard auto-dismiss on smaller iPad in landscape mode
- Aseprite file import crash when the reference image is too big
1.5.2
Jul 16, 2023
Hotfix:
- Fixed keyboard dismissing itself on smaller iPad in landscape mode
- Fixed keyboard dismissing itself on smaller iPad in landscape mode
1.5.1
Jul 14, 2023
Hot fix:
- Fixed layer cannot be renamed on iPhone
- Fixed hex color input does work on iPhone
- Disallowed removal of all layers
- Disallowed de-selection of all frames to avoid confusion
- Fixed layer cannot be renamed on iPhone
- Fixed hex color input does work on iPhone
- Disallowed removal of all layers
- Disallowed de-selection of all frames to avoid confusion
1.5
Jul 12, 2023
Features:
- iPhone support
- Gradient tool
Enhancements:
- Added option to determine where to paste content
- Added option to switch to brush after quick color selection
- iPhone support
- Gradient tool
Enhancements:
- Added option to determine where to paste content
- Added option to switch to brush after quick color selection
1.4
Jul 9, 2023
Features:
- Linked cells
Enhancements:
- Some UI clean-ups
- Quick color picker is disabled on selection tool
Fixes:
- Layer merge with opacity yielding the wrong result
- Grid preferences not being saved after exiting a file
- Onion skin not working
- Rare crash
- Linked cells
Enhancements:
- Some UI clean-ups
- Quick color picker is disabled on selection tool
Fixes:
- Layer merge with opacity yielding the wrong result
- Grid preferences not being saved after exiting a file
- Onion skin not working
- Rare crash
1.3
Jul 3, 2023
Features:
- Menu redesign
- Canvas grid with color and size adjustment
- Pixel grid color adjustment
- Photos option when importing artwork
- Color bucket watercolor
Enhancements:
- Paste in the center of the screen
- Contiguous magic wand and color bucket is now twice as fast
- Quicker way to drag the color picker and make it sticky (similar to Procreate)
- Option to enable quick color picker with pencil and activation time adjustment
Fixes:
- Reference layer conversion has out-of-bound pixels and still get value
- Timelapse not recording all the way
- Finger touch is registered on the eye dropper when only draw with pencil enabled
1.2
Jun 25, 2023
Features:
- Frame multi-selection and frame actions now can work with multiple frames at once
- Images can be directly imported to be a drawable artwork on file explorer
Enhancements:
- Reduce memory usage while exporting timelapse videos
- Timelapse videos' dimensions are capped at 2440*2440 to ensure the quality
Fixes:
- Timelapse max duration not matching the final result
- Exported .aseprite files have a full black palette if the palette is empty
- Frame multi-selection and frame actions now can work with multiple frames at once
- Images can be directly imported to be a drawable artwork on file explorer
Enhancements:
- Reduce memory usage while exporting timelapse videos
- Timelapse videos' dimensions are capped at 2440*2440 to ensure the quality
Fixes:
- Timelapse max duration not matching the final result
- Exported .aseprite files have a full black palette if the palette is empty
1.1
Jun 21, 2023
New features:
- Timelapse recording
- Settings in file explorer screen
Fixes:
- Fixed pasted wrong name with special characters
- Timelapse recording
- Settings in file explorer screen
Fixes:
- Fixed pasted wrong name with special characters
1.0.2
Jun 20, 2023
Enhancement:
- Frame moving now shows indicator instead of moving immediately
- Color picker now can pick color from 8-bit (indexed) PNGs
Fixes:
- File explorer not being able to scroll
- File importer making UI laggy
- Content rotation taking unselected pixels
- Frame moving now shows indicator instead of moving immediately
- Color picker now can pick color from 8-bit (indexed) PNGs
Fixes:
- File explorer not being able to scroll
- File importer making UI laggy
- Content rotation taking unselected pixels
1.0.1
Jun 17, 2023
Features:
- Files options can be revealed by swiping
- Added "About" screen
- Copy and cut are always available now
Fixes:
- Layer merge doesn't take the top layer's opacity
- GIFs being saved to Photos as static images
- Some contextual buttons are not tappable
- Rare crash when moving layers
- Files options can be revealed by swiping
- Added "About" screen
- Copy and cut are always available now
Fixes:
- Layer merge doesn't take the top layer's opacity
- GIFs being saved to Photos as static images
- Some contextual buttons are not tappable
- Rare crash when moving layers
1.0
Jun 13, 2023
Pixquare Lite FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Pixquare Lite in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Pixquare Lite.
iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Pixquare Lite supports English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
