Pro Motion NG vs PixelAoi

Pro Motion NG8.7Visit PPixelAoi5.5Visit

Higher score Pro Motion NG #7 in Pixel Art Software 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Pro Motion NG

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P PixelAoi #34 in Pixel Art Software 5.5/10 Paid ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit PixelAoi

• Pro Motion NG fits best

  Pixel artists needing palette and tilemap depth

• PixelAoi fits best

  Windows users targeting multiple game engines

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Side by side

Feature	Pro Motion NG 8.7/10 Visit ↗	PPixelAoi 5.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	5.5
Ranking	#7 in Pixel Art Software	#34 in Pixel Art Software
Best for	Pixel artists needing palette and tilemap depth	Windows users targeting multiple game engines
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$19 one-time	$17 one-time
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Desktop	Desktop
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Docs
Integrations	6 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Pro Motion NG 5/5 · PixelAoi 5/5
Animation timeline	✓	✓
Indexed color tools	✓	✓
Sprite-sheet export	✓	✓
Onion skinning	✓	✓
Tilemap tools	✓	✓
Specs
Supported platforms	Windows, macOS via Wine, Linux via Wine	Windows
Export formats	BMP, PNG, JPEG, TGA, GIF	PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, sprite-sheet PNG, packed atlas PNG+JSON, Aseprite JSON, Godot .tres, Unity .meta, Unreal JSON, Spine JSON+.atlas, Tiled .tmx, .pxl
Our review
Pros	Indexed palettes, tilemaps, tilesets and bitmap font tools Animation timeline with key frames, delays and onion skinning Commercial-use free edition and a $19 one-time full license	Exports to Godot, Unity, Unreal, Spine, and Tiled Combines animation, palettes, tilemaps, and collision layers One-time $17 license includes future updates and all exports
Cons	The Free Edition has limited features macOS and Linux run the Windows application through Wine Wine compatibility limitations may affect non-Windows setups	Currently available only for Windows Free access ends after six months Local AI workflows depend on supported external servers
Our verdict	Pro Motion NG is desktop software for creating pixel-art images, animations, sprites, tilesets and level maps. It is aimed at pixel artists, game developers, educators and studios producing graphics for games, handheld systems and web… Read the review →	PixelAoi is a native Rust pixel-art editor aimed at game developers creating sprites, animations, tilemaps, and related game assets. Its toolset covers frame-based cel animation, layers, onion skinning, animation tags, indexed-color… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Pro Motion NG — where it wins

  • Indexed palettes, tilemaps, tilesets and bitmap font tools
  • Animation timeline with key frames, delays and onion skinning
  • Commercial-use free edition and a $19 one-time full license

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free Edition has limited features
  • macOS and Linux run the Windows application through Wine
  • Wine compatibility limitations may affect non-Windows setups

• PixelAoi — where it wins

  • Exports to Godot, Unity, Unreal, Spine, and Tiled
  • Combines animation, palettes, tilemaps, and collision layers
  • One-time $17 license includes future updates and all exports

  Where it doesn't

  • Currently available only for Windows
  • Free access ends after six months
  • Local AI workflows depend on supported external servers

• Pro Motion NG8.7/10 · Free plan

  A deep pixel-art toolkit with a free edition and a low-cost one-time full license.

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• PPixelAoi5.5/10 · Paid

  A focused Windows editor with strong animation, tilemap, and engine export coverage.

  Visit PixelAoiFull verdict →