Pixsama review
A capable Android pixel-art editor with animation in Free and broader exports in Pro.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Pixsama is a pixel-art editor for Android phones and tablets, aimed at solo artists and small teams creating sprites, frame-based animations and tiled artwork. Its touch-first toolset covers pencil, line, curve, shape, fill and eyedropper tools, alongside layers, layer groups, palettes and indexed-color projects. Animation is central: the timeline includes playback controls and onion skinning for comparing neighboring frames. Local storage and autosave recovery support projects kept on the device.
The published plans make the entry point straightforward. Free costs £0 one time and includes core drawing tools, a timeline with onion skinning and playback, plus PNG and native project export. Pixsama Pro costs £11.99 one time. It removes limits on canvas, layers and frames, then adds animation tags, linked cels, GIF, WebP, sprite sheets, PNG sequences and editable .ase and .aseprite import and export. The displayed Pro price is the UK price, with Google Play supplying the final local price.
Pixsama has a focused Android workflow rather than broad desktop or cross-platform coverage. It supports Android 10 or newer and offers pixel-specific features such as indexed palettes, tiled mode, sprite-sheet import and export, and Aseprite compatibility in Pro. Email and documentation are the listed support channels. Choose Pixsama if you want animation-oriented pixel-art tools on an Android device, especially with a one-time Pro purchase. Choose an alternative if you need desktop access, a wider platform ecosystem, or a product outside closed beta.
Pixsama pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free includes timeline, onion skinning, playback and PNG export.
- Indexed-color projects, palette editing, layers and tiled mode support detailed workflows.
- Pro adds GIF, WebP, sprite sheets and editable Aseprite project support.
- Where it doesn't
- Available only on Android phones and tablets.
- Free edition supports small projects rather than unlimited canvases and frames.
- Currently in closed beta on Google Play.
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