| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 8.1 (#14) | 8.5 (#8) |
| Drawing tools | Features include a stabilized pencil, Shading Ink, custom brushes, RotSprite rotation, and layer blend modes. | Its help lists tools including freehand drawing, lines, spray, flood fill, Bézier curves, polygons, rectangles, circles, and gradients. |
| File formats | The repository says it opens and saves Aseprite .ase/.aseprite files and supports GIF, PNG sequences, sprite sheets with JSON data, WebP, QOI, BMP, TGA, PCX, ICO, and FLI/FLC; some newer Aseprite features are not supported yet. | The documentation lists support for PNG, GIF, BMP, PCX, TIFF, ICO, and numerous retro-computer image formats. |
| Purpose | Besprited is an application for creating and animating 2D sprites and pixel art. | GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program specialized in 256-color drawing for pixel art, game graphics, and detailed graphics made with a mouse. |