| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 8.1 (#14) | 8.5 (#9) |
| Animation | It supports layers and frames, onion skinning, and real-time animation previews. | The editor includes an animation timeline with frame grouping and optional onion skinning per layer. |
| Drawing tools | Features include a stabilized pencil, Shading Ink, custom brushes, RotSprite rotation, and layer blend modes. | Tools include pen, paint bucket, line, selection marquee, magic wand, shapes, color replacement, and gradient fill. |
| 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 product listing says Lightcube supports PNG, JPEG, GIF, and Photoshop PSD files. |
| Purpose | Besprited is an application for creating and animating 2D sprites and pixel art. | Lightcube is a pixel art editor for game developers and artists to create game assets, animations and pixel art. |