| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 7.8 (#28) | 8.5 (#8) |
| Brushes | Brush settings include multiple shapes and sizes, 17 dither levels, pixel perfect mode, pressure sizing, and horizontal or vertical symmetry. | The help includes brush picking, flipping, rotation, stretching, distortion, outlining, nibbling, and brush effects. |
| Drawing tools | It includes pencil, pen, airbrush, smudge, clone, fill, eraser, line, rectangle, oval, and eyedropper tools. | Its help lists tools including freehand drawing, lines, spray, flood fill, Bézier curves, polygons, rectangles, circles, and gradients. |
| File formats | The app imports and exports PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, ICO, PICO-8, and XPM; it also imports PSD, TGA, PICT, MacPaint, ICNS, CUR, and Piskel, and exports APNG and SVG. | The documentation lists support for PNG, GIF, BMP, PCX, TIFF, ICO, and numerous retro-computer image formats. |
| Purpose | Dottie is a native Mac pixel art editor for creating sprites, tilesets, icons, portraits, and other artwork. | GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program specialized in 256-color drawing for pixel art, game graphics, and detailed graphics made with a mouse. |
| Support | The maker accepts support inquiries, bug reports, and feature requests through social accounts or email, and says email responses may be slower. | The download page links to the project's bug tracker for reporting issues. |