| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Pixel Art Software | 8.5 (#8) | 8.5 (#9) |
| Brushes | The help includes brush picking, flipping, rotation, stretching, distortion, outlining, nibbling, and brush effects. | Included brushes are 16, 24, 32 and 64 pixels in size. |
| Drawing tools | Its help lists tools including freehand drawing, lines, spray, flood fill, Bézier curves, polygons, rectangles, circles, and gradients. | Tools include pen, paint bucket, line, selection marquee, magic wand, shapes, color replacement, and gradient fill. |
| File formats | The documentation lists support for PNG, GIF, BMP, PCX, TIFF, ICO, and numerous retro-computer image formats. | The product listing says Lightcube supports PNG, JPEG, GIF, and Photoshop PSD files. |
| Purpose | GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program specialized in 256-color drawing for pixel art, game graphics, and detailed graphics made with a mouse. | Lightcube is a pixel art editor for game developers and artists to create game assets, animations and pixel art. |
| Support | The download page links to the project's bug tracker for reporting issues. | Product support is available by email at [email protected]; the maker asks users to include the app and Windows versions and a description of the issue. |