Hexcalibur vs Pixilart

Hexcalibur is a browser-based pixel-art editor for textures used in voxel games. Its toolset combines a 3D preview, pack workflow, animation timeline, tilemap tools, and export presets for games and engines. The preview shows a texture on a rotating cube or an L-shaped stack to inspect how it wraps across faces. Packs group textures, a palette, and references, with the palette shared as users switch assets. Animation tools include onion-skinning and named tags; exports include GIF, APNG, and sprite sheets. Export presets cover Minecraft Java and Bedrock, Tiled, and a TexturePacker JSON-Hash atlas for Phaser, Babylon, Godot, Three.js, and Unity, alongside raw per-face ZIP and custom export. Free-plan art stays in the browser; Pro adds cloud sync that can be disabled per device. A free Axidus account is required, but no payment card is needed. It runs in modern desktop browsers on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chromebook; phones are unsupported, and tablet and touch support are on the roadmap. Free allows one pack and up to eight assets. Monthly Pro costs $5 a month.

Pixilart is an online drawing application and art community for making and sharing pixel art, including game sprites and icons. Its tools include layers, brushes, stamps, text, dithering, and Pixel Perfect; animation work can use frames, a timeline, and onion skinning. Canvases can be under 700 pixels, and downloads can be made at 1x or 50x, with options for layers, frames, or a complete GIF. Listed export formats include GIF, WebP, MP4, WebM, PNG, sprite sheets, and .pixil files. Pixilart runs in web browsers and offers Android and iOS apps. The free mobile app includes 15+ tools, filters, stamps, palettes, layers, frames, and animated GIF creation. Registered users can share art, collaborate, give feedback, and follow artists. Teacher accounts can manage student accounts, create virtual classrooms, customize settings, and assign tasks. Pixilart says drawings receive automated and manual review before public display. Users under 13 need parental or guardian consent and receive restricted accounts that block communication features; conversations are public and there is no private messaging. PRO costs $4.99/month after a 3-day free trial.