ibisPaint vs Pixara
ibisPaint
ibispaint.com
Pixara
pixara.studioSide by side
| Figure | ibisPaint | Pixara |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 15 | 5 |
| Spec score · Graphic Design Software | 9.3 (#5) | 8.2 (#72) |
| Spec score · Design tools | 9.3 (#5) | 8.2 (#70) |
| Animation | ibisPaint supports frame-by-frame animation and can produce videos with background music and audio. | Magic Move animates transitions between pages when users link objects across them. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | IBIS INC. says it processes personal data under applicable data protection laws, including Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information, and identifies itself as the data controller. | Apple lists usage data and product interaction as data that may be collected without being linked to the user; Apple says the developer-provided practices are unverified. |
| Product | ibisPaint is a social drawing app for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. | Pixara Studio is a native design app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. |
Plans
ibisPaint
- Free versionFree
- Premium Membership$4.49 a month
- Premium Membership annual$27.99 a year
- Ad Removal Upgrade$15.99 a month
- Pro Upgrade$62.99 a month
- ibisPaint XFree
- Windows Free trial / Demo ModeFree
- Premium Membership$4.49 a month
- Windows Premium Membership$4.49 a month
- Mac Premium Membership$4.99 a month
Pixara
- WeeklyPrice not published
- Monthly$3.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Yearly$19.99 a year
- Lifetime$74.99, paid once
In their own words
ibisPaint
ibisPaint is a social drawing app for smartphones, tablets, and other devices, available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Its drawing tools include over 47,000 brush types and more than 23,000 color and monochrome materials, along with over 80 filters such as background removal and watercolor-style conversion. Manga features include 46 screen tones, frame division, speech bubbles, and ruler tools. Animation tools support frame copying and onion-skin display for drawing successive frames. Cloud Storage syncs artwork across smartphones, tablets, and PCs; Premium Membership includes 20GB. The free version includes 64MB of cloud storage and advertisements. Premium Membership removes ads and includes premium features, with listed prices of $4.49 a month or $27.99 a year. AI Disturbance adds noise intended to prevent fine-tuning by image-generating AI, while AI Super-resolution improves small-canvas image quality. Drawing-process videos can be posted to ibispaint.com or shared through LINE, X, and Facebook. Listed system requirements include Android 7 or later, iOS/iPadOS 15 or later, macOS 11 Big Sur or newer, and specified Windows 10 and 11 versions.