Pixel Color vs Recolor

Pixel Color is a paint-by-numbers app for coloring pixel art on Android and iOS. Choose a number from the palette, then fill the matching box in an image. Its selection includes meditative patterns, flowers, animals, holiday scenes, people and scenery, and the app is described as suitable for kids and adults. Completed pictures can be viewed as videos and shared with family and friends. Offline access and importing your own images are listed features. The app is free to download, with in-app purchases. Pixel Pro subscriptions unlock all content and features; after one expires, images marked Pixel Pro are no longer available. Plans are $3.99 a month for a weekly subscription, $9.99 a month for a monthly subscription, and $49.99 a year for a yearly subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. The App Store listing supports iPhone and iPad running iOS 13.0 or later.

Recolor is an adult coloring app for relaxation and creative expression on Android and iOS. It offers more than 4,000 coloring pages created and curated by professional artists, plus freeform coloring for pictures users import themselves. Free users can import three pictures in 24 hours; subscribers can import without a stated limit. Tools include more than 70 palettes, solid and live colors, gradients, crayons, and more than 80 effects, filters, and outlines. The app does not list brush tools. A public gallery lets users share colored pictures, like other artists’ work, and comment. Free users can publish five pictures in 24 hours. The monthly Premium subscription has no listed price and unlocks 5,000+ pictures, all colors, effects, filters, and outlines, unlimited image imports, and publishing for 20 pictures in 24 hours. Recolor offers a seven-day trial. iOS subscriptions can be weekly, monthly, or yearly; Android subscriptions can be monthly or yearly. Free Android artwork is stored locally, while subscribers can use Google Drive backup.