Pixel FX Designer vs Spine
Pixel FX Designer
codemanu.itch.io
Spine
esotericsoftware.comSide by side
| Figure | Pixel FX Designer | Spine |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $70.83/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 8 |
| Spec score · 2D Game Animation Software | 7.7 (#17) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Purpose | Pixel FX Designer creates particle effects with a pixel-art look and exports them as PNG sprite sheets or GIFs. | Spine is an animation tool focused specifically on 2D animation for games, with an editor and runtimes for using animations in games. |
Plans
Spine
- Essential$99 a month
- Professional$449 a month
- Enterprise$2,499 a year
- Education — 10 computers$850 a year
- Education — 25 computers$1,700 a year
- Education — 50 computers$2,900 a year
- Essential$69, paid once
- Professional$379, paid once
In their own words
Pixel FX Designer
Pixel FX Designer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Spine
Spine is a 2D animation tool focused on making animations for games, with an editor and runtimes for using the results in games. It builds skeletal or cutout animation by attaching images to bones and animating those bones. Rigging and animation tools include inverse kinematics, paths, skins, meshes, free-form deformation, weights, a dopesheet, a graph editor, and runtime preview. Exports include JSON and binary animation data, animated GIFs, PNG or JPEG image sequences, AVI or QuickTime video, and texture atlases or spritesheets. Official runtimes support Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, iOS, Android, Flutter, Phaser, PixiJS, and libgdx; generic runtimes are also listed for C, C++, C#, Haxe, and TypeScript. Spine runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its free trial includes Professional features but cannot save projects, pack textures, or export animation data, images, or video. Essential is listed at $99 a month; Professional is $449 a month.