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Pixelorama vs Pixen: catalog facts
Pixelorama	Pixen
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Steam and itch.io listings exist as a way to…	Paid Pixen is sold through its website.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web	macOS
Animation timeline with onion skinning and sprite sheet export built in Tilemap and tileset tools for game art, not just single sprites	Includes pixel-art drawing tools, layers, filters, and color palettes Creates animations and imports or exports sprite sheets
Aimed at pixel art; it is not a general image editor Documentation is explicitly still a work in progress with pages missing	Available for macOS
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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