Dixel is a lightweight drawing tool for Android designed for making sprites, icons, and retro-style graphics. It combines a fast, precise canvas with the features you’d expect from a desktop editor, optimized for phones, tablets, foldables, and stylus input.
Tools
- Pencil, eraser, fill, line, rectangle, and ellipse (filled or outline)
- Clean diagonal strokes with pixel-perfect mode
- Adjustable brush size and opacity
- Eyedropper: long-press any canvas area to sample a color
- Move, scale, rotate, and flip tools
Selections
- Rectangular, freehand, polygonal, and color-based selection
- Add or subtract from any selection
- Transform the canvas, a layer, or a selected area
Layers
- Add, delete, duplicate, and reorder
- Per-layer opacity, visibility, lock, and alpha-lock
- Blend modes: Normal, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Add, and Subtract
Color & Palettes
- RGBA and indexed color modes
- Built-in presets: NES, Game Boy, PICO-8, CGA, C64, and more
- Create custom palettes or extract one from any imported image
- HSV/HSL wheel, RGB sliders, and hex input
Reference & Import
- Floating reference window and in-project reference layers
- Import PNG or JPG as new layers
- Export PNG (free), JPG, and scaled output (Pro)
- Copy and paste artwork through the system clipboard
Gallery
- Organize work with folders, tags, and favorites
- Autosave after every stroke with crash recovery
- Optional Google Drive backup
Free vs. Pro
Dixel is free to use with no ads.
The Pro upgrade is a one-time purchase that unlocks:
- Canvas sizes up to 1024×1024
- Up to 32 layers
- JPG export and export size multipliers
- Lospec palette import