Pixelmator is a design software for iOS. It has photo editing and graphic design tools for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. We compiled Pixelmator reviews from around the web and determined that Pixelmator has mixed ratings. We also compared the most popular pricing options for small business owners.
Pixelmator Customer Reviews
Ease of Use: Excellent
Customer Service: Good
Pricing: Good
Summary of Pixelmator Reviews
What Pixelmator does well:
Users who gave Pixelmator a positive review said that it is a great and affordable alternative to Photoshop for iOS users.
What Pixelmator does not do well:
Users who gave Pixelmator a negative review said that its user interface could use some work. Some users found the floating windows messy, some wished their work could be collated into tabs, while others thought it didn’t look like a Mac product.
Most Helpful Positive User Review
A positive reviewer from the site G2 Crowd said that when Adobe switched to a subscription-only model, he decided it was time to find a replacement. He tried several and settled for Pixelmator based on its modest price, feature set, and ease of use. He said that for quick image editing and retouching, Pixelmator is more approachable than Photoshop.
Most Helpful Negative User Review
A reviewer from G2 Crowd said that the menus are dark and some of the icons are not as intuitive as he would like them to be. He thought that the overall design of the user interface needed some updating. He said that the functions are there, but it just doesn’t feel very much like a Mac product.
Other Pixelmator Reviews From Users Around the Web
Here are a few other resources for finding helpful Pixelmator reviews from customers. We rated the review sites on a scale from poor to excellent based on how trustworthy and useful the reviews seemed.
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Pixelmator Pricing
Pixelmator has two versions — one for Mac and another for the iPhone/iPad. For iPhones and iPads, it’s downloadable at $4.99. For Mac, it’s $29.99. Both versions have almost the same features, but the Mac version can save in more file formats and has a more detailed interface.
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Most of the tools and features available in Pixelmator are common to those already familiar with Adobe Photoshop. Editing functionalities such as layers, effects, brushes, filters, and retouching tools are present in both the iPad/iPhone version and the Mac version.
Pixelmator is made specifically for photo editing, digital painting, and graphic design in the iOS platform. Both versions can work together in a sense that you can start working on a project on your iPhone/iPad and continue working on it on your Mac.
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Samuel Gutierrez
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The best thing that Pixelmator has is that it is a platform that really has quite positive factors, achieving that each design is proportioned to the measure and that has an essential comfort. On the other hand it is important to note that Pixelmator has excellent templates and colors that make it much easier to use.
The bad thing about Pixelmator is its use by mobile phone, through this device it is not so easy to use it or comfortable.
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Jesus Cartagena
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Pixelmator is a platform that is clearly accessible for all types of people, allows the free use of the designs that are made and on the other hand, it also allows to create different images for all kinds of occasions, something really perfect.
I have nothing to complain about Pixelmator, its functions have given me a good point of view.
I have obtained everything I expected, currently it is working perfectly in my company.
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Edward McCallister
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Pixelmator is a platform that really meets the requirements to be used for design, has excellent templates and various colors to enjoy an excellent stay.
The feature that I do not like about Pixelmator is that it is very difficult to be used in mobile devices, on the other hand, I would recommend that it be much easier to develop designs from the cell phone.
I have benefited a lot from PixelMator, it has been a complemented platform in my company and has helped various design tasks.
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Anatoly Geyfman
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Review SourceFitSmallBusiness invited user to leave a review and offered a nominal gift card as a thank you.
Pixelmator has made a really simple-to-use, yet powerful tool that helps the 99% of us who are not designers work on images quickly, easily and powerfully. I’ve used previous versions of Photoshop when I worked with graphic designers, and while PS is powerful, I don’t have a need for 80% of its features. Pixelmator is a great alternative because it’s fast (unlike Gimp or other open-source tools), consistent with its UI (so you mostly know where features are located) and inexpensive.
The product can be at times a bit obtuse when doing more complicated activities, but generally, that’s very seldom.
not much, Pixelmator is transparent about its business and product, their blog is a wealth of great info and teases about new releases!
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Review SourceFitSmallBusiness invited user to leave a review and offered a nominal gift card as a thank you.
Victor Panlilio
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As a long-time Photoshop user on the Mac, I grew increasingly concerned that Adobe seemed to have compromised Photoshop’s overall usability in making it cross-platform. The last straw was the switch to subscription-only pricing. After trying several Photoshop alternatives, I chose Pixelmator as my primary image editing program. In a single stroke, its smart healing brush can quickly remove unwanted elements from an image. The built-in effects tools also make short work of quickly modifying the overall look and feel of a photo without a steep learning curve. But the best part is the value for money: Pixelmator gives you a LOT of capability for its purchase price, which is far less than a one-year subscription to Photoshop CC.
Many advanced users find Pixelmator’s user interface dated and confusing. In response to user feedback, the just-released Pixelmator Pro unifies these disparate elements into a modern, elegant, one-window experience that is more clearly a macOS application. Unfortunately, the Pro version of Pixelmator also creates files that can’t be opened by the non-Pro version. Not cool.
I suspected there’d eventually be a more advanced Pro version, but I didn’t expect Pixelmator Pro files would be incompatible with the non-Pro version of Pixelmator. I mean, seriously?
Review SourceFitSmallBusiness invited user to leave a review and offered a nominal gift card as a thank you.