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Spritelove is a pixel art editor and sprite animation studio built from the ground up for iOS. It runs natively on iPad and iPhone with 13 drawing tools, unlimited layers, animation frames with onion skinning, a built-in bone rigging system for skeletal animation, and multi-format export including PNG, GIF, spritesheets with JSON metadata, and Aseprite (.ase) files. Unlike web wrappers or desktop ports, Spritelove is designed for touch input with context menus, gesture controls, and full landscape support.

Spritelove offers a free trial that includes the full drawing toolset with up to 3 layers, 6 animation frames, a 32×32 canvas, PNG export, 2 free GIF exports, and 2 projects. The Full Studio unlock is a one-time purchase of $9.99 that gives you unlimited layers, frames, canvas sizes, bone rigging, unlimited GIF export, spritesheet with JSON metadata, Aseprite import and export, unlimited projects, and all future updates. There are no subscriptions, no ads, and no in-app upsells.

Yes. Spritelove can both import and export Aseprite (.aseprite/.ase) files, making it easy to move projects between Spritelove on your iPad or iPhone and Aseprite on your desktop. This includes full support for layers, frames, and palette data. Spritelove is one of the few mobile pixel art editors with native Aseprite compatibility.

Spritelove is the only mobile pixel art editor with a built-in bone rigging system for skeletal character animation. It also offers 13 purpose-built drawing tools, onion skinning with tint and alpha control, mirror painting on both X and Y axes, three color palettes, and professional export options including spritesheets with JSON metadata. Unlike Procreate, Spritelove is purpose-built for pixel art with pixel-specific tools. Unlike Aseprite, it runs natively on iOS with touch-optimized controls. Unlike web-based tools like Piskel, it works offline with hardware-accelerated rendering.

An Android version of Spritelove is currently in development and coming soon. Right now, Spritelove is available on iPhone and iPad running iOS. Follow us for updates on the Android release.

Spritelove supports exporting your pixel art in multiple formats: individual frames as PNG at 1x, 5x, 10x, or 20x scale, animated GIFs, full spritesheets as PNG with JSON metadata for game engines, Aseprite (.ase) files for desktop editing, and native .spl project files for sharing between devices. The free trial includes PNG export and 2 GIF exports. Spritesheet, Aseprite, and .spl export require the Full Studio unlock.

Bone rigging is a skeletal animation technique where you attach a hierarchy of bones to different layers of your sprite. Instead of redrawing every frame by hand, you pose the bones and Spritelove interpolates the movement. This is especially useful for character animation in games, where you need smooth movement cycles like walking, jumping, or attacking. Spritelove is the only mobile pixel art app that includes a built-in bone rigging system.

Absolutely. Spritelove is designed with game developers in mind. You can export spritesheets with JSON metadata that plug directly into popular game engines. The bone rigging system lets you create smooth character animations efficiently, and the multi-layer timeline gives you full control over complex sprite compositions. Many indie game developers use Spritelove to create and iterate on pixel art assets directly on their iPad.