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Pixly - Pixel Art Editor on Windows Pc

Developed By: Gustavo Maciel

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 6.598 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.702
Size 2.2 MB
Release Date August 29, 19
Category Art & Design Apps

App Permissions:
Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (5)]

What's New:
If you have any problems, contact me at gus@tavomaciel.comVersion 1.702• Fixed some crashesVersion 1.7• PIXLY IS FREE NOW! NO ADS! NO IN-APP-PURCHASES!• Undo... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Pixly is a complete pixel art editor for Android devices. It excels where all other editors for phones and tablets fall short.

It has many useful features, and its design was made... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Pixly - Pixel Art Editor and install on Windows PC. Pixly - Pixel Art Editor is free Art & Design app, developed by Gustavo Maciel. Latest version of Pixly - Pixel Art Editor is 1.702, was released on 2019-08-29 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500,000. Overall rating of Pixly - Pixel Art Editor is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 6,598 users, 905 users had rated it 5*, 3,661 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Pixly - Pixel Art Editor on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Pixly - Pixel Art Editor on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Pixly - Pixel Art Editor on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Pixly - Pixel Art Editor using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Pixly - Pixel Art Editor" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Pixly - Pixel Art Editor on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Pixly - Pixel Art Editor" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Pixly is a complete pixel art editor for Android devices. It excels where all other editors for phones and tablets fall short.

It has many useful features, and its design was made with phones and tablets in mind.

Here's a quick list of the features you may find in Pixly:

• Animations with onion skinning;
• Layers;
• Mini view with customizable level of zoom for quick preview;
• Dropbox and Google Drive integration;
• Controls intuitive for touchscreen;
Try pinching with two fingers to move and zoom the artboard, or pinching with three fingers to change the brush size!
• Contextual tools;
• Undo, Redo and History;
• Social features (Share, Twitter @DailySilhouettes and @PixelDailies);
• Text drawing;
• Palettes;
• Color ramps;
• Opacity;
• Transparent and non transparent background;
• Patterns;
• Arcs and Curves;
• Real time image tiling;
• Symmetry with customizable mirrors;
• References;
• Grids;
• Copy-Paste;
• Lots of color effects;
• And more!
If you have any problems, contact me at gus@tavomaciel.com
Version 1.702
• Fixed some crashes

Version 1.7
• PIXLY IS FREE NOW! NO ADS! NO IN-APP-PURCHASES!
• Undo now has a RAM limit, avoiding crashes (you can change it on the preferences menu if necessary)
• Pixly is now very conservative with battery, only re-rendering when necessary.
• Crashes because of RAM should be much less frequent now in lower-end phones
• Added a settings screen, with some settings you've been asking for some time :)
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.