dotpict Reviews

I love the game very much, it’s addictive and love the chat feature. There is a thing concerning me though. I’m not sure if anyone else has had the glitch but, the game would randomly have an error message and log me out without doing anything. This has been happening frequently resulting me in leaving the game with frustration. As for the “banning” concern. We understand that if there is inappropriate art we can report it and have the artist take it down. However, a numerous amount of people have been leaving the game due to false reports of being a “nuisance.” We can’t put a word into our art or even a single number or letter without having a report show up. Banning is losing A LOT of your players. Therefore if this feature stays, no one will use your game anymore. I suggest if you want your players/customers to stay playing the game you get rid of the banning feature. As for if anything IS REPORTED, the art would be sent to the publishers of the game to view it before deciding if its an ACTUAL inappropriate/graphic art piece. Thank you and PLEASE fix this.

Hello creator of dotpict! I’ve been told dotpict was really fun from a friend of mine. So a downloaded it and I had lots of fun too. But my friend decided to draw something inappropriate, as a joke. I warned her not to, saying that she might get banned. And she did it anyway, i know this is a lot to ask for, but can u maybe make an update for when people get banned they have a time for when they get unbanned? Like, if someone drew something they weren’t suppose to, they can be banned for a months of a couple days. Then get unbanned after that time limit. When that happens, they will learn not to draw something like that again. I’m also trying to say to give people who were banned a chance to draw again. I won’t be surprised if the update doesn’t come, but it’s worth trying right? Well, that’s all I really have to say. Your app is amazing and really fun. I enjoy it a lot:) bye!

I tried getting in after closing dotpict and it said an error had occurred and my heart dropped. I thought for a second that I had been banned because I’ve seen reviews about being banned extremely quick and for no reason sometimes but it was just a glitch.
I reinstalled dotpict and successfully logged in which left me relieved, but please fix this. I don’t want to randomly have an error appear and have to re-download dotpict every single time this happens. also after logging back in, all of my canvases and palettes did not save, is it possible if you could save them inside your account?
By the way, can you please add a feature where you can reply to comments? That would be great.
Also, I saw somewhere how you cannot unblock after you block someone? We are all human and humans change their minds so that would be good to change so we can unblock.

I usually don’t write reviews, but dotpict is so amazing I felt I had to. The interface is very convenient, and the drawing system, while different from your average drawing app, is actually really easy to use! It also prevents you from swiping accidental lines and lets you draw evenly. The posting feature is pretty nice, and lets you share your artwork with other users of dotpict . When starting a drawing after picking a size you can choose a starting palette you can adjust to your liking or many preset ones that look very pleasing to the eye.

Probably one of the best things about dotpict is that the developer actually responds to issues and fixes them, as well as adds new features frequently! The core things I feel dotpict is missing are the abilities to choose a custom canvas size and have more colors to set. It also really, really needs a messaging system, since most recent art is buried under arrows pointing to a message for someone. Overall, dotpict is certainly the best I’ve come across, but it’s very hard to get your art actually noticed amidst the chat threads.

This game is great! dotpict was my first digital art app and helped me learn the basics but then I started using other digital art apps I found out that this app was a lot harder then other art apps...first of all no layers, when I re-downloaded dotpict I found it hard to do anything without layers like c’mon...second I got logged out of my first account so I had to make a whole new account...third I wished you could private chat people or friend people...other then that it’s a great game so don’t let me stop you from trying it out like I said before dotpict helped me learn the basics of digital art apps!

I honestly really like this app! It’s easy to use, and overall a pretty good pixel art program. Though I do have a few complaints.

First off, it could be just me but whenever I try to draw on my 128 x 128 canvas, it crashes after a while. Maybe a few minutes between each crash? It’s pretty ridiculous, and makes it really annoying to draw complicated artwork.

Second, you guys need a messaging system really badly. Whenever I open dotpict and hit the ‘new’ page to browse through artwork, 75% of the posts would just be people posting an arrow and talking to people through the title. And that’s honestly really annoying. You guys can just message through tumblr or twitter or whatever you have, please stop spamming the newest posts with conversations that doesn’t allow actually good artwork to be seen by the public.

I love this and have been using it since day one on my old Galaxy s5 but since I’ve changed to iPhone 5s and downloaded it, it seems quite unoptimized. It always bugs when drawing on 96x96 canvas with x2 and x4 zooms and lags and takes a few seconds to actually add the pixels. But my biggest concern is that it is an absolute battery monster atm. I can’t use it in metro or etc and can only use it at home because of that which is pretty annoying. It would be amazing if Dev-chan could fix it! Also a few suggestions: custom canvas and infinite pallets so we can have more color variety on canvas.

Great UI, and extremely easy to use!
A few drawbacks are...

#1- I may have missed it, but I didn’t see an option for custom image dimensions.
It’s all set in “standard” presets (8, 16, 24, 32, etc.)

#2- when I exported my first image to my phone’s library, it auto smoothed it, which resulted in blurry pixels. (Still need to test going straight to drive tho)

#3- from my experience in the program, you are limited to 1 palette per image, and each “palette” can only contain 14 colors.
I haven’t run into a need for more (yet), but I can see how this may effect art pieces.

—Overall recommendation—
If you are just touching the surface of pixel art, and trying to learn it (#beginner), then I would highly recommend dotpict!
It’s easy to use, and comes with a community of inspiration and tips!

If you are one of those pixel masters (#pro myself) dotpict may only bring disappointment.
The options are quite limited compared to paid programs, and although the community is neat, there are many who “mock” pixel art by trying their pencil skills on dotpict (which may bring sadness lol).

If you think it looks neat, I would definitely recommend giving dotpict a try!

Hopefully this is noticed and fixed by the author. There seems to be a glitch with the rating system. For example, I posted an artwork yesterday that received about 10 likes. Then, the next day it has 90, which is the amount of likes I had for my other work. Sometimes this same number is shown for three or more artworks, and is a nuisance. It messes up the ratings system, and is confusing. Also, whenever I like an artwork, some of the surrounding artworks receive a like as well even if I did not like them. Don’t know if anyone else notices this issue, but I thought I’d announce it. Thanks for reading ;)

I came back to dotpict after a while (thanks to school) and saw that I couldn't switch my pen options! After I read the version history, I was a bit saddened, but understood.

However, in the future, if you can, please bring this mode back! It makes drawing easier for me. While I can live with dot mode, it would be nice to have pen mode back.

Otherwise, for those reading, this is a fantastic app. This is literally the best pixel art app out there. It could've been just a normal art app, but the creator went an extra mile to make it easy for a community for form! I love the way dotpict is structured and couldn't ask for a better one.

This has the absolute best interface of any pixel art app I've used. I will never delete this from my phone. The only request I have is that the maximum canvas size be updated to fit character art like SNK vs Capcom SVC Chaos. 96 x 96 isn't big enough for that. If the canvas size can go to 1000 x 1000, dotpict will be absolutely perfect. Maybe add an option to save multiple images to the same "folder" so that sprite animations can be consolidated rather than taking up the whole gallery. Thank you so much for making dotpict!

I used this app for a while now, and I just love the way you draw things on the canvas. It is really smooth and easy to use. That is the reason why I am sticking with this app for my pixel arts.
But there is definitely a few things the developers should consider adding into dotpict .
1. Importing pictures. It would make creating pixel art so much easier if we can import pictures into dotpict , 8 bit painter recently added this feature, and I really hope the developers of this app add this into dotpict .
2. More pens. You only get 15 pens and one back ground color for one pixel art. If you are familiar with pixel art, that is far from enough! So please add a way to save more colors

I know I am asking a lot here, but I think these are some features that would make dotpict so much better! And thank you developers for creating such a awesome app without putting any charges features into dotpict !

this app is literally so cool. I have been looking for a good, free digital pixel art platform and here it is! If you are reading this review and thinking of downloading it, I HIGHLY recommend it. The community is amazing, it’s easy to use, and has a very thorough tutorial. You can also publicly post your art to the community, or just keep it to yourself. One thing that might be a little tough is finding out how to find the “finished” button. I feel like it should be a but more obvious, but it’s overall a great app. Highly recommend!

Great app and I’ve used it for about two years and I’ve learned a lot about pixel art, but there’s this error that comes up very often that says I’m not logged on and I’ve tried logging back in and it doesn’t do anything, it only works after I leave it for about an hour. It’s really annoying and I used to use dotpict a lot more before this happened. Hopefully other people have noticed it and you know about it but I figured I’d write a review anyway because it’s been awhile since there’s been an update

dotpict is amazing and I love it although a long time ago I made a account. I recently found dotpict again but, I want to start fresh is there anyway I can make a new account? Because I want to make different and better artworks than my ones before but, I want to do that with a fresh account. Maybe I just can’t find the feature but if there isn’t I would really love if you could add one and, a lot of people might to. Anyways thank you for hearing me out if you do it is very much appreciated.

The animation feature is amazing but there is one thing I wish there was: onion skinning. When you put the next frame in, there’s no reference to the previous frame you did which can be tricky to animate in. You would have to guess what the previous frame look like and I was pretty tedious to try and make it look right. Maybe it’s in dotpict and I’m just not seeing it. But if not, I would highly recommend making an onion skin feature to go with the animation update. But amazing update guys!!!!

This is a very nice social media platform with little to no controversy or discourse. However, most of the content is made by people ages 12-15 so if you don’t want a platform with mainly children, dotpict isn’t for you. Despite that, everyone is very friendly and nice to each other! And making art is super fun! The only problem I have with it is that it’s hard to move the picture around when drawing zoomed in. And zooming in is a tad challenging as well. Otherwise, it’s really good and I would highly recommend getting dotpict!

I accidentally swiped a white line on my work without realizing, I fixed it, but then it told me Error and that I can’t use “reposting” because I violated guidelines. I remember once I accidentally posted something with only words because I forgot about that rule. But that was a while ago, a few months back, other than that I have not been informed of breaking anything, please help, I’m confused, even if it is because of that mistake, why would that take that action away from me forever?

Also I love dotpict, and I try my best to keep my work in guidelines

dotpict is by far the easiest way to make pixel art on the go. The trackpad-style drawing cursor is very intuitive, and the palette functionality lets you quickly experiment with different colors. The this app uploading service is a great way to share your artworks with other users.
I would like to see an iCloud sync feature for canvases, so I can work on the same canvas on my iPhone and my iPad. Currently, there is no way to transfer the canvas between devices. I would also like the ability to rearrange the colors on the palette so I could organize them better. Still, thank you for making such a wonderful app!

I was extremely surprised to see how well this worked! It works very well, and I'm very glad I found it. The cursor-like way you can hover over your drawing and plan out your drawing strokes before you add them is a very good feature. The color change does get bumped by me every now and then, but it's not that bad. All the more, dotpict is amazing.

However, if you could add a 'layers' feature, this would be great. I usually do a layer for basic sketches and then another for finishing touches. Also, an 'input picture' one would be great as well. So you could have a sketch ready to pix-ify! Thanks for this amazing app, and I look forward to seeing it grow in the future!

this could be a wonderful app for me to create my bead patterns, however, as it stands... NO!!! first you pick the palette you want to use... then you pick your pencil color. so far, so good. you must position the little red box with the pencil on the cell you wish to color. then you must go down to the “dot” at the bottom of the page, tap on it to place your color. then you must go back to that little red box, reposition it, then back to “dot”... and so on and so on and so on... so much wasted movement... by the time I tire of all this not-needed movement, my inspiration has flown out the window and my patience isn’t far behind. all I want is a simple, non-complicated program to design my beadwork patterns. sadly, this is not it...

It's a really cool app! Great way too socialize with other artists and drawing is smooth, the problem is the moderators. The moderators were fine at first but now they keep falsely banning people and deleting art pieces. I had my drawing of a poop emoji deleted because it was "grosteqe." When in the policy it never states I can't draw a poop emoji, it says I can't post heavy gore, And others have reported the same thing happening too them, since this more people have been quiting dotpict because of this. Another problem is dotpict not deleting extreme homophobia ( drawings of beating and setting lgbtqia+ people on fire), racism (same thing), violence, gore, and nudity. They need to look more carefully when inspecting reported works. I have seen lots more 18+ content and hatred. People try too step in but their art getting deleting. That's all.