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24 alternatives to Shelf-Life

Liven up your home page by adding little pixel-art objects

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shelf-Life launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1IS
   I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display▲1,145

   I built the world's most impractical 1000-pixel display and anyone in the world can draw on it. It draws a single pixel at a time and takes 30-60 minutes to complete a single image. Anyone can participate in the project by voting for the next image to be drawn, and submitting images. https://kilopx.com/

   2025 · benholmen.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Buy a Pixel▲320

   Get yourself a place in the history of Internet

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Disposable▲173

   Nostalgic disposable camera app

   2020 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   David’s Disposable▲200

   Take your photos and wait for them to develop

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   One Dot▲151

   Visualize your life in dots with a daily-updating wallpaper

   Jan 2026 · onedot.vercel.app · its alternatives →

6. 6IT
   I took over Painteresque, a 14 year old Objective-C app and rebuilt it▲117

   Around 3 weeks ago, I came across a reddit post from someone who was looking to see if anyone was interested in taking over a 12-14 year old objective c app which hadn't been on the app store for many years. I responded and decided to do it. The app is called Painteresque. It lets you turn photos to charcoal drawings, paintings etc while doing all the processing locally on device: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/painteresque-photo-to-sketch/i... The app is entirely free to use, has no ads, third party analytics, trackers, subscriptions or other junk. It does offer…

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Dailyx▲150

   Convert your photos into life-capturing movies

   2021 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   New Pixels▲89

   An amazing pixel art editing tool for iOS!

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Later Cam▲174

   Turn your phone into an old-school disposable camera

   2022 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pixel Pix▲113

    Turn your photos into pixel art

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pixellate▲102

    A simple and easy-to-use pixel art creator with offline mode

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Art.com for iPhone▲84

    Shop for art & gallery walls with AR

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Pixel Widgets▲83

    Custom retro iOS 14 widgets

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Living Art Screensaver▲5

    Screensaver with new AI-animated artworks every night

    Jul 2026 · living-art-screensaver.com · its alternatives →

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    Turning my 10y old tablet into digital photo frame▲26

    I built a digital photo frame, from my a-decade-old tablet, running android 4.4.4. It cycles through photos from a shared Google Photos album, switching up the display every hour.

    2024 · pankajtanwar.in · its alternatives →

16. 16
    RememberMe▲8

    Personal catalogue for cherished items, best for declutter.

    2024 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Frames▲11

    Create stunning posters for your apps easily!

    Apr 2026 · useframes.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Add A Pixel▲11

    Realtime online collaborative pixel art game

    2025 · addapixel.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Pixel Art Adult Colouring Book▲3

    Happy Coloring & Paint Drawing

    Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    PixelPop▲3

    A cozy pixel art color-by-number app for relaxing breaks

    May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    AppScreenshot Creator▲6

    Create App Store & Google Play screenshots in minutes

    Jul 2026 · appscreenshotcreator.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Local Gallery▲6

    Make image galleries and turn your screen into a photo frame

    Dec 2025 · nonconfirmed.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    FrameMyScreen▲15

    Turn Your boring Screenshots to Awesome Animated Mockups!

    2024 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Pixel Art Coloring (Android Game App)▲3

    Let your imagination run wild and create stunning pixel art!

    2023 · its alternatives →

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