efer sprite
Early AccessPixel art editor for Android & Huawei
with .aseprite compatibility
A dedicated mobile pixel art editor for Android and Huawei devices built to create, open, edit and save .aseprite projects right on your phone or tablet. Engineered for handheld workflows, it provides a canvas in your pocket, along with Windows and Linux ready whenever you need heavy detailing.
✦ Sketch your raw game assets anywhere on mobile. Drop the .aseprite file straight into your Game Engine or desktop editor later.
Designed from the ground up for indie game developers and mobile pixel artists. Zero conversion friction—capture sudden inspiration on your phone with full layer data intact, ready for seamless production pipeline integration.
Mobile-First Game Dev Workflow
Mobile-First Canvas
Pencil, eraser, basic shapes, and precision rulers designed specifically for responsive, small-screen touch interfaces.
Layers
Add, remove, and manage layers on the go. Your canvas structures stay true to industry standards.
Game Engine Ready
Saves directly to .aseprite format. Drop your files instantly into Godot, Defold, Bevy, or other major industry game engines directly from your mobile device storage.
Desktop Companions
Need heavy detailing? Open your ongoing mobile work on Windows or Linux.
Current Features
Multi-Frame & Animation
Create and manage animations with frame duration control, onion skinning for smooth motion tracking, and cellular control including adding, reordering, linking, and per-cel opacity.
Drawing & Shapes
Pencil, eraser, basic shapes, a specialized triangle tool, and precision rulers. Now slightly more responsive with reduced input lag.
Magic Wand
A core wand tool for color-based area selection, featuring adjustable color tolerance and its own dedicated 8-way or 4-way search behavior setup.
Flood Fill
Fill connected areas quickly with color, now featuring its own independent toggle for 4-way or 8-way directional search to better fit your coloring workflow.
Boundary Selection Options
Includes Inner Selection to help you select all pixels enclosed within a selected boundary, and Outer Selection to select the exposed area outside a selected boundary, expanding up to the canvas edges.
Canvas Navigator
Upgraded from the basic canvas radar! You can now navigate your canvas by simply dragging the center part of the radar camera.
Layers
Add, remove, and reorder layers as needed. Includes Alpha Blending for smoother per-layer opacity control, plus new blend modes added directly to layer properties.
Touch & Input
A specialized touch overlay and straightforward desktop keyboard shortcuts to help with your workflow.
Text Tool
Basic text input support for when you just need to add quick notes or labels.
Color Palette
Cleaned up for a more organized workflow, featuring an improved color picker, optional color mixing, and new thematic palettes (Fire, Metal, Common Alchemy). Now supports loading palettes directly from .aseprite files in addition to .hex.
Last Project Cache
Attempts to cache your last session for quick access upon reopening.
Anywhere Access & Export
Save and open .aseprite projects to continue your work anywhere. Export your animations directly into high-quality, loopable GIF format for easy sharing and previewing, building upon existing support for static PNG and WebP exports.
FAQ
Can I open .aseprite files on Android or mobile?
Yes. efer sprite lets you create, open, edit, and save .aseprite files on Android and Huawei devices, ensuring your pixel art workflows remain fully intact even when crafting on your mobile device.
Does efer sprite support layers?
Yes. You can create, reorder, rename, and manage layers with ease. Through the .aseprite format, all your layer data remains fully intact for seamless production pipeline integration.
Can I use efer sprite for game development?
Absolutely. efer sprite is built for mobile game development, empowering pixel artists and indie developers to create game assets on the go. Whether you are using Android or Huawei device, you can easily prepare assets directly from your mobile phone, ready to power Godot, Defold, Bevy, and other industry-standard engines.
Does efer sprite support animation timelines?
Yes! Starting from v0.6.0, efer sprite supports multi-frame and animationmanagement. This includes frame duration control, onion skinning for smooth motion tracking, and advanced cellular control to add, reorder, link cels, or adjust per-cel opacity.
Where can I download efer sprite mobile pixel art editor?
You can download efer sprite on the Google Play Store and Huawei AppGallery. For more detailed work, a desktop version is also available on the Microsoft Store for Windows and via Itch.io for Linux.