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Dottie

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Score
5.7
Dottie's website

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Dottie, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Dottie's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

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PlanPriceWhat it gives you
Dottie€999, paid onceMac app · requires macOS 12.4 or later

The facts

Each one read from Dottie's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Animation
Frame animation includes a timeline, per-frame durations, frame tags, live preview, and sprite sheet, GIF, or APNG export.checked 11 Oct 2026
Brushes
Brush settings include multiple shapes and sizes, 17 dither levels, pixel perfect mode, pressure sizing, and horizontal or vertical symmetry.checked 11 Oct 2026
Drawing tools
It includes pencil, pen, airbrush, smudge, clone, fill, eraser, line, rectangle, oval, and eyedropper tools.checked 11 Oct 2026
File formats
The app imports and exports PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, ICO, PICO-8, and XPM; it also imports PSD, TGA, PICT, MacPaint, ICNS, CUR, and Piskel, and exports APNG and SVG.checked 11 Oct 2026
Layers
Layers support visibility, opacity, onion skin, solo, tileset, and animation modes.checked 11 Oct 2026
Notable limit
The maker says a standalone iPad version is in development; the current app can be used on an iPad connected as a Mac Sidecar display.checked 11 Oct 2026
Palettes
Users can create palettes, choose from 16 built-in presets, generate gradients, and import palettes from Lospec.checked 11 Oct 2026
Plugins and scripting
Dottie supports JavaScript plugins and AppleScript and JavaScript for Automation scripting.checked 11 Oct 2026
Plugin security
The maker says plugins run sandboxed, with file access limited to files users explicitly choose.checked 11 Oct 2026
Purpose
Dottie is a native Mac pixel art editor for creating sprites, tilesets, icons, portraits, and other artwork.checked 11 Oct 2026
Refunds and installs
The maker says App Store purchases can be installed on up to 10 devices, including a maximum of five computers, under the same Apple ID; Apple handles refunds.checked 11 Oct 2026
Support
The maker accepts support inquiries, bug reports, and feature requests through social accounts or email, and says email responses may be slower.checked 11 Oct 2026
System requirement
Dottie requires macOS Monterey 12.4 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
Vector and SVG
Vector layers support editable objects and groups, and can copy and paste SVG shapes to and from other vector apps.checked 11 Oct 2026

Where it runs

Mac features
The app supports autosave and restore, multiple windows, Dark Mode, Quick Look previews, and iPad Sidecar.checked 11 Oct 2026

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