PaintCAD 4Windows vs Pixelmator

Simply download package, unpack, and use: no installation/setup/registry are required. Furthermore, all settings are saved in its own folder.

The cursor on the image allows you to move it to any pixel of your image and place colored pixels precisely. You can draw on a small notebook (when travelling on a train or bus, for example), or in any other situation where you don't have access to a mouse.

All the user has to do is download the software and put it to use: draw images, create animations (gif), videos (avi), tilemaps, draw raster PCF fonts, and use it on your images for free!

The interface and help system have two localizations (English and Russian) included in the distributive package.

PaintCAD 4Windows doesn't need any .net, java, or other VM installed: it is a pure Windows 32-bit application and will work on every Windows-based operating system starting from Windows 95 until Windows 10.

Pixelmator's interface is pleasant to look at, easy to use and specifically optimized for OS X users, making it very intuitive for long-time Mac users.

Not only does Piexelmator provide easy to use tools that you should expect in any image editor, it also has rare tools such as layer styles, liquify tools and OS X optimized, fast image manipulation engine among others.

Layer styles allow non-destructively applying effects to a layer.

Dozens of visual effects available, easily discovered from the visual Effects Browser, broken into categories. Effects have interactive dialogs and live preview.

Pixelmator can be used across any number of monitors.

Gives you common image editing capabilities almost instantly.

Pixelmator's image engine is specifically optimized for use with Macs, providing one the best performance results available on OS X.

Pixelmator costs just $30 on the App Store. Additionally, it often comes bundled with other software that you might also find useful bringing the price down.