Trial and activation

Start your trial

The trial and activation steps on this page apply to the itch.io download.

Choose Start trial in the activation dialog. No account or internet connection is required. The trial starts once Pixelithra saves its trial information on your computer. It lasts 15 consecutive days, including days when Pixelithra is closed. All drawing tools, native saving and exports are available. If you dismissed the dialog, choose Trial and Activation… at the right of the menu bar to start the trial.

Check the remaining days at the right of the menu bar. If you started a trial in an earlier version, the 15 days are counted from your original start date. Keep your system clock correct. A significant backward change or unreadable trial data can require clock correction or purchase activation.

When the trial ends

New and Open become unavailable until you activate a purchase. Documents already open remain editable: you can save, export and close them. Recovery remains available. Pixelithra does not interrupt your work with an expiry dialog. Use the trial indicator at the right of the menu bar when you are ready to activate.

Buy and activate

Buy opens Pixelithra on itch.io. A free demo download alone does not activate a purchase.

After buying, choose Sign in and authorize Pixelithra in your browser using the itch.io account that owns it. Return to Pixelithra to finish activation. After activation, you can work offline without a trial deadline. The same application and documents are used; no license key needs to be pasted.

If sign-in fails or you cancel it, an existing valid trial or purchase remains available. Check your connection and account, then retry by clicking the account or trial indicator.

Your activated account appears at the right of the menu bar. Click it to open activation details. A missing avatar does not affect activation.

Update Pixelithra

Starting with version 0.54.0 on itch.io, choose Help > Check for Updates… to compare your installed version with the latest release. Opening Help > About Pixelithra also checks automatically and shows the result under your version.

If an update is available, choose the option that matches how you installed Pixelithra:

• Open in the itch.io app opens the Pixelithra page in the client. For an existing installation, close Pixelithra and use Manage > Check for update in the client. Relaunch Pixelithra once the update finishes.
• Download on itch.io opens the website so you can download and extract the new ZIP if you installed manually.

For Steam installations, use the Steam client to manage updates.