# Poetics — A visual poetry app

> Visual poetry creation and exploration app with mutable text and gestural controls. (iPhone/iPad app by Soulincode Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/poetics/id543995959 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Soulincode Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/543995962)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Education
- Price: $2.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 68 App Store ratings · 91 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.7 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Polish
- Released: 2013-07-09
- Data updated: 2026-09-07
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/poetics/id543995959/reviews.md

## What is Poetics?

Poetics is a visual poetry app focused on developing concepts of mutable, semiotic poetry and decentralized art.

The app is an ongoing project by Seth Indigo Carnes, an artist based in New York City. Poetics is used in over 150 countries, across languages and cultures.

Art features:

• mutable text
• chance operations
• ephemeral missives
• gestural semiotics
• nonlinear flux
• meta tangents
• intermedia cutups
• multimodal love

App features:

• works on all iOS devices
• portrait and landscape compositions
• curated set of font choices
• always editable, saved work
• custom photo filters
• minimal text styling and color
• physics-based interactions
• nuanced gestural control
• zoom in and out for detailed work
• write in multiple languages
• speak your words into app

Music in App Store preview courtesy of Patrick Golden and Jim Clouse of Parkwest Records.

Feedback or thoughts? hello@poetics.app

Metta

## Key features

- Mutable text
- Chance operations
- Gestural semiotics
- Physics-based interactions
- Custom photo filters
- Voice input
- Multiple languages

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $2.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Whitman | $0.99 | one-time |
| Cage | $0.99 | one-time |
| Mallarmé | $0.99 | one-time |
| Basquiat | $0.99 | one-time |
| Duchamp | $0.99 | one-time |
| Baskerville | $0.99 | one-time |
| Didot | $0.99 | one-time |
| Gill Sans | $0.99 | one-time |
| Filter Pack | $5.99 | one-time |
| Font Pack | $5.99 | one-time |
| Avenir | $0.99 | one-time |
| Cochin | $0.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #70 in Top Paid · Graphics & Design (US App Store)

## What do users think of Poetics?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎨 Creative expression outlet
- 🖼️ Elegant and unique design
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💡 Innovative concept
- ✨ Great for visual poetry
- 🖼️ Good for creating wallpapers
- 💌 Ability to send postcards
- 🤩 Fun to use
- 🎨 Encourages creativity
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🌟 Good for short blogging
- 💯 High quality user interface
- 🖼️ Great for adding text to photos
- ✨ Makes ordinary extraordinary
- 💡 Unique way to create
- 🎨 Artsy and easy to use
- 👍 Good product
- 🖼️ Slick looking
- 💖 Lovely, easy to use
- ✨ Beautiful app

**Cons**

- 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
- 💰 Don't waste money
- 👎 Poor quality
- 🐛 Text functionality messy
- 😩 Hard to position text
- 🚫 Can't paste into app
- 🔠 Limited font options
- ✍️ Word limit per screen
- 😩 Difficult to adjust text
- 💸 Waste of money
- 🚫 No community features
- 😩 Headache to arrange words
- 👎 Weak app
- 🚫 No tools for poets
- 😩 Restricted aspect ratio
- 🐛 Text font not customizable
- 🐛 Cropping is odd
- 🐛 Reduces photo resolution
- 😩 Hard to put words where you want
- 🚫 Not much flexibility
- 🐛 Text is too big and chunky
- 🐛 Text stands out too much

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes constantly
- Freezes up with replace option
- Saving in messenger is broken
- Crashes when tapping text button
- Crashes before sending postcard
- Crashes on specific photos
- App doesn't open
- Crashes losing all edits
- Only crashes when sending postcard
- Reduces photo resolution
- Text blurry when using software background images

**Most requested features**

- More fonts
- Ability to type longer phrases
- Add return key
- Broader selection of type faces
- Automatic text wrapping
- Resizing text to fit window
- More features
- Different font or text styles
- Control aspect ratio
- Control image size
- iPad version
- Square image support
- More text box length and size options
- Tint white backgrounds behind words
- More fonts or layouts
- Suggested text for when word-poor
- Ability to string poems together in stanzas for email
- Change font types
- Use text without the 'label'
- Rotate picture ability
- Text takes on filter appearance
- Make app compatible with iPads
- Add more editing features

## Recent user reviews (10 of 91)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/poetics/id543995959/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Not much to do to make it tougher to use

*2025-02-18, version 2.2.3*

Not easy to use. Found that it zooms in and once you try to adjust to position the text, then it is hard to re-edit the text.

### 1/5 — BE VERY CAREFUL.. I DONT RECOMMEND THIS

*2023-04-20, version 2.2.2*

I downloaded this apps based on a written reviewed in an article that I get from google search. Within seconds, I feel disappointed for downloading this apps at the first place. 
Don’t make the same mistake like me. 

Here’s my experience with this Apps: Just by downloading this apps, I already have to pay IDR 49.000, then after downloaded, just when I want to start and try it, it keeps asking me to pay another extra payment for whatever that I click in this apps. I have tried to choose picture, text, filter, all will only make the apps stops with a notification to unlocked it with extra payment.. Can’t imagine, just for 1 basic font (avenir) I have to pay extra IDR 16.000????? How many fonts would you expect me to pay !!?

I have deleted this apps and my reco is final: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS TO YOUR PHONE

### 4/5 — Like fridge poetry + picture

*2023-04-09, version 2.2.2*

I love this simple app. I thought it was gone because for some reason it wasn’t amongst my apps. Just by chance someone in our digital artist group used it and I said “what???” Love having it back and it remembered I had already downloaded the in-app purchase! Thanks for keeping this up.

### 1/5 — This is a joke

*2023-02-14, version 2.2.2*

Don’t waste your money. You can only write 3 words on a single screen. Scammers. Should be taken down from the App Store. Jerks scamming poets are the lowest humans

### 3/5 — Great at first, but text functionality is messy

*2022-11-18, version 2.2.1*

I really like the simplicity of the app, and it is very slick looking. Unfortunately, working with the text is not that easy. Automatic text wrapping and resizing to fit the window would it a lot more user friendly (apologies if this is something that it can do, but if it does, it is unintuitive). Still, I will keep an eye on this; as slick as it is at first, I’m sure the developers will make it a lot better as time goes on.

### 5/5 — Thanks for changing the pricing model

*2022-11-17, version 2.2.1*

Thanks for changing the pricing model. 

With Kind Regards~

### 5/5 — Fun with fonts.

*2022-01-15, version 2.2*

Adding fonts to your poetic is pretty neat. I just wish there was a broader selection of type faces but this is definitely a neat addition to an already great app.

### 5/5 — Great text-image app

*2021-12-25, version 2.2*

I love the elegant and unique design of the app. 
Great !!

### 4/5 — Fun

*2021-04-30, version 2.1*

This is a fun app.  For future it could become more entertaining and useful if fonts, colors, and other variabilities were included.  Adding a return key or ability to type longer phrases would be really useful. 

Regardless of these needed additions, it is a very useful app.  Thanks for the creation.

### 1/5 — Can’t paste into the app

*2020-10-22, version 2.1*

You can’t paste anything into the app. Huge flaw, waste of money on my part. Lucky it was only $3

## Frequently asked questions about Poetics

### What is Poetics?

Poetics is a visual poetry app designed for creating and exploring mutable, semiotic poetry and decentralized art. It offers features like mutable text, chance operations, and gestural controls to facilitate nonlinear compositions.

### What are the key features of Poetics?

Key features include mutable text, chance operations, gestural semiotics, physics-based interactions, custom photo filters, and the ability to write in multiple languages or speak words into the app. It also supports portrait and landscape compositions and offers a curated set of font choices.

### Is Poetics free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. Specific details about what these purchases entail are not provided in the description, but they likely relate to unlocking additional features or content.

### What devices is Poetics compatible with?

Poetics works on all iOS devices. It supports both portrait and landscape orientations, allowing for flexible composition on various screen sizes.

### Who is Poetics for?

This app is for artists, poets, and anyone interested in experimenting with visual poetry and digital art. Its unique features cater to those looking to explore new forms of creative expression beyond traditional writing.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.4 — 2025-06-15

Minor bug fixes and update of music for the app preview.

### 2.2.3 — 2024-08-25

This update features access for all app owners to the Poetics Discord community, where users can connect with one another, also the art and poetry movements connected to the project. The Discord is accessible on the Info > Connect screen. See you there :)

### 2.2.2 — 2022-12-24

Thanks for being a part of this evolving visual poetry artwork and project. This small update fixes a few bugs and makes subtle improvements to the experience unlocking all fonts or all filters as an in-app purchase. 

Feedback or thoughts? hello@poetics.app

### 2.2.1 — 2022-10-31

Thanks for being a part of this evolving visual poetry artwork and project. This small update adds the option to purchase and unlock all fonts or all filters as a single, discounted in-app purchase. 

Feedback or thoughts? hello@poetics.app

### 2.2 — 2021-12-24

Thanks for being a part of this evolving visual poetry artwork and project. This update features a set of curated font choices available as in-app purchases.

Feedback or thoughts? 
hello@poetics.app

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-07.*