# SpiroDoodle — user reviews > 73 indexed App Store user reviews of SpiroDoodle by Jared P DeGraffenried, rated 4.60/5 from 137 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spirodoodle/id333181506/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spirodoodle/id333181506.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 110 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of SpiroDoodle? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✨ Addictive and fun - 🎨 Great for creating patterns - 😌 Relaxing and meditative - 👍 Easy to use - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for all ages - 💡 Inspires creativity - 🌟 Timeless classic - 🖼️ Produces beautiful designs - 💯 Simple perfection - 🚫 No ads **Cons** - 🤔 Lacks instructions - 🖌️ Lines can be crude/jagged - 🎨 Color bleeding issues - 📉 Novelty wears off - 🤏 Small drawing area - 💸 Overpriced (for some) - 📉 Colors can be drab **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when exporting - Cannot save work/images not appearing - App crashes/closes unexpectedly - App behaving erratically - Glitchy/glitches every 2 minutes - Fill feature fills outside boundaries - Lines are crude with straight segments and sharp angles - Color bleeds through lines - Lines are not very clean/pixels - Small lines are gone after update **Most requested features** - Eraser tool - Instructions/tutorial - Online multiplayer/competition - Higher resolution export - More cool stuff/features - Zoom feature - Smoother lines - Gradient feature - Layers and layer blending - Better color selection/shades of grey - Ability to save color palettes - Step-by-step redo option - Smaller line option - More complex icons/example pictures ## Newest reviews (13 of 73) ### 4/5 — Meditation *2024-09-26, version 1.8.9* Great for finding simple moments in a hectic day ### 4/5 — One thing is missing. *2021-06-28, version 1.8.9* It needs an eraser tool. I would like to be able to create a line and then erase part of it. ### 5/5 — Always fun! *2016-12-01, version 1.8.5* This has been good from the start and now just got better with all the new improvements. Very addictive! ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2016-11-19, version 1.8.1* This app is extremely easy to use and at the same time create very detailed drawings! Love it! You can draw mandalas and a lot more. Wide range of colors to pick from. Just so relaxing and enjoyable. Can't wait to see what new features will be coming! ### 4/5 — Spirdoodl *2015-07-07, version 1.7.1* I Love Spirdoodl! ### 5/5 — Addictive *2015-01-27, version 1.7.1* Just what I was looking for as a keen zentangle doodler this is so much fun. Not serious just giggle making fun. ### 5/5 — Cool *2014-10-14, version 1.7.1* Amazing game just can't stop thinking about it. But fed up trying to find a nickname. ### 5/5 — Great *2014-10-07, version 1.7.1* A very simple clean app that's perfectly designed. A family favorite for years, my kids have enjoyed it since the younger one was 2 and still do now that the older one is 8. Essential. Kudos to the developer. ### 4/5 — Love, love, love it! But...... *2013-11-08, version 1.5* Lately the app has been behaving erratically...closing unexpectedly and/or dumping designs. Removed it and reloaded to no avail. Looked on website for some way to contact support but there is none. I would pay for the app if it stayed up and even more for more options like creating and saving color palettes! Thanks! ### 5/5 — Wow! *2013-09-28, version 1.5* Hours of fun and beauty. This app will teach balance, color and texture principles that will delight any budding artist. It's range goes from silly fooling around to complex articulated geometric crystals and mandalas. You can undo steps you don't like, and save your work at any point with a single touch. I'm loving it, and I'm 65 years old! ### 5/5 — Amazing! Fun! Creative! *2013-03-15, version 1.5* I love this app. I cannot stop playing and drawing. There are lots of creative possibilities. You can really make some incredible art with this app. It works flawlessly. I recommend you try it with the option that uses the color wheel to pick the colors for you. This is very expanding. Plus you always get the last six colors to make your own enhancements. The undo feature is nice also. You can even turn down the mirroring to 2 and make a face or butterfly. This is the best art app I have ever bought. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2013-03-14, version 1.5* Can you make another one for us? ### 5/5 — Best of the Best *2013-03-12, version 1.5* by Theophilus Really impresive app. But since March 2013 it IS NOT SAVING in camara rol. PLEASE arrange whaever is the bug..... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Crashes when trying to export *2020-01-13, version 1.8.7* I thought I’d found a great app but whenever I try to export the image to camera roll, the app crashes😔 ### 2/5 — Needs instructions *2018-04-24, version 1.8.5* I have no idea how to use this app. ### 2/5 — Color bleeds through, overpriced *2016-11-07, version 1.8.1* No, this app should not cost $1. The colors bleed through the lines, making it difficult to fill the desired areas without crossing over. The lines themselves are not very clean. Pixels! It's a fun app, but if you want to sell it, please improve the quality. ### 2/5 — Could do with refinement *2012-12-19, version 1.5* The idea is good, but the lines are crude, with straight segments and sharp angles instead of smooth curves. Correcting this would improve the effects enormously. ### 2/5 — OK ......... I guess, maybe, perhaps .......... 😚 *2012-07-03, version 1.5* I got sucked in by the "pretty colours" but honestly, you soon tire of this App as there are just so many things you can create before the novelty wears off fairly quickly. You don't seem to have much control over the shapes either but maybe I just missed the templates or maybe just lost interest, period! Might be better suited to little kids but think I did my ninety nine cents (again) on this one. Drawing area is too small and inflexible ......... Sorry, not worth it guys! ### 2/5 — Attention UI Hags *2010-07-28, version 0* Beware of this app's wretched interface! (nasty, pixelated controls, circa 1995) ### 3/5 — Good but……… *2022-07-15, version 1.8.9* I like this app and downloaded it to try and make mandalas for paper cutting. Have managed to produce some very basic designs but if you don’t have an artist’s skill or a steady hand there is no way to produce anything like are shown in the description for the app. One thing that would be VERY useful is some instructions to get you started. If there are any, I certainly can’t find them. All in all it’s a good app to pass away an hour or so but not really what I was looking for ### 3/5 — Such a good game but *2020-03-31, version 1.8.7* L lovvvvvvvve it’s such a great game but it needs more cool stuff like we’re u can go online with people and compete with them and see who can make the best picture other wise it’s a great game this for making this game ### 3/5 — Love the app, want higher resolution pictures! *2013-04-16, version 1.5* I really enjoy this app, but find it very frustrating that the pictures aren't all that much. ### 3/5 — :/ *2013-01-25, version 1.5* Would be awesome, if it didn't glitch every 2 minutes... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Timeless Classic *2024-06-02, version 1.8.9* I used this as a child back when if was a simple PC program. I couldn't believe it was still available on the app store. It's still simple perfection! Bravo, Jared! ### 5/5 — Great for exploring color combinations and patterns *2022-04-16, version 1.8.9* Almost perfect mandala maker but also allows freehand drawing and filling. Intuitive interface that strikes an excellent balance between features and simplicity. Thank you for making this app!! ### 5/5 — great *2020-09-21, version 1.8.7* this app is amazing and has helped me develop new ideas for my art!!! thank you ### 5/5 — Sanity Keeper *2020-09-10, version 1.8.7* I'm not much of an artist but I know what looks good. This app helps me bridge the gap. And fun. ### 5/5 — Awesome graphics *2020-08-04, version 1.8.7* Exactly what I I’ve been searching for, great work 👍 ### 5/5 — Best mandala app in the App Store *2020-07-13, version 1.8.7* Even better than Lemmings Mandala, which has been hours of fun & creative relaxation with the grandchildren. Thanks for continuing to update! I would hate to lose this app 💚💙💜 PS: people complaining about ‘this game’ don’t understand mandalas. If you like to draw mandalas, if you simply enjoy the relaxing art of pattern-making, you will enjoy this app. As for ‘should be free’ — it more-or-less *is* free. I’ve had it for more than eight years, used it at least once a week averaged out, by myself, with the grandchildren — nice alone mindfulness time, good teaching experience and fun time for the little ones. . . . Plus it’s constantly being updated. Yeah. How dare the devs charge $6 or whateveritwas for that paltry offering 😂 ### 5/5 — So fun to stop playing! *2020-04-30, version 1.8.7* This game is so fun whenever I can’t color on paper this game is the game to play and no ads! ### 5/5 — Love it. *2019-12-01, version 1.8.7* Great update. Thanks for all you did. It works great except I can not save my work. It says it is saved Nd when I,go,to my saved images they are not there. ### 5/5 — New updates! Yaaay!!!! *2019-11-30, version 1.8.7* App works great now. No crashes and closings for no apparent reason. I love this app now. It’s one of my favs. Thanks dev! ### 5/5 — Excellent for relaxation!! ⭐️ *2018-05-21, version 1.8.5* Same as I remember as a kid!!! love it! --- *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 2026-08-01.*