# Whorl, Playful Art & Design — Awaken your creativity > App for creating generative art, graphic images, and animations with customizable styles and shapes. (iPhone/iPad app by Kinetic Aesthetic, Inc..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whorl-playful-art-and-design/id1198387173 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Kinetic Aesthetic, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/540620731) - Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.60/5 from 207 App Store ratings · 45 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 70 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2017-08-02 - Data updated: 2026-07-27 - Monetization: freemium - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whorl-playful-art-and-design/id1198387173/reviews.md ## What is Whorl, Playful Art & Design? Playfully create original graphic images, generative art, and animation. Explore shapes, styles, textures, colors, patterns, and symmetry for fun, relaxation and online sharing. STYLES 35 unique, carefully crafted generative styles to express yourself. Combine with any of the shapes and colors to play without end. SHAPES Explore over a hundred variations. Customize your whorl with square, triangle, round, number & letter shapes. COLORS Whorl’s coloring system has a unique way of applying colors to a style. Select the colors yourself or let whorl choose superb color combinations. SCULPT Change volume, twist, rotate and glitch. Physical manipulation, as fun and easy as playing with clay. PATTERN Wander the sphere of geometric patterns. Try each of the 4 different pattern types using your whorl image as the source. Each pattern type can be resized and rotated in real-time to create a wealth of variations. REFLECT Create symmetrical spectacle using whorl's multi-axis mirror. Select up to 4 mirror options and rotate the axis lines to reflect your Whorl. PHOTO Mix your own image or photo with a Whorl creation right in the app. Choose out of 8 blend modes, change Contrast, Brightness, and Grayscale levels to tune your photo into wicked art. Use the Whorl Photo feature to create artistic photos, mix two whorl images, overlay textures, patterns, logo’s, and whatever one comes up with. The Photo overlay and pattern feature requires​ iOS 11 or newer. Due to hardware limitations, the devices that don’t support the Photo feature are​ iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3. Privacy policy http://wwwhorl.com/privacy-policy.html HIGH RESOLUTION With a Whorl Pro subscription, you have unlimited access to save a 4k image of your beautiful whorl creations. High-res images are great to find beautiful cut-outs & details to post online, high-res projections and making your own prints. RECORD Record and conduct your whorl in motion! Toggle volume, rotation, and glitch to change how your whorl will be automatically animated. Record directly inside whorl to export a video. The Screen Recording feature requires​ iOS 11 or newer. SHARE Save your image as a better rendered 1024 x 1024 pixel image to share online. We’re sharing regularly on Instagram. Find and connect with us @whorl or tag your shared whorl creations using #whorl. We love to see what you create. PRO Try the app as long as you like using the free styles and shapes. You get to play with the Pro elements for a certain amount of actions. To continue using all shapes, styles, colors, remove watermarks and export high-res images please consider purchasing Whorl Pro. You can purchase Whorl Pro once, or you can purchase a subscription and get Whorl Pro for a limited time. The subscription length is either per month or per year. A yearly subscription gives you a ​substantial discount. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase . Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period . Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal . Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Terms of service http://wwwhorl.com/terms-of-service.html GET IN TOUCH For any questions or comments, we love to hear from you. Email: hello@wwwhorl.com Instagram: Follow us @whorl for regular examples and inspiration. ## Key features - Generative art styles - Customizable shapes and colors - Sculpting and manipulation tools - Geometric pattern generation - Multi-axis mirroring for symmetry - Photo blending and overlay - High-resolution image export - Animation recording ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Whorl iOS Early Adopter | $4.99 | per 6 months | | Whorl iOS subscription 1 month | $3.99 | per month | | Whorl iOS subscription 1 year | $24.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Whorl Pro (Purchase Once) | $39.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 45) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whorl-playful-art-and-design/id1198387173/reviews.md ### 5/5 — I love Whorl *2026-04-25, version 4.1.13* This is a brilliant app. I have nothing but admiration for the makers of Whorl, this app has endless possibilities, whether you are professional or just trying digital art making for the first time. Let your kids try it! Tell your friends and family! It is endlessly fascinating to work with, producing both still and animated images. ### 3/5 — 3D shapes app, Whorl *2025-06-21, version 4.1.13* 2025 Review: Whorl creates pretty kaleido-style designs and wallpapers. Not sure if I am a Pro or not; I would have purchased for one-time fee, but no "Settings" section that I can find. Only reason I subtracted 2 stars is that apps like this are too difficult to use in portrait-mode only on iPad Pro 12.9" in landscape mode, necessitating turning the entire thing sideways! What are these developers thinking? LANDSCAPE MODE PLEASE!!! ### 3/5 — Can’t export hi-res image w/selected background color *2025-02-27, version 4.1.13* As noted, the hi-res image only saves w/ transparent background. What’s the point of a pro subscription if you can’t export as you designed? You have to go into photos, select the image, go into a layout program and add fussily add back—if you can match it—the background color you designed the image with. And even if you do that, there can be artifact colors introduced from the copy and paste, so lots of touch up time required if you want to go forward. These transparent files can’t be placed into Illustrator without massive color distortions. I should’ve tested the Pro subscription instead buying outright. Waste of money. Wow. ### 5/5 — 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 *2024-10-22* I sometimes feel it’s more comfortable to use the app in landscape mode. Can you please add ability to also work in landscape mode in a future update? ### 5/5 — Amazingly Creative App That I’d Purchase… *2024-04-19, version 4.1.13* .. @£19.99 I almost clicked on the ‘Buy Button’ in the app today, but I simply cannot allow myself to pay £40.00 for it, it’s tempting, though. Why is it so tempting? This app has so very much creative scope for the iPad User that you can create infinite pieces of graphic delight to suit whatever frame of mind you are in. I’m hugely grateful the developers have created such a cool tool, and I’d never want them to ‘give away’ their time for next to nothing as many people seem to think developers should - no! I’m always happy to support developers who create a great product that receives intermediate updates and, most importantly, has great customer support - ‘Whorl’ has everything I mention. So, what’s the issue? Quite simply: an amount of £20.00 to purchase the app is more fair than £40.00. I imagine it’d also attract a whole lot more customers making the purchase, too. So, lower the £ & increase the custom! ### 3/5 — It’s good but *2024-01-27, version 4.1.12* Is good but should have free things so people can try more and have more fun with out having to pay ### 3/5 — Poor image prints & no aspect ratio to change *2023-07-04, version 4.1.11* This app has great looking images…as long as you don’t want to print them! They cleverly don’t let you create the ‘4K’ images without payment, if I had I would not have purchased. Wasted my £39.99 and not happy at all. Expensive app, brand new M2 iPad and printouts look really washed out, and trying to make an image a bit larger makes it much worse. I was hoping to get some decent wall art, but not a chance unless I collage many small images in to one larger one. Plus, WHY on earth is video recording in 1440 portrait?? With no way to select ‘normal` aspect ratio. Who watches portrait videos on tv’s….. ### 5/5 — Whorl fan forever *2022-12-09* I recently took a long hiatus from creating art due to life’s challenges. I reinstalled it and now remember how much I love creating graphic art with this app. This app deserves more great reviews. I hope the developer continues to support it for a very long time. ### 1/5 — Pfft *2022-10-04, version 4.1.11* Lol. This app is so dumb, it’s literally the same shape with like a bunch of other patterns. It doesn’t do anything. All you do is spin it around ### 5/5 — Love *2022-07-30, version 4.1.11* Great app … can’t say enough good things about it. ## Frequently asked questions about Whorl, Playful Art & Design ### What kind of art can I create with this app? This app allows you to create original graphic images, generative art, and animations. You can explore various shapes, styles, textures, colors, patterns, and symmetry to craft unique visual pieces. ### What are the key features for creating art? Key features include over 35 generative styles, a hundred shape variations, a unique coloring system, sculpting tools for physical manipulation, geometric pattern generation, multi-axis mirroring for symmetry, and the ability to blend your creations with your own photos. ### How much does the app cost? The app offers a free version with access to basic styles and shapes. To unlock all features, remove watermarks, and export high-resolution images, you can purchase Whorl Pro either as a one-time purchase or through a monthly or yearly subscription. ### What are the compatibility requirements for advanced features? The Photo overlay and pattern features require iOS 11 or newer. Due to hardware limitations, the Photo feature is not supported on iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad mini 2/3. The Screen Recording feature also requires iOS 11 or newer. ### What are some common use cases for this app? Users can create art for fun and relaxation, design unique graphics for social media sharing, experiment with abstract patterns, create artistic photo manipulations, and even generate elements for prints or projections. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.1.13 — 2024-02-10 Removed dark edges during pattern capture. ### 4.1.12 — 2023-10-24 The top navigation bar is updated and now works harmoniously with the dynamic island on iPhone 14 Pro and newer models. ### 4.1.11 — 2022-02-19 We're always happy to fix pesky bugs so you can play without disruption: - Video recording bug fix. - Slider init bug fix. The Volume and Contrast sliders are changed to ease-in in order to give more control. ### 4.1.10 — 2021-10-10 Some Whorl styles can appear smoother when exported as a high-res image. This can make the high-res Whorl export look slightly different from the one you’re editing. We’ve added the ability to turn off the smoothing during high-res exports, if desired. ### 4.1.7 — 2021-06-16 Solved an issue with the One-time purchase option. 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