Comparison

FractRoam vs Spiralflow

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FractRoam

Discover and share stunning fractal art generated from Mandelbrot and Julia sets. Let the app explore autonomously or record and share your discoveries as videos.

Highlights
  • Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets
  • Share fractal images
  • Autonomous roaming exploration
  • Video recording with ReplayKit
  • Share video creations
Features
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FractRoam is a real-time explorer for the Mandelbrot and Julia sets — and its heart is the autopilot. Press play and let it roam: FractRoam continuously seeks out the most visually interesting regions of the fractal and glides you through them, an endless, ever-changing tour you can simply sit back and watch. Want to take the wheel? Pinch and drag to wander on your own, and recolor the whole scene with a tap. Everything is drawn pixel-by-pixel on your device's GPU, in real time. FEATURES • Roam autopilot — hit play and drift through a continuous, auto-discovered tour of the fractal • Real-time Mandelbrot and Julia set rendering, GPU-accelerated and smooth • Pinch and pan to explore yourself, or hand it back to the autopilot anytime • Color moods — six hand-tuned palettes plus animated color cycling • Share any view — a picture plus a link that reopens the exact same spot • Fully offline — no account, no ads, no data collection • A calm, full-screen interface — just you and the fractal Whether you want something mesmerizing to get lost in, a generative-art source for textures and wallpapers, or a hands-on way to explore the math of self-similarity, FractRoam turns the Mandelbrot and Julia sets into something alive. There's a matching macOS screensaver too — find it at fractroam.com.

About

Spiralflow

Create and explore unique galaxies with customizable settings. Save, share, or use your creations as wallpapers. A relaxing experience with endless possibilities.

Highlights
  • Galaxy exploration
  • Customizable settings
  • Save creations
  • Share creations
  • Use as wallpaper
  • Relaxing experience
Features
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Explore, create and relax with Spiralflow. There are about as many combinations as there are stars in the universe. Adjust settings and discover your own galaxy. Then save it, share it with #spiralflow tag or use as wallpaper.

Screenshots

FractRoam4 screens
Spiralflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spiralflow at Free against FractRoam's $0.99. Spiralflow also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 12.0). FractRoam's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (75 vs 4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spiralflow is free to download; FractRoam costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FractRoam holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FractRoam has 75 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of FractRoam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spiralflow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FractRoam versus Spiralflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractRoamSpiralflow
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (75 ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 29 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaolin FireJonas Lekevicius

Customer experience

FractRoam

All ratings75 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative14.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.5%

Spiralflow

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FractRoam

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App forces landscape mode
  • Low resolution at high zoom
  • Fractal recalculation needed
  • Zoom limit with pixelation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Display coordinates and zoom factor
  • More control over color palette
  • Option for portrait mode
  • Adjust colors from a palette
  • Add sound track

Spiralflow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FractRoam

No in-app purchases

None

Spiralflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FractRoam free?
FractRoam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spiralflow free?
Spiralflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FractRoam or Spiralflow?
FractRoam is rated higher. FractRoam averages 4.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Spiralflow averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do FractRoam or Spiralflow have ads?
Neither FractRoam nor Spiralflow shows ads.

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