Comparison

FractRoam vs MandelbrotMan

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

MandelbrotMan

Explore the intricate beauty of the Mandelbrot set with this application. Zoom into fascinating fractal regions and customize their colors using the power of Metal.

Highlights
  • Explore Mandelbrot set
  • Zoom into fractal regions
  • Customize fractal colors
  • Metal graphics acceleration
Features
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Explore the Mandelbrot set created using the power of Metal! Zoom into interesting parts of the fractal, and change the color of it!

Screenshots

FractRoam4 screens
MandelbrotMan3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MandelbrotMan at Free against FractRoam's $0.99. FractRoam's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (75 vs 2). 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

MandelbrotMan 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FractRoam has 75 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FractRoam versus MandelbrotMan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractRoamMandelbrotMan
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (75 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 29 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaolin FireAadit Bagdi

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

MandelbrotMan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FractRoam

No in-app purchases

None

MandelbrotMan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FractRoam free?
FractRoam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MandelbrotMan free?
MandelbrotMan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FractRoam or MandelbrotMan?
FractRoam is rated higher. FractRoam averages 4.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while MandelbrotMan averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do FractRoam or MandelbrotMan have ads?
Neither FractRoam nor MandelbrotMan shows ads.

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