Comparison

Silk 2 vs Magic Fluids

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

Head to head
About

Silk 2

Create stunning generative art with a magical brush. Easily design mandalas, wallpapers, and flowing visual patterns with simple finger gestures. This app is perfect for both artists and beginners to express their creativity.

Highlights
  • Magic brush for flowing art
  • Create mandalas and wallpapers
  • High-resolution export
  • Rainbow color and new palettes
  • Apple Pencil and 3D Touch support
  • Original music and sound
Features
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Draw beautiful flowing art with Silk. With Silk's award-winning magic brush, anyone can be an artist. Featured by Apple as one of their favorite apps. Relax, express yourself, and create mandalas and wallpapers. With the swish of a finger, Silk strands mingle and fuse, weaving together into wonderful works of art. Silk supports all iPhones and iPads, is enhanced for 3D touch, and specifically designed for the Apple Pencil. Buy once, run everywhere! "I can't believe even someone like me can create something cool looking in this thing. That's amazing!" ~ nickknw "Awesome! All I can think is woahdude." ~ MayhemMark - The official app of the award-winning website weavesilk.com, with millions of users - High-resolution export for poster prints or wallpapers - Eraser, a rainbow color, many new color palettes - Optimized for larger iPhones, iPad, and iPad Pro - Support for the Apple Pencil and 3D touch - Great for artists and non-artists alike - Cross-platform: play on your iPhone/iPod touch, iPad, and iPad Pro - Original music and sound created for Silk - Create gorgeous wallpapers with the swish of a finger. The creature sketch in the iPhone screenshots was drawn by Oliver Wetter (www.fantasio.info) and the silk eye was drawn by Daniel Coonfield.

About

Magic Fluids

Experience a calming and creative fluid simulation. Interact with mesmerizing, colorful swirls that evolve into beautiful digital art. Ideal for relaxation, stress relief, and artistic expression.

Highlights
  • Fluid flow simulation
  • Hypnotizing motion of fluid swirls
  • Stress and anxiety relief
  • Create abstract digital art
  • Configurable fluid behavior
  • Save custom presets
  • Pause animation and save screenshots
Features
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Magic Fluids is a relaxing, colorful fluid simulation app that will help you calm down and relieve stress, or be creative and make aesthetic digital art. It is based on algorithms of fluid flow simulation and features fluid (pun intented!), beautiful graphics. It is the best time waster! TOUCH THE SCREEN and enjoy hypnotizing motion of fluid swirls moving around, sometimes slow, quiet and elegant, other times dynamic, satisfying and trippy. CALM DOWN AND RELAX as you draw and watch peaceful flows evolve in space and eventually settle down into colorful patterns. Magic Fluids will help you sleep, meditate, restore balance, relieve stress and anxiety. GET CREATIVE and, with a touch of your finger, bring to life stylish patterns of paint and particles. If you like abstract digital art or acrylic pour painting, you'll love Magic Fluids! You can create impressive eye-catching designs that look like swirls, galaxies, liquid, fire, light, smoke, lava and much more! KEEP YOUR KIDS BUSY - they love to doodle and watch the fluid move around! We hope that Magic Fluids can also help children with anxiety, autism and sensory issues. Please note: This is NOT a live wallpaper! Key features of Magic Fluids: - Highly configurable fluid behaviour and look - 70+ predefined configuration presets to get you started - Save your own presets - Pause the animation anytime and save screenshots - NEW: Record videos straight from the app! - Smoke, water and jello animation - 10 fluid textures that add fine detail to the fluid - Amazing light and shadow visual effects - Thousands of particles moving with the fluid - You can load photos and images as backgrounds - Highly optimized, multiple quality settings Fluid animation in your pocket! Touch the screen and create beautiful motion of colorful smoke and water. Calm down and relax as you watch trippy, magical swirls of flowing colors. Get artistic and design creative, satisfying patterns of paint and particles.

Screenshots

Silk 24 screens
Magic Fluids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Silk 2 at monthly against Magic Fluids's every 4 months. Silk 2 also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Silk 2 costs $2.99 and Magic Fluids $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Silk 2 against 4.8 for Magic Fluids. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 909 and 579 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Silk 2's written reviews are positive against 97% of Magic Fluids's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silk 2 ships an update monthly, Magic Fluids every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Silk 2 versus Magic Fluids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilk 2Magic Fluids
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (909 ratings)4.8 (579 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews96.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings909 — better579
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#31 — better#72
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuri VishnevskyMad Scientist

Customer experience

Silk 2

All ratings899 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.4%

Magic Fluids

All ratings575 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%

User reviews

Silk 2

From 909 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Relaxing and calming experience
  • 🎨 Allows for creative expression
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
  • 💫 Produces beautiful and mesmerizing artwork
  • 🧘‍♀️ Helps with anxiety and stress relief

Room to improve

  • 🖌️ Limited drawing tools and customization options
  • 🖼️ No option to change background color
  • 💾 Inability to save or load previous creations
  • 🔍 Unclear instructions or guidance for some features

Magic Fluids

From 579 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Calming and relaxing
  • 💡 Highly customizable
  • 🎨 Beautiful visuals and fluid dynamics
  • 🔍 Lots of presets and options to explore
  • 💰 Worth the price

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🔍 Difficulty accessing menu buttons
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

Bugs and requests

Silk 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more drawing tools and brushes
  • Implement background color selection
  • Allow saving and loading of artwork
  • Provide more detailed tutorials or instructions

Magic Fluids

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Presets not saving properly
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to import custom background images
  • Screen recording functionality
  • More sound and music options
  • Improved interface and UI

In-app purchases

None

Silk 2

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Fluids

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silk 2 free?
Silk 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Fluids free?
Magic Fluids costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Silk 2 or Magic Fluids?
Magic Fluids is rated higher. Silk 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 909 ratings, while Magic Fluids averages 4.8 from 579 ratings.
Do Silk 2 or Magic Fluids have ads?
Neither Silk 2 nor Magic Fluids shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silk 2 or Magic Fluids?
Silk 2 ships an update monthly, and Magic Fluids every 4 months. Most recently, Silk 2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Magic Fluids on October 29, 2026.
Which is more popular, Silk 2 or Magic Fluids?
Silk 2 currently peaks at #31 in the App Store charts, and Magic Fluids at #72. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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