Silk 2 vs Kinetiform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Kinetiform
This app transforms your doodles into dynamic abstract art. Shapes automatically connect and fill with unique patterns, while kaleidoscopic animations add a mesmerizing visual experience. You can also let the app create art for you with its Auto Draw feature.
- Automatic shape detection and pattern filling
- Auto Draw for generative art creation
- Regenerate patterns
- 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects
- Customizable kaleidoscope settings
- Save and share drawings
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Kinetiform is doodling reimagined. It is a canvas with a mind of its own. Draw abstract shapes that automatically connect and fill with randomly generated patterns. Use Auto Draw to sit back and watch as the app creates a unique random composition right before your eyes. Watch as your drawing is tumbled and twisted through beautiful kaleidoscopic animations. Features: - Automatically detects shapes and fills them with random procedural patterns - Auto Draw creates procedural art as you watch and finishes lines for you - Regenerate any pattern after it’s been drawn - 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects - Advanced kaleidoscope settings let you fully configure the effect - Pan and zoom feature that interacts with kaleidoscope effects - Draw into the kaleidoscope - Customize your drawing experience with several control options - Create a color palette and save it, or load one of 200 preset color palettes - Choose which patterns you want to use and how often they will randomly appear - Save drawings to work on them later - Save images to your photo library or share them on social media - 100 levels of undo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kinetiform at Free against Silk 2's $2.99. Kinetiform also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Silk 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months). On review sentiment, ads 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
Kinetiform is free to download; Silk 2 costs $2.99 up front. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silk 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Silk 2 has 899 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 92% and 92% positive.
Silk 2 ships an update monthly, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Silk 2 | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (899 ratings) | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuri Vishnevsky | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
Silk 2
Kinetiform
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
Kinetiform
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Silk 2
No in-app purchases
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99
