Comparison

Silk 2 vs Fluidium

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

Fluidium

Experience a mesmerizing world of living color and motion that responds to your touch. Create unique, breathtaking visuals, relax, explore creativity, or generate stunning videos and wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Interactive fluid simulation
  • 130+ factory presets
  • Custom preset design
  • 4 expressive brush types
  • HD video recording
  • Wallpaper generation
  • Smart Pause and Auto-Play modes
Features
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From the award-winning creator of Uzu comes Fluidium — a mesmerizing world of living color and motion at your fingertips. Watch as vibrant streams of light and liquid respond instantly to your touch, creating endlessly unique, breathtaking visuals. Whether you want to relax, explore creativity, or share dazzling videos, Fluidium turns your screen into a canvas of pure magic. Fluidium 2.0 expands that world with a redesigned interface, deeper creative control, and a new generation of effects — from Warp worlds and Particles to Mask shapes and richer Symmetry modes. Features: - 300+ stunning factory presets, organized into collections - Design, save, import, and export your own presets - Create and organize custom preset collections - Real-time interactive fluid simulation powered by Metal - Micro-presets for Fluid, Brush, Color, and Effects • Deep customization to fine-tune every detail • Expressive Warp effects: Radial, Tunnel, Horizon, Pillar, Planet, and Galaxy • Particles, Mask shapes, and advanced Symmetry modes • 4 expressive brush types, each with unique dynamics • Advanced reflection effects for immersive visuals • Auto-cycling color palettes and improved palette tools • Generate stunning wallpapers and background images • Smart Pause freezes the flow when you lift your fingers • Auto-Play mode for hands-free relaxation — choose which presets to cycle • Optimized quality settings for smooth performance on any device • One-time in-app purchase to unlock all features

Screenshots

Silk 24 screens
Fluidium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fluidium at Free against Silk 2's $2.99. Fluidium also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Silk 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (899 vs 18). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fluidium is free to download; Silk 2 costs $2.99 up front. Fluidium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silk 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fluidium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Silk 2 has 899 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Silk 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fluidium's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silk 2 ships an update monthly, Fluidium every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Silk 2 versus Fluidium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilk 2Fluidium
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (899 ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings899 — better18
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#44 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB270 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuri VishnevskyColordodge Labs

Customer experience

Silk 2

All ratings899 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews295 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.4%

Fluidium

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Fluidium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Silk 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fluidium

One-time1
  • Fluidium Pro Mode Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Silk 2 free?
Silk 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluidium free?
Fluidium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Silk 2 or Fluidium?
Fluidium is rated higher. Silk 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 899 ratings, while Fluidium averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do Silk 2 or Fluidium have ads?
Neither Silk 2 nor Fluidium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silk 2 or Fluidium?
Silk 2 ships an update monthly, and Fluidium every 2 days. Most recently, Silk 2 was updated on October 17, 2026 and Fluidium on October 11, 2026.

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