Silk 2 vs Fluidium
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.
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.
- Interactive fluid simulation
- 130+ factory presets
- Custom preset design
- 4 expressive brush types
- HD video recording
- Wallpaper generation
- Smart Pause and Auto-Play modes
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Silk 2 ships an update monthly, Fluidium every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Silk 2 | Fluidium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (899 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 270 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuri Vishnevsky | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
Silk 2
Fluidium
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
Silk 2
No in-app purchases
Fluidium
- Fluidium Pro Mode Unlock$4.99








