Comparison

C2E2 vs Eric Dyer Zoetropascope

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

Head to head
About

C2E2

Your digital guide to C2E2. Get the latest news, guest and exhibitor lists, and plan your schedule with panels, autograph sessions, and photo ops. Navigate the show floor using integrated maps, all available offline.

Highlights
  • Latest news and guest announcements
  • Exhibitor and Artist Alley lists
  • Offline access
  • Personalized schedule builder
  • Interactive show maps
  • Autograph and Photo Op planning
Features
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The C2E2 Mobile App is your digital guide to everything C2E2. This app provides you with the latest news, guest announcements, exhibitor list, Artist Alley list, all without needing to access wifi! Start planning your weekend by adding Autograph Sessions, Photo Ops, and Panels to your schedule and use our maps to navigate around the show! Don't go it alone, download the official app today.

About

Eric Dyer Zoetropascope

This app allows you to view animated images from printed publications by cutting them out and spinning them on a turntable. Adjust the speed to make the animation appear to slide into place, bringing physical art to life.

Highlights
  • View printed artwork animations
  • Cut out and spin images
  • Adjust playback frequency
  • Experience animated art
  • Artist information included
Features
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The Eric Dyer Zoetropascope app is used to view certain artworks reproduced in printed publications. Cut out the images and spin on a turntable at 45rpm. Adjust the frequency until the animated images “slide” into place. About the artist Eric Dyer brings animation into the physical world with his sequential images, sculptures, and installations. His work has been widely exhibited at events and venues such as the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art, Ars Electronica, international animation festivals in numerous countries, the screens of Times Square, and the Cairo and Venice Biennales. He has been honored as a Fulbright Fellow, Sundance New Frontier Artist, Creative Capital Artist, and Guggenheim Fellow. Dyer’s fervent exploration of expression through motion has placed his work in books such as Re-imagining Animation: the Changing Face of the Moving Image, Pervasive Animation, Animation: A World History, and A New History of Animation. He has been a visiting artist at institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University, ECNU in Shanghai, and CalArts. Dyer teaches visual arts and animation at UMBC in Baltimore and is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.

Screenshots

C2E24 screens
Eric Dyer Zoetropascope1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Eric Dyer Zoetropascope at 100% against C2E2's 3%. Eric Dyer Zoetropascope also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). C2E2's advantage is ratings volume (67 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eric Dyer Zoetropascope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: C2E2 has 67 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of C2E2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Eric Dyer Zoetropascope's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

C2E2 ships an update every 7 months, Eric Dyer Zoetropascope every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
C2E2 versus Eric Dyer Zoetropascope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterC2E2Eric Dyer Zoetropascope
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (67 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews3.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings67 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperReed Elsevier Inc.Charcoal City Games

Customer experience

C2E2

All ratings66 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative59.1%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive3.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative86.7%

Eric Dyer Zoetropascope

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

C2E2

No in-app purchases

None

Eric Dyer Zoetropascope

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is C2E2 free?
C2E2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eric Dyer Zoetropascope free?
Eric Dyer Zoetropascope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, C2E2 or Eric Dyer Zoetropascope?
Eric Dyer Zoetropascope is rated higher. C2E2 averages 2.6 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while Eric Dyer Zoetropascope averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do C2E2 or Eric Dyer Zoetropascope have ads?
Neither C2E2 nor Eric Dyer Zoetropascope shows ads.
Which is updated more often, C2E2 or Eric Dyer Zoetropascope?
C2E2 ships an update every 7 months, and Eric Dyer Zoetropascope every 8 months. Most recently, C2E2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Eric Dyer Zoetropascope on November 3, 2026.

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