MusicPaint vs Kinetiform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MusicPaint
Create abstract art where your music dictates the colors. Explore the hues of your voice and ambient sounds. Save and share your unique visual creations.
- Music-controlled color palettes
- Over 40 unique brushes
- Share creations to social media
- Save art to gallery
- Visualize ambient sound and voice
- Interactive music visualizer
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Paint perfect abstract pictures - your music controls the color of the paint! A Revolution in painting, every song creates new colors, for creative minds of all ages. + Music from your music library controls the color so you can get on with being creative. + Over 40 unique brushes to use (9 are absolutely free!). + Easily share your creations on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Email from within the app. + Save your creations to the Gallery. + Groove to your music library, every song creates different colors and paintings. + Compatible with mp3 and m4a music on your iPhone and iPad. + Or use the microphone to visualise and paint with ambient music and sound, or even your voice! + A unique way to rediscover your music and creatively collaborate with your favorite artists! As well as creating beautiful paintings that will surprise your friends the app can also be used to: > Explore the color of your voice and sounds in your environment. > As an interactive music visualiser and for VJs. > In speech therapy and to encourage vocalisation. > To just relax with a playlist and interact with music. ** Not compatible with Apple Music or streaming services.
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 rating: Kinetiform at 4.9 against MusicPaint's 2.4. Kinetiform also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and ratings volume (41 vs 11). MusicPaint's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 22 months) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 13.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. MusicPaint sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of MusicPaint's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's.
MusicPaint ships an update fortnightly, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MusicPaint | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (11 ratings) | 4.9 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Outram | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
MusicPaint
Kinetiform
In-app purchases
MusicPaint
- Super Green Brush Set!Free
- Ultimate Red Brush Set!Free
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99








