Doodle Magic vs Spiralize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Magic
Unleash your creativity with a magical doodle game. Replay your drawings as animated cartoons and explore a variety of colorful brushes and patterns. This app offers a simple yet imaginative way to create unique artwork and relive your artistic process.
- Cartoon playback of doodle process
- Magical paintbrushes (rainbow, neon, pearl)
- Random color variations
- 10+ doodle patterns
- My Gallery for saved drawings
- Mandala and kaleidoscope creation
Read full descriptionHide full description
It's the most magical doodle game. Playback the doodle process as a cartoon. There’re many beautiful brush tools,10+doodle patterns. The simplest doodle way, free your imagination now! “Cartoon” mode : playback the doodle process as a cartoon. Many Magical paintbrushes：rainbow ,neon ,pearl and more. Radom color variation ,there’re full of pleasant surprise. 10+differents doodle patterns, just create the style which you like. My Gallery : to show your drawing as an artist! Doodle Magic is a very interesting doodle game which is very easy to control! It provide a creative doodle world for everyone! You just need to drawing which you like ,that you can create a very wonderful Mandala flowers，and the magical kaleidoscope patterns! And the most important is you can playback the doodle process as a cartoon! You can enjoy the joy of doodle. Easy to operate, easy to graffiti! Each works that you create are unique and wonderful! Get more childlike innocence ,Get more joy ！ Don’t miss the best interesting doodle game ! DOWN LOAD NOW !
Spiralize
Create mesmerizing, infinite spirals with this open-source art application. It's designed to help you relax and unwind through hypnotic visual creations.
- Infinite spiral creation
- Hypnotic visual effects
- Relaxing experience
- Open-source project
- Customizable designs
Read full descriptionHide full description
Lose yourself in your own hypnotic creations. Spiralize helps you relax as you create an infinite variety of soothing spirals. Inspired by this project: https://www.instructables.com/Four-Motor-Laser-Spirograph/ Spiralize is open source! Have an improvement in mind? Let us know at https://github.com/High5Apps/laser-spirograph
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spiralize at none against Doodle Magic's 1. Spiralize also leads on ads (none vs shown). Doodle Magic's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (12K vs 4). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Doodle Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spiralize asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doodle Magic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Magic has 12K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Doodle Magic ships an update monthly, Spiralize fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Magic | Spiralize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12K ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 炳甲 梁 | Julian Tigler |
Customer experience
Doodle Magic
Spiralize
Bugs and requests
Doodle Magic
Reported bugs
2 issues- Controls stop working after purchasing ad-free version
- Drawings disappear or cannot be accessed after exiting the app
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to choose their own colors
- Expand drawing tools and brush options
- Improve saving and sharing functionality
- Reduce the frequency of advertisements
Spiralize
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Magic
- Remove Advertisement$1.99
Spiralize
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Doodle Magic free?
Is Spiralize free?
Which has better reviews, Doodle Magic or Spiralize?
Do Doodle Magic or Spiralize have ads?
Which is updated more often, Doodle Magic or Spiralize?
Other comparisons
