MIDI Sprout vs Kinetiform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIDI Sprout
Connect a MIDI Sprout device to your iOS device to hear your plants produce harmonious sounds. Experience how environmental changes influence unique melodies and patterns.
- Listen to plant sounds
- Harmonious melodies
- Environmental pattern changes
- Connects via MIDI Sprout device
- Artist-designed sounds
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Use this app with your MIDI Sprout to listen to your plants! Plug your MIDI Sprout into the Lightning port using an iConnectMIDI1 cable. Turn on your MIDI Sprout and listen to your plants play harmonious sounds designed by our team of artists. Experience the way patterns and melodies change in relationship to fluctuations in your environment.
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 MIDI Sprout's 4.2. Kinetiform also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 67%). MIDI Sprout's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MIDI Sprout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MIDI Sprout's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's.
MIDI Sprout ships an update every 14 months, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIDI Sprout | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Garden | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
MIDI Sprout
Kinetiform
In-app purchases
MIDI Sprout
No in-app purchases
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99
