Liquid Math vs Looom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Math
Create unique art by harnessing the power of biological simulations. Explore natural patterns and bring your digital brush strokes to life with dynamic, rule-based effects. Save your custom simulations and personalize the visual themes.
- Biological simulation art creation
- 40+ reaction-diffusion presets
- Custom simulation rule creation
- Deep theme customization
- Save custom rules
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Liquid Math is a tool for creating art with biological simulations. There are patterns in nature all around you that form spontaneously from surprisingly simple rules. With Liquid Math, you can use these rules to create art with these patterns, which happen naturally in the raised edges of brain corals, pigmentation in animals with stripes, and more. Think of it as a drawing program that brings your brush strokes to life. Features: - 40+ reaction-diffusion presets to get started with. - Make and save your own simulation rules for later. - Change the look with deep theme customization. EPILEPSY WARNING: Liquid Math can produce very rapidly strobing images which may trigger seizures in those with photosensitive epilepsy.
Looom
Create hand-drawn animations with a playful, instrument-like interface. This robust app focuses on loopable animation, offering a dynamic, non-destructive workflow for both beginners and professionals. Explore lines, shapes, and colors in a delightful environment designed for learning and experimentation.
- Hand-drawn animation creation
- Loopable animation focus
- Musical interface inspiration
- Dynamic non-destructive workflow
- Fluid time control
- Infinite canvas
- SVG native file format
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A new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators. Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm. Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age and is already being used by some influential indie animators. A delightful environment to learn, experiment, practice and create drawn animation. Wonderfully musical, Next-gen dynamic non-destructive workflow. FLUID TIME No first frame or last. Looom’s threads are independent in length and speed, always tweak-able. INFINITE CANVAS Lets you go as deep or as far as you want thanks to a completely resolution-independent vector engine. OPEN-ENDED Looom uses SVG as it’s native file format. Your work can be viewed in browsers and opened in desktop animation software.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Liquid Math at 4.8 against Looom's 3.8. Liquid Math also leads on price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and review sentiment (92% vs 62%). Looom's advantage is ratings volume (122 vs 38) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, 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
Liquid Math costs $0.99 and Looom $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Liquid Math holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Liquid Math's written reviews are positive against 62% of Looom's.
Liquid Math ships an update every 7 months, Looom every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Math | Looom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (38 ratings) — better | 3.8 (122 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 61.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #122 | #117 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Cole | IORAMA AB |
Customer experience
Liquid Math
Looom
Bugs and requests
Liquid Math
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Looom
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes mid-animation causing work loss
- Grey screen on launch preventing app opening
- Drawing not registering properly
- Frame navigation swiping goes wrong direction
- Accidental marks appearing from sensitive touch controls
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- Eraser functionality not working on some devices
- Zoom controls triggering timeline instead
- Disappearing artwork when switching frames
- Export controls not grabbable on iPad Pro
- Accidental deletion of projects with no recovery option
- Non-Apple Pencil input not recognized without settings change
- Performance issues and stuttering
Requested features
23 requests- Better export options (GIF, video, SVG with proper formatting)
- Increase frame limit beyond 24 frames
- More than 5 layers/threads
- Multiple colors and brush sizes per layer
- Frame duplication and copy-paste functionality
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- Undo/redo gesture support (two-finger tap)
- Shape tools (circles, rectangles, lines)
- Background image import for reference tracing
- Hex color input and color picker tool
- Partial eraser (erase parts of lines, not entire lines)
- Double-tap Apple Pencil to toggle eraser
- Layer naming and hiding capabilities
- Adjustable frame rate and FPS control
- Sound/audio support
- Ability to rearrange frame order
- Onion skin customization (forward and backward)
- Static/pinned layers
- Higher resolution export options
- Video import for rotoscoping
- Pressure sensitivity support
- Animation scene management
- Seamless looping export
- Left-hand mode accessibility
In-app purchases
Liquid Math
No in-app purchases
Looom
No in-app purchases
