Hypotenuse vs Real Halftone 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypotenuse
Explore the meditative art of geometry using Augmented Reality or your photo library. Construct polygons from basic shapes and discover the mathematical patterns in nature and the built world. Learn the language of geometry through interactive visual exploration.
- Augmented Reality geometry exploration
- Photo Library integration for geometric patterns
- Construct polygons from circles and lines
- Discover geometric patterns in nature
- Learn about mathematical language of the universe
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Discover the relaxing and meditative art of geometry with Hypotenuse and experience the mysterious mathematical language of the universe. With the same simple rules of compass and straightedge, you can now explore the geometric patterns found in nature and in our built environment using Augmented Reality and/or images from your Photo Library. Learn how to construct polygons from just circles and lines; from the triangle to the twelve-sided dodecagon. Geometry is everywhere! Hypotenuse helps you find it.
Real Halftone 2
This app generates halftone dots for photomechanical printing. Users can select dot shapes and adjust CMYK color screen angles to create unique halftone photographs, faithfully reproducing moiré patterns.
- Generates halftone dots
- Adjustable CMYK color screen angles
- Faithful moiré pattern reproduction
- Selectable dot shapes
- Adjust CMY gray replacement with black
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Real Halftone 2 is a full-fledged app that generates halftone dots for photomechanical printing. You can select a dot shape and adjust the screen angle of each CMYK color to create a wide variety of halftone photographs. Moiré patterns that appear depending on screen angle combinations are faithfully reproduced as well. [Features] - By adjusting the angle at which the halftone dot screens of each CMYK color are overlapped, the occurrence of moiré can be suppressed. - You can adjust the amount of CMY gray components replaced with black during color separation. - Detailed settings related to halftone dot printing are also available, such as dot shape and screen ruling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Real Halftone 2 at Free against Hypotenuse's $2.99. Real Halftone 2 also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1). Hypotenuse's advantage is chart position (#148 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Real Halftone 2 is free to download; Hypotenuse costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hypotenuse against 4.9 for Real Halftone 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Halftone 2 has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hypotenuse ships an update every 6 weeks, Real Halftone 2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypotenuse | Real Halftone 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #148 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Gilmartin | Tomoki Kobayashi |
Customer experience
Hypotenuse
Real Halftone 2
In-app purchases
Hypotenuse
No in-app purchases
Real Halftone 2
No in-app purchases
