Comparison

CiphAR vs Kinetiform

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CiphAR

Create and share augmented reality content like images, videos, GIFs, and messages tied to your location. Log in easily with Twitter or email to build a new world around you.

Highlights
  • Share images, videos, GIFs, and messages in AR
  • Geolocation-based content sharing
  • Log in with Twitter or email
  • Create animations with brush tools
  • Build and share new AR worlds
Features
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【Goal】 Create a new world. 【Features】 ・Share your images, videos or messages, gif, brush... in AR ・Log in with your twitter account or email. ・Contents related to geolocation, so you can share and see contents around here. 【Available Contents】 ・Image ・Video ・Text message ・Animation Gif ・Brush

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

CiphAR4 screens
Kinetiform4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CiphAR at none against Kinetiform's 1. CiphAR also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months). Kinetiform's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CiphAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CiphAR against 4.9 for Kinetiform. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinetiform has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CiphAR ships an update monthly, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CiphAR versus Kinetiform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCiphARKinetiform
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews—91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings240 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 22 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB12 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGungnir Inc.Colordodge Labs

Customer experience

CiphAR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kinetiform

All ratings40 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%

In-app purchases

None

CiphAR

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kinetiform

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$4.99

Questions

Is CiphAR free?
CiphAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kinetiform free?
Kinetiform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CiphAR or Kinetiform?
CiphAR is rated higher. CiphAR averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Kinetiform averages 4.9 from 40 ratings.
Do CiphAR or Kinetiform have ads?
CiphAR shows ads; Kinetiform does not.
Which is updated more often, CiphAR or Kinetiform?
CiphAR ships an update monthly, and Kinetiform every 22 months. Most recently, CiphAR was updated on June 4, 2026 and Kinetiform on September 3, 2026.

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