Comparison

Magic Fluids vs Tiny Till

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

Head to head
About

Magic Fluids

Experience a calming and creative fluid simulation. Interact with mesmerizing, colorful swirls that evolve into beautiful digital art. Ideal for relaxation, stress relief, and artistic expression.

Highlights
  • Fluid flow simulation
  • Hypnotizing motion of fluid swirls
  • Stress and anxiety relief
  • Create abstract digital art
  • Configurable fluid behavior
  • Save custom presets
  • Pause animation and save screenshots
Features
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Magic Fluids is a relaxing, colorful fluid simulation app that will help you calm down and relieve stress, or be creative and make aesthetic digital art. It is based on algorithms of fluid flow simulation and features fluid (pun intented!), beautiful graphics. It is the best time waster! TOUCH THE SCREEN and enjoy hypnotizing motion of fluid swirls moving around, sometimes slow, quiet and elegant, other times dynamic, satisfying and trippy. CALM DOWN AND RELAX as you draw and watch peaceful flows evolve in space and eventually settle down into colorful patterns. Magic Fluids will help you sleep, meditate, restore balance, relieve stress and anxiety. GET CREATIVE and, with a touch of your finger, bring to life stylish patterns of paint and particles. If you like abstract digital art or acrylic pour painting, you'll love Magic Fluids! You can create impressive eye-catching designs that look like swirls, galaxies, liquid, fire, light, smoke, lava and much more! KEEP YOUR KIDS BUSY - they love to doodle and watch the fluid move around! We hope that Magic Fluids can also help children with anxiety, autism and sensory issues. Please note: This is NOT a live wallpaper! Key features of Magic Fluids: - Highly configurable fluid behaviour and look - 70+ predefined configuration presets to get you started - Save your own presets - Pause the animation anytime and save screenshots - NEW: Record videos straight from the app! - Smoke, water and jello animation - 10 fluid textures that add fine detail to the fluid - Amazing light and shadow visual effects - Thousands of particles moving with the fluid - You can load photos and images as backgrounds - Highly optimized, multiple quality settings Fluid animation in your pocket! Touch the screen and create beautiful motion of colorful smoke and water. Calm down and relax as you watch trippy, magical swirls of flowing colors. Get artistic and design creative, satisfying patterns of paint and particles.

About

Tiny Till

This app lets children run their own pretend store, offering a creative checkout experience. Kids can "buy" and "sell" over 100 items, create custom products using their device's camera, and choose from various store settings. It encourages imaginative play, role-playing, and basic math skills in a fun, screen-safe environment.

Highlights
  • Pretend store management
  • Over 100 items to buy/sell
  • Create custom items with camera
  • Multiple store settings
  • Various pretend payment methods
  • Kid Mode for simplified play
Features
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Run your own pretend store with Tiny Till! Tiny Till is a point-of-sale (POS) app designed for kids to explore imaginative play. With over 100 items to "buy" and "sell," children can create their own shopping adventures in a variety of store settings—from grocery stores and toy shops to food trucks and pet stores. Kids can even create custom items by pretending to scan real-world objects using the camera, adding their own items to the store’s inventory. Choose Your Store: - Lemonade Stand - Toy Store - Grocery Store - Coffee Shop - Pet Store - Restaurant - General Store - Tech Shop - Sporting Goods - Food Truck Pretend checkout methods: - Tap to pay - Cash - Credit card Kid-Friendly Features: - Fun sounds follow you on your shopping journey all the way to checkout! - Tap to add items to the cart or easily modify their quantity - Light and dark mode themes Kid Mode: Simplifies the experience for younger children by removing text input steps—no need to name, price, or categorize scanned items—so the fun keeps flowing without interruption Tiny Till is built to encourage creativity and roleplay, helping kids explore math, social interaction, and shopping scenarios — all in a fun, screen-safe way with no real transactions. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just fun.

Screenshots

Magic Fluids4 screens
Tiny Till4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Magic Fluids at 575 against Tiny Till's 3. Magic Fluids also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months) and chart position (#25 vs unranked). Tiny Till's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Magic Fluids costs $4.99 and Tiny Till $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Till holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Fluids has 575 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Magic Fluids's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Till's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Fluids ships an update every 4 months, Tiny Till every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Magic Fluids versus Tiny Till: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic FluidsTiny Till
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (575 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings575 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMad ScientistMark Garcia

Customer experience

Magic Fluids

All ratings575 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%

Tiny Till

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Magic Fluids

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Presets not saving properly
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to import custom background images
  • Screen recording functionality
  • More sound and music options
  • Improved interface and UI

Tiny Till

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Magic Fluids

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Till

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Fluids free?
Magic Fluids costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Till free?
Tiny Till costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magic Fluids or Tiny Till?
Tiny Till is rated higher. Magic Fluids averages 4.8 out of 5 from 575 ratings, while Tiny Till averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Magic Fluids or Tiny Till have ads?
Neither Magic Fluids nor Tiny Till shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Magic Fluids or Tiny Till?
Magic Fluids ships an update every 4 months, and Tiny Till every 10 months. Most recently, Magic Fluids was updated on September 24, 2026 and Tiny Till on June 4, 2026.

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