Comparison

Magic Fluids Lite vs AR Throwing Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Magic Fluids Lite

Experience a calming and creative fluid simulation that helps relieve stress and anxiety. Interact with mesmerizing, colorful swirls and patterns that evolve on your screen. Ideal for relaxation, meditation, or creating unique digital art.

Highlights
  • Hypnotizing fluid motion
  • Stress and anxiety relief
  • Aesthetic digital art creation
  • Configurable fluid behavior
  • Save custom presets
  • Smoke, water, and jello animation
  • Light and shadow effects
Features
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Magic Fluids Lite 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 Lite: - Highly configurable fluid behaviour and look - Predefined configuration presets to get you started (10+ are free, ~70 more can be unlocked) - Save your own presets - Pause the animation anytime and save screenshots - 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 - 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

AR Throwing Simulator

Transform any space into an augmented reality playground with 15 unique items, including cash and cats. Use a gravity switch and AR drawing tools to create fun experiences. Share your creations with friends.

Highlights
  • Throw cash and cats
  • Shoot indoor fireworks
  • 15 wild items
  • Gravity switch
  • AR drawing tools
  • Share with friends
Features
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AR Throwing Simulator lets you throw cash, cats, shoot fireworks indoors, and share it all with your besties. With 15 wild items at your disposal, a gravity switch, plus AR drawing tools, you can transform any boring place into an augmented reality playground! Fun for kids and adults alike! "This app is great" -My friends "Pew pew!" -Someone's kid "Why didn't you become a doctor?" -Mom

Screenshots

Magic Fluids Lite4 screens
AR Throwing Simulator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Magic Fluids Lite at Free against AR Throwing Simulator's $0.99. Magic Fluids Lite also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 24) and review sentiment (90% vs 82%). AR Throwing Simulator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On rating, 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 Lite is free to download; AR Throwing Simulator costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Magic Fluids Lite against 4.8 for AR Throwing Simulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Fluids Lite has 3.2K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Magic Fluids Lite's written reviews are positive against 82% of AR Throwing Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Fluids Lite ships an update every 4 months, AR Throwing Simulator weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Magic Fluids Lite versus AR Throwing Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic Fluids LiteAR Throwing Simulator
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (3.2K ratings)4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better24
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMad ScientistRise Up Games

Customer experience

Magic Fluids Lite

All ratings3,169 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative5.1%

AR Throwing Simulator

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Magic Fluids Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional screen freezing or glitches
  • Inconsistent ad availability

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to change fluid colors
  • Live wallpaper support
  • More preset options in free version
  • Sound/music integration

AR Throwing Simulator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Magic Fluids Lite

No in-app purchases

None

AR Throwing Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Fluids Lite free?
Magic Fluids Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR Throwing Simulator free?
AR Throwing Simulator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magic Fluids Lite or AR Throwing Simulator?
AR Throwing Simulator is rated higher. Magic Fluids Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while AR Throwing Simulator averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do Magic Fluids Lite or AR Throwing Simulator have ads?
Magic Fluids Lite shows ads; AR Throwing Simulator does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic Fluids Lite or AR Throwing Simulator?
Magic Fluids Lite ships an update every 4 months, and AR Throwing Simulator weekly. Most recently, Magic Fluids Lite was updated on October 12, 2026 and AR Throwing Simulator on September 28, 2026.

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