UrbanPlan vs Spiro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UrbanPlan
This educational tool teaches children about urban planning concepts through interactive building and cost analysis. It allows young learners to design their own environments and understand basic urban design principles.
- Interactive urban planning simulation
- Learn about built environment creation
- Understand costs associated with development
- Basic urban design considerations
- In-class lesson companion tool
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The UrbanPlan app, is an education tool used in conjunction with a in-class lesson which teaches children the concepts behind urban planning, by allowing them to create a built environment and understand the costs associated with it, along with other basic urban design considerations
Spiro
Create mesmerizing animated spirographs with this interactive generator. Experiment with various parameters to produce unique visual effects. Built with Swift Playgrounds 4.
- Interactive spirograph generation
- Animated visual effects
- Parameter customization
- Hypotrochoid manipulation
- Built with Swift Playgrounds 4
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An interactive animating spirograph generator. Changing the different parameters of the hypotrochoid leads to mesmerising effects. Built using Swift Playgrounds 4.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spiro at 3.3 against UrbanPlan's 2.0. Spiro also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spiro holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | UrbanPlan | Spiro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | the uli-urban land institute | An Trinh |
Customer experience
UrbanPlan
Spiro
In-app purchases
UrbanPlan
No in-app purchases
Spiro
No in-app purchases
