Comparison

Looom vs Brinkman Art

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

Head to head
About

Looom

Create hand-drawn animations with a playful, instrument-like interface. This robust app focuses on loopable animation, offering a dynamic, non-destructive workflow for both beginners and professionals. Explore lines, shapes, and colors in a delightful environment designed for learning and experimentation.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn animation creation
  • Loopable animation focus
  • Musical interface inspiration
  • Dynamic non-destructive workflow
  • Fluid time control
  • Infinite canvas
  • SVG native file format
Features
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A new way to create hand-drawn animation. So playful you’ll think it’s a toy, but it's secretly a robust app with a reimagined UI for animators and creators. Taking inspiration from music creation tools, using Looom feels more like playing an instrument than operating software - exploring lines, shapes and colors through loopable time and rhythm. Looom is all about looping animation with a smile. It was designed for professionals and beginners of any age and is already being used by some influential indie animators. A delightful environment to learn, experiment, practice and create drawn animation. Wonderfully musical, Next-gen dynamic non-destructive workflow. FLUID TIME No first frame or last. Looom’s threads are independent in length and speed, always tweak-able. INFINITE CANVAS Lets you go as deep or as far as you want thanks to a completely resolution-independent vector engine. OPEN-ENDED Looom uses SVG as it’s native file format. Your work can be viewed in browsers and opened in desktop animation software.

About

Brinkman Art

Experience digital art in new ways with this app. View over 200 works as living art frames, explore 3D sculptures in AR, and bring physical prints to life. Enjoy the full collection as live clocks on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Living art frame gallery
  • AR 3D sculpture placement
  • AR animated physical prints
  • Live clocks for Apple Watch
  • Full collection browsing
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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The official app of digital artist Bryan Brinkman. More than 200 works, from his early animations to live generative clocks, made to be lived with, not just scrolled past. GALLERY Turn your iPhone or iPad into a living art frame. Gallery plays Bryan's work the way it was made to be seen: live code, video and animation, full screen, shuffled fresh every time. Send it to your Apple TV and your living room becomes an art channel. 3D SCULPTURES Point your camera at the floor and watch Bryan's sculptures drop into your room. Move them around, set them on a table, resize and turn them, and take a photo to share. On iPhones with LiDAR, your furniture even hides the pieces behind it. AR PRINTS Own one of Bryan's physical prints? Point your camera at it and watch it come to life with its animation, right on the wall. TIME ON YOUR WRIST Four pieces from Bryan's Time collection as living clocks for Apple Watch: Nim Clock, Split Flap, Ferris Wheel and Minima. Swipe to change the art, tap to play, and add Nim Clock to your watch face as a complication. THE WHOLE COLLECTION Browse every work by year and collection, save your favorites, and explore series like Lost Marbles, all 100 pieces. Add the widget to see a new work on your Home Screen every few hours. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Just the art.

Screenshots

Looom4 screens
Brinkman Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brinkman Art at Free against Looom's $9.99. Brinkman Art also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Looom's advantage is ratings volume (121 vs 2) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). On 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

Brinkman Art is free to download; Looom costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brinkman Art holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Looom has 121 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Looom's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brinkman Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Looom ships an update every 4 months, Brinkman Art fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Looom versus Brinkman Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLooomBrinkman Art
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (121 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings121 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#125 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIORAMA ABBryan Brinkman

Customer experience

Looom

All ratings122 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral9.8%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral12.7%
Negative25.4%

Brinkman Art

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Looom

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes mid-animation causing work loss
  • Grey screen on launch preventing app opening
  • Drawing not registering properly
  • Frame navigation swiping goes wrong direction
  • Accidental marks appearing from sensitive touch controls
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  • Eraser functionality not working on some devices
  • Zoom controls triggering timeline instead
  • Disappearing artwork when switching frames
  • Export controls not grabbable on iPad Pro
  • Accidental deletion of projects with no recovery option
  • Non-Apple Pencil input not recognized without settings change
  • Performance issues and stuttering

Requested features

23 requests
  • Better export options (GIF, video, SVG with proper formatting)
  • Increase frame limit beyond 24 frames
  • More than 5 layers/threads
  • Multiple colors and brush sizes per layer
  • Frame duplication and copy-paste functionality
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  • Undo/redo gesture support (two-finger tap)
  • Shape tools (circles, rectangles, lines)
  • Background image import for reference tracing
  • Hex color input and color picker tool
  • Partial eraser (erase parts of lines, not entire lines)
  • Double-tap Apple Pencil to toggle eraser
  • Layer naming and hiding capabilities
  • Adjustable frame rate and FPS control
  • Sound/audio support
  • Ability to rearrange frame order
  • Onion skin customization (forward and backward)
  • Static/pinned layers
  • Higher resolution export options
  • Video import for rotoscoping
  • Pressure sensitivity support
  • Animation scene management
  • Seamless looping export
  • Left-hand mode accessibility

Brinkman Art

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Looom

No in-app purchases

None

Brinkman Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Looom free?
Looom costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brinkman Art free?
Brinkman Art is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Looom or Brinkman Art?
Brinkman Art is rated higher. Looom averages 3.9 out of 5 from 121 ratings, while Brinkman Art averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Looom or Brinkman Art have ads?
Neither Looom nor Brinkman Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Looom or Brinkman Art?
Looom ships an update every 4 months, and Brinkman Art fortnightly. Most recently, Looom was updated on November 2, 2026 and Brinkman Art on November 6, 2026.

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