Comparison

Origami Master vs Cathode

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

Head to head
About

Origami Master

Learn the art of paper folding with step-by-step instructions and clear diagrams for creating a wide variety of origami figures. Explore categories like sea creatures, insects, flowers, and more for a fun and educational experience.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Clear diagrams
  • Diverse origami categories
  • Create animals, insects, flowers, and more
  • Develop fine motor skills
Features
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'Origami: Easy Shapes' provides detailed instructions with illustrations for various origami figures. Fold interesting shapes and spend fun time with family! Origami is a Japanese art of folding paper to obtain not only simple shapes but even complex figures. It has applications in recreation, education, and even maths! It also helps to develop children's fine motor skills (aka dexterity). 'Origami: Easy Shapes' features five different categories with following origami shapes: ► Miscellaneous: sea dog, sea bear, whale, prawn, frog, dragonfly, cicada, ladybug, butterfly, bee, pansy, cactus, camelia, cosmos, sunflower; ► Sea creatures: penguin, turtle, killer whale, ray, butterfly fish, tropical fish, crab, crawfish, whale 2, squid; ► Insects: snail, cabbageworm, stag beetle, cicada 2, bee 2, scorpion, butterfly 2, butterfly 3, mantis, giant water bug; ► Flowers: maple, hydrangea, iris, cherry tree, poinsettia, omuta rose, morning glory, water lily, windmill, carnation; ► Love: heart bracelet, heart stand, heart with wings, insertable hearts, checked heart, necktie heart, bear holding a heart, heart name stand, heart pendant. Every step comes along with instructions in clear languages and supported by straightforward diagrams. All you need is a few pieces of paper, scissors, tape, and some patience. CONTACTS: mediaiosapps@gmail.com Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://nurlanispaew6.wixsite.com/appsi-privacy-policy

About

Cathode

Features
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Cathode turns your iPhone or iPad into a screen worth handing over. Twenty full-screen effects, each one drawn live on the device at full frame rate. Nothing here is looping video and nothing is a static wallpaper — every pixel is computed while you watch. WHAT IS IN IT • Digital Rain — columns of glyphs falling through the dark. Choose the script: Katakana, Japanese, Chinese, Hangul, Vietnamese, Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, hex or binary. Let it fall as random characters, as good wishes written in that language, or as anything you type yourself • Code Editor — source typing itself out character by character, with line numbers and syntax colours, in C, Python, HTML, Java, SQL or JavaScript • Terminal — a console mid-session: boot logs, hex dumps, network traces • Breach — a wall of small monitors working a system open, with a progress bar counting up to the moment it gives • Locator — a map acquiring a fix, accuracy rings closing in on a crosshair • Radar, Spectrum, Oscilloscope — instruments with real graticules and phosphor afterglow • Neural Grid, Automaton, Double Helix, Orbitals, Strange Attractor, Interference, Fractal — science that is actually being computed: Conway's Game of Life and Rule 110 run for real, the attractors integrate their own differential equations, the interference pattern is summed per pixel • Starfield, Vortex, Plasma, Hyperspace, Glitch — pure spectacle TWO TAPS TO FULL SCREEN Pick an effect and it fills the screen edge to edge, with nothing on top of it and the display kept awake. Tap once and a small control bar fades in; leave it alone and it fades back out. Turn the device and the effect reflows with it. MAKE IT YOURS Every effect has speed, density, glow, eight colour palettes and several styles. Adjust them against a live preview, then save what you like as a named preset. ENTIRELY OFFLINE No account. No network requests of any kind. No analytics, no crash reporter, no third-party SDK. Cathode never asks for a single permission — not the camera, not the microphone, not location — because it never needs one. FREE AND PAID Digital Rain is free forever, at full quality, with every setting unlocked. No watermark, no time limit, no advertising. Cathode Unlimited is a single one-time payment that unlocks the other nineteen effects and raises the saved-preset limit. It is not a subscription. It does not renew. It is shareable through Family Sharing. A NOTE ON WHAT THIS IS Everything on screen is generated by the app. The console text, network traces, radar contacts and progress bars are decorative fiction — nothing is a real system or a real connection, and none of it should be presented to anyone as though it were. PHOTOSENSITIVITY Some effects flicker or change brightness quickly. If you are sensitive to flashing imagery, use the Speed and Glow controls to slow and soften them, or do not use the app. Effects keep the display awake and can make the device warm; both are switches you control. Terms of Use: https://csyzd.github.io/privacy/Cathode/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://csyzd.github.io/privacy/Cathode/privacy.html

Screenshots

Origami Master4 screens
Cathode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cathode at none against Origami Master's shown. Origami Master's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Origami Master sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Cathode sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Origami Master versus Cathode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrigami MasterCathode
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNurlan Ispayev与钊 段

Bugs and requests

Origami Master

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Diagrams and instructions confusing
  • App crashes or freezes frequently

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add video tutorials
  • Expand free origami options
  • Improve instructions and diagrams
  • Allow sharing across devices

Cathode

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Origami Master

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Origami7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium Origami$4.99
1 purchases

Cathode

One-time1
  • Cathode Unlimited$1.99

Questions

Is Origami Master free?
Origami Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cathode free?
Cathode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Origami Master or Cathode have ads?
Origami Master shows ads; Cathode does not.

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