wriggles vs Magic Paint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
wriggles
A charming interactive toy app where a caterpillar hatches and wriggles on screen. Feed it to help it grow into a butterfly, and explore its reactions to touch. Designed for young children to freely play and stimulate their curiosity.
- Interactive caterpillar growth simulation
- Transform into a butterfly
- Touch-based reactions
- Free play and exploration
- Stimulates curiosity
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As you swipe the screen, a caterpillar is born and starts to wriggle around. Eat foods and grow up to be a beautiful butterfly! Touch various places and enjoy the reaction! It is a cute toy app that can play freely and tickle curiosity. Let small children play with it as if it were a toy.
Magic Paint
Bring your drawings to life with this app. Simply draw a picture, press a button, and watch it animate, swimming, running, or even flying. You can even use photos to create unique animated scenes.
- Draw and animate pictures
- Pictures move independently
- Use photos for animation
- Create flying or swimming animations
- Easy to use interface
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Let's move your artistic picture! Easy to use. Just draw a picture and press the completion button. The picture will begin to swim or run on its own. Use photos for more fun. You can fly like basketball or hide in the soil like a mole.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: wriggles at 5.0 against Magic Paint's 2.0. wriggles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). Magic Paint's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. wriggles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Magic Paint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
wriggles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
wriggles ships an update every 4 months, Magic Paint every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | wriggles | Magic Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TAKURO IMAGAWA | Star Spiral |
Customer experience
wriggles
Magic Paint
In-app purchases
wriggles
- Add content$1.99
Magic Paint
- Full Version$2.99
Questions
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