Comparison

Jude vs DoomFracting

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

Head to head
About

Jude

Discover and explore intricate fractal patterns from the Julia and Mandlebrot sets. Customize their appearance with different color palettes and save your favorite creations as device backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Explore Julia and Mandlebrot fractals
  • Infinite zoom capabilities
  • Customizable color palettes
  • Save fractals as wallpapers
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Explore beautiful fractals from the Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Zoom into intricate patterns, change their colors, and save images as backgrounds for your iPhone or iPad.

About

DoomFracting

Features
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Stop doomscrolling. Start DoomFracting. Trade the endless newsfeed for the infinite beauty of nature's most famous mathematical landscape. DoomFracting turns complex mathematics into a mesmerizing, stress-relieving journey. Built around the legendary equation Zₙ₊₁ = Zₙ² + C, this app lets you zoom endlessly into the Mandelbrot set—a shape where complexity never ends, no matter how deep you go. Inspired by Benoit Mandelbrot's realization that "clouds aren't spheres, and mountains aren't cones," DoomFracting bridges the gap between scientific history, raw math, and pure visual art. Why You'll Love It: • (Almost!) Infinite Discovery: Deep, fluid zooming through never-ending self-similar structures. • Bite-Sized History: Learn how Benoit Mandelbrot, Gaston Julia, and early IBM computers unlocked fractal geometry. • Accessible Math: Enjoy clear, approachable explanations—from Z₀ = 0 to complex plane dynamics. No degree in mathematics required. • Distraction-Free Experience: Pure geometry, historical depth, and effortless exploration designed to give your brain a better kind of infinity. New Since Launch: • Bookmarks: Save the exact location, zoom level, palette, and shading of a view you love, and jump back to it anytime. Share any bookmark as a real link—AirDrop, Messages, email, anywhere—that opens straight to that view on someone else's iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Vision Pro, even if they've never saved a palette of their own. Comes with 14 real, hand-researched locations built in—Seahorse Valley, Elephant Valley, the Feigenbaum point, and more—plus an Online Library with 18 further deep cuts to download. • Auto-Pilot Exploration: Flip on AUTO and let DoomFracting drift deeper into the set on its own, surfacing fresh boundary detail every few seconds — a hands-free, screensaver-style tour you can step into or out of anytime. • Save Your Favorite Moments: Record the current view's color animation as a looping video clip, saved straight to your Photos library. • Apple Watch Companion: See your live Mandelbrot — or Julia, with a double-tap — mirrored right on your wrist as you explore. • Lock Screen & Home Screen Widget: Keep your last discovery glanceable from StandBy, your Lock Screen, or your Home Screen. • Palette Library: Save, import, share, rename, and duplicate your own color palettes as real Fractint-style .map files — plus an Online Library of curated palettes you can browse and add to your collection in one tap. • Full-Screen Julia in Landscape: Rotate sideways and tap the corner tag to swap your whole screen over to the Julia set for wherever you're currently zoomed — a genuinely different, connected fractal shape for the same spot, one tap away, with its own palette-animation recording. Replace aimless scrolling with mathematical wonder. Download DoomFracting today.

Screenshots

Jude1 screens
DoomFracting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DoomFracting at every 2 days against Jude's every 3 months. DoomFracting also leads on device support (6 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jude ships an update every 3 months, DoomFracting every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Jude versus DoomFracting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJudeDoomFracting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlake ShawEmmanuel Viale

In-app purchases

None

Jude

No in-app purchases

None

DoomFracting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jude free?
Jude is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DoomFracting free?
DoomFracting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jude or DoomFracting have ads?
Neither Jude nor DoomFracting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jude or DoomFracting?
Jude ships an update every 3 months, and DoomFracting every 2 days. Most recently, Jude was updated on November 3, 2026 and DoomFracting on November 10, 2026.

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