Comparison

Tagtool SE vs Polagone

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

Head to head
About

Tagtool SE

Transform your iPad into a live visual instrument for painting with light and creating spontaneous animations. Ideal for performances, storytelling, and collaborative art, this app enables educators to distribute Pro licenses for institutional use.

Highlights
  • Live visual instrument
  • Paint with light
  • Create spontaneous animations
  • Multiplayer jams
  • Guerilla interventions
  • Educational license distribution
Features
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Tagtool transforms your iPad into a visual live instrument. Connect a projector to paint with light, draw expressive animations, or tell improvised stories. Jam with friends on a shared canvas, perform live shows, or create pop-up street art. From classrooms and workshops to galleries and live stages, Tagtool fills any space with colorful art, created together. Whether you're a VJ, artist, educator, or just curious — discover a new universe of digital art! Tagtool SE ("School Edition") is equivalent to the standard Tagtool App with the Pro upgrade. It enables educational institutions to distribute Tagtool Pro licenses using Apple School Manager.

About

Polagone

Create striking generative art and animations for posters, album covers, and motion loops. This parametric design studio allows exploration of shapes, grids, and transformations to produce endless visual compositions. Export high-resolution images and animations ready for print, video, and projection.

Highlights
  • Parametric design studio
  • Generative art and animations
  • High-resolution export (images & video)
  • Vector export (SVG, PDF)
  • Real-time motion and VJ visuals
  • Advanced creative tools (deformers, effects)
  • Seamless iCloud sync
Features
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Polagone is a visual synthesizer for creating generative motion, patterns and real-time graphics. Build systems instead of drawing frame by frame. Combine grids, shapes, colors, effects, animation, audio reaction and MIDI control to create visuals that constantly evolve. From geometric motion loops to optical art, posters, VJ visuals and experimental design, Polagone transforms simple structures into dynamic visuals in real time. Designed for artists, designers, musicians and visual explorers. Features: • Real-time generative design • Audio-reactive & MIDI-controlled visuals • Parametric grids and shape systems • Motion loops and animation tools • Vector, image and video export • SVG, PDF, PNG, TIFF, MP4 & ProRes export • External fullscreen output • Works on Mac, iPad & iPhone No subscriptions. Just create.

Screenshots

Polagone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Polagone at 100% against Tagtool SE's 0%. Polagone also leads on price (Free vs $17.99) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). Tagtool SE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18). On ads 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

Polagone is free to download; Tagtool SE costs $17.99 up front. Polagone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tagtool SE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tagtool SE ships an update every 7 months, Polagone every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tagtool SE versus Polagone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTagtool SEPolagone
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating—4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOMA InternationalFingerlab

Customer experience

Tagtool SE

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Polagone

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tagtool SE

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Polagone

One-time1
  • Polagone Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Tagtool SE free?
Tagtool SE costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polagone free?
Polagone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tagtool SE or Polagone have ads?
Neither Tagtool SE nor Polagone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tagtool SE or Polagone?
Tagtool SE ships an update every 7 months, and Polagone every 8 days. Most recently, Tagtool SE was updated on October 24, 2026 and Polagone on October 24, 2026.

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