Elemental Forces vs Craion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elemental Forces
Experience a digital augmented reality art installation. Point your device at paintings or surfaces to trigger a dynamic sound and light show. Explore geometric shapes and interactive audio influenced by your touch and position.
- Augmented reality art display
- Interactive soundscapes
- Light effects
- Geometric shape visuals
- Touch and location-based interaction
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For the digital augmented reality experience, point your device at the paintings or a surface, and experience a sound and light experience. The program is structured around simple geometric shapes, with sounds affected by your location and touch. This series of digital art and oil paintings represents is a meditation on air, light, surfaces, sound and color.
Craion
Unleash creativity by generating drawings and stories from text or emojis. This app lets users color their creations digitally or print them for traditional coloring fun.
- Create drawings from text prompts
- Generate stories from emojis
- Digital coloring
- Printable coloring pages
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Craion allows you or your child to create beautiful stories and drawings using emojis or help them type out their imagination and make it into a drawing. They can then color them in on an iPhone or iPad. You can also print them out and color them in with pencil crayons, crayons or felts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Elemental Forces at none against Craion's 5. Craion's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Craion sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Elemental Forces asks for nothing beyond the download.
Elemental Forces ships an update every 3 months, Craion fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elemental Forces | Craion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Leister | BenchApp Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Elemental Forces
Craion
In-app purchases
Elemental Forces
No in-app purchases
Craion
- Craion Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
- Craion Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
- Craion Plus Semi-annual$24.996 Months
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- Craion Plus Yearly$44.991 Year
- Craion Plus$1.99
