Comparison

Art Raffle vs Pattern Bliss Lite

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

Head to head
About

Art Raffle

This app helps you choose tangle patterns and art enhancers for your Zentangle® projects by randomly selecting digital cards. Each card provides detailed information, step-outs, and links to lessons, offering a fun and educational way to explore new artistic possibilities.

Highlights
  • Random card selection
  • Curated tangle patterns
  • Art enhancer prompts
  • Detailed card information
  • Step-by-step guides
  • Save custom raffles
  • Gestural controls
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If you have a hard time choosing tangle patterns for your Zentangle® project, let the universe decide. Eni Oken's Art Raffle is based on her successful "Bijou Raffle" lesson: pull out random cards with tangle patterns and art enhancers to inspire you to create Zentangle® like you never have done before. In this beautifully elegant digital version, you can select up to 8 different cards, randomly selected from a collection curated and prepared by Eni herself. You can save different raffle selections and even search to easily find your favorite cards. LEARN SO MUCH MORE WITH EACH CARD But that's just the beginning, this digital version does so much more than the traditional game. The BACK OF EACH CARD contains a wealth of information about the tangle or art enhancer: step-outs, descriptions, links to samples and lessons. The game is so soothing and addictive you'll find yourself perusing the cards randomly just to learn more about each card! ELEGANT GESTURAL COMMANDS The game is made to behave as closely to the real raffle game as possible. Gestures such as flicking, tapping and zooming in make this game super fun to play. You can even move the cards around! SAVE RAFFLE GAMES You can save raffle games for later and create as many raffles as you like. Rename and edit the raffle games, discard cards or add different ones. MORE CARDS COMING This introductory version comes with a starter pack of tangle patterns, art enhancer prompts and strings. This is just the beginning, more cards are coming soon! YES, IT'S ENTIRELY FREE The Zentangle world has quite literally saved Eni's life after battling stage 4 cancer. Today she is a CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher) and teaches hundreds of students through video lessons and live online classes via her Art Club. This app, which took many months to develop, is Eni's profound and sincere THANK YOU gift to this loving and nurturing artistic community! Wishing you a happy Art Raffle! Copyright 2020 Eni Oken Designs, Inc. Developed by Blind View Studios.

About

Pattern Bliss Lite

Features
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Pattern Bliss Lite is a unique graphic design tool that generates limitless seamlessly tiling abstract patterns. Create background patterns for brochures, designs for coloring books, custom wrapping paper, and even wrap frames around your own photos. Want instant results? Simply tap the Randomize button to instantly create new beautiful designs. Want to sculpt and play? Adjust those sliders to gently change the patterns to suit your needs: Simple to ornate, Boxy to swirly... it offers limitless possibilities and beauty. These flowing abstract patterns can be simple or complex, colored or Black-and-White lines, single panel or seamlessly repeating. There are so many things you can create with them... here are just a few ideas: * Make unique patterns for brainstorming new artwork ideas. * Make backdrops and add your own artwork over them. * Use the patterns as templates for gilding, electro-plating, silk-screening, or 3D printing. * Generate ornate "Picture Frames" to lay over your own image/photo. * Make seamless tile artwork assets for wall or floor textures in your computer games. * Create abstract artwork for coloring book pages. * Create a variety of striking slide backdrops for presentations. Here are some features that put Pattern Bliss Lite at the top of the list as an outstanding abstract pattern generator. * Quickly create thousands of wildly unique royalty-free patterns. * Share your patterns quickly via e-mail or social media. * Easily export the images as PNG or JPG, in sizes ranging from 100x100 up to 600x600 pixels for high resolution publication in your own books, newsletters, social media/blog, or classroom handouts. (Full version goes up to 4000x4000) * Open a "hole" in a pattern to turn it into an ornate border to add over your photos or artwork. * "Bookmark" up to 2 of your favorite patterns for immediately popping back to any time. (Full version goes up to 50, of course.) * Shake your iPhone or iPad to get a new pattern (feature not available on the Macintosh, it is not meant to be shaken!) * Supports Dark Mode and Full-Screen mode. * Work without a net... You can run Pattern Bliss anywhere... you never need an internet connection to create and export patterns. * Includes a comprehensive User Guide that contains over 20 pages of tutorials and tips and describes every option, getting you up-to-speed right away. Advanced features are explained, helping you create high-quality fun patterns.

Screenshots

Art Raffle4 screens
Pattern Bliss Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Art Raffle at every 5 weeks against Pattern Bliss Lite's every 22 months. Pattern Bliss Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Raffle ships an update every 5 weeks, Pattern Bliss Lite every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Art Raffle versus Pattern Bliss Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt RafflePattern Bliss Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (118 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings118 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan ThomsonEduard Schwan

Bugs and requests

Art Raffle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Black screen on iPhone
  • Disappearing tangle tiles

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to upload photos of created tiles
  • Regular updates with more content
  • Option to add own cards

Pattern Bliss Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Art Raffle

No in-app purchases

None

Pattern Bliss Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Art Raffle free?
Art Raffle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pattern Bliss Lite free?
Pattern Bliss Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Art Raffle or Pattern Bliss Lite have ads?
Neither Art Raffle nor Pattern Bliss Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Art Raffle or Pattern Bliss Lite?
Art Raffle ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pattern Bliss Lite every 22 months. Most recently, Art Raffle was updated on October 20, 2026 and Pattern Bliss Lite on October 1, 2026.

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