Hexaflexagons vs Fractal Catalog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hexaflexagons
Design and create unique paper puzzles with hidden sides. Personalize them with your own designs or use templates for secret messages, photo gifts, or custom cards.
- Design custom hexaflexagons
- Use pre-made designs
- Create secret messages
- Make photo gifts
- Design birthday cards
- Printable designs
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Hexaflexagons are the ultimate paper puzzle, and this app helps you design and make them. What is a hexaflexagon, you ask? It's a paper puzzle that has a front side, a back side, plus hidden sides. It's fun to give them to your friends to see if they can find the hidden sides. Hexaflexagons are great for sending secret messages. Or as photo gifts. Or birthday cards. You can customize your own hexaflexagon or start from one of our designs. Please note that after a limited trial, a $3.99 unlimited use upgrade is required in order to have the app send you designs that you can print and fold at home.
Fractal Catalog
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In the “Fractal Catalog” iPhone/iPad app, you can see various fractal figures while moving them. ** Fractals handled in “Fractal Catalog” ** C Curve Sierpinski Gasket Sierpinski Carpet Pentaflake Hexaflake Sierpinski Curve Hilbert Curve Peano Curve Moore Curve Koch Curve Koch Snow Flake Gumowski Mira Attractor Julia Set Mandelbrot Set Cellular Automaton Pascal’s Triangle Barnsley Fern Dragon Curve Modified Koch Curve Tree Curve Z Order Curve Minkowski Sausage Vicsek Snow Flake Saltire Vicsek Snow Flake Cross Torn Square Fractal Cantor Set Cantor Dust Gosper Curve Gosper Curve N13 Affine Transformation IFS Ammonite Affine Transformation IFS Tree Affine Transformation IFS Twin Dragon Affine Transformation IFS Branch Affine Transformation IFS Fern 2 Chaos Game Random Walk & Levy Flight Diffusion Limited Aggregation Diffusion Limited Deposition Invasion Percolation Ballistic Aggregation Devil’s Staircase Eden Model Scheidagger River Net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hexaflexagons at Free against Fractal Catalog's $2.99. Hexaflexagons also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Fractal Catalog's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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
Hexaflexagons is free to download; Fractal Catalog costs $2.99 up front. Hexaflexagons sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Fractal Catalog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hexaflexagons ships an update monthly, Fractal Catalog every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hexaflexagons | Fractal Catalog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VUXO I, CORP. | Yasuyoshi Ota |
Bugs and requests
Hexaflexagons
Requested features
2 requests- Incorporate more shapes
- Add more categories for designs
Fractal Catalog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hexaflexagons
- Make unlimited hexaflexagons$3.99
- Make unlimited hexaflexagons$4.99
Fractal Catalog
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hexaflexagons free?
Is Fractal Catalog free?
Do Hexaflexagons or Fractal Catalog have ads?
Which is updated more often, Hexaflexagons or Fractal Catalog?
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