Comparison

Hexaflexagons vs Fractal Catalog

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Design custom hexaflexagons
  • Use pre-made designs
  • Create secret messages
  • Make photo gifts
  • Design birthday cards
  • Printable designs
Features
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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.

About

Fractal Catalog

Features
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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

Screenshots

Hexaflexagons4 screens
Fractal Catalog4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexaflexagons ships an update monthly, Fractal Catalog every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hexaflexagons versus Fractal Catalog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexaflexagonsFractal Catalog
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVUXO 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

2 purchases

Hexaflexagons

One-time2
  • Make unlimited hexaflexagons$3.99
  • Make unlimited hexaflexagons$4.99
None

Fractal Catalog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexaflexagons free?
Hexaflexagons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fractal Catalog free?
Fractal Catalog costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexaflexagons or Fractal Catalog have ads?
Neither Hexaflexagons nor Fractal Catalog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexaflexagons or Fractal Catalog?
Hexaflexagons ships an update monthly, and Fractal Catalog every 10 months. Most recently, Hexaflexagons was updated on November 3, 2026 and Fractal Catalog on November 3, 2026.

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