Interactful vs Symbols Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interactful
This app offers an interactive learning experience for SwiftUI, providing code snippets and examples for various components and foundational elements. It also grants quick access to official Apple developer and design documentation.
- Interactive SwiftUI examples
- Code snippets for components
- Foundational element explanations
- Access to Apple documentation
- macOS version available
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An interactive guide for SwiftUI to help designers and developers build better apps. – Code snippets and interactive examples for components like Sliders, Toggles, Lists, and Grids – Foundational elements like Colors, Fonts, Haptics, Gestures, Animation, SF Symbols, and Accessibility – Quick access to Apple's official developer and design documentation – Also available on macOS
Symbols Explorer
Easily find and copy SF Symbols for your development projects. Browse by category, discover related icons, and utilize multicolor options. A handy tool for enhancing app interfaces.
- Search SF Symbols
- Search related symbols
- Copy symbol name
- Browse by categories
- Multicolor support
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Features - Search SF Symbols - Search related symbols - Copy symbol name - Categories - Multicolor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Interactful at 98% against Symbols Explorer's 61%. Interactful also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (402 vs 26). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Interactful sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Symbols Explorer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Interactful holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interactful has 402 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Interactful's written reviews are positive against 61% of Symbols Explorer's.
Interactful ships an update every 5 weeks, Symbols Explorer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interactful | Symbols Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (402 ratings) — better | 4.5 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 402 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harley Thomas | Shota Abe |
Customer experience
Interactful
Symbols Explorer
Bugs and requests
Interactful
Reported bugs
2 issues- Navigation issues in certain examples
- Inconsistent behavior with some UI elements
Requested features
5 requests- Support for newer iOS versions and components
- Dynamic Type size adjustments
- Code generation for more complex examples
- Audio/sound effects support
- Ability to save/export custom configurations
Symbols Explorer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Interactful
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
Symbols Explorer
- Premium (Monthly Subscription)$2.991 Month
- Premium (Yearly Subscription)$29.991 Year
- Small Tip$1.99
- Symbols Explorer Pro$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
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- Large Tip$9.99
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