Comparison

Designgraphik vs Generative CircleLines

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

Head to head
About

Designgraphik

Explore a curated collection of innovative digital art from a renowned designer. This app showcases high-resolution works in a custom gallery, offering a unique artistic experience.

Highlights
  • High-resolution artwork display
  • Custom gallery presentation
  • Curated digital art collection
  • Exploration of online design boundaries
  • Artist's proprietary creative environment
Features
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Designgraphik is Michael Paul Young. His innovative work has been exhibited worldwide, from the 500,000 LED pixels of U2’s 360° Tour to a 70-foot tall projection on Richard Meier’s The Hague City Hall. He has won awards including the Clio and the Cannes Gold Cyber Lion and has spoken at the world’s most renowned design conventions and festivals. At the turn of the millennium, Young found himself needing a place to explore and test the boundaries of online digital art, resulting in his creation of the Designgraphik name and website. Whether on the web at that site and others like Submethod and Vir2l, in print, or on various hard media, his goal was always the exploration and testing of boundaries, under presentation circumstances that he controlled, in environments that were his own proprietary creations. The work helped to shape online design throughout the late 90s and early 00s, and was nominated for and won numerous multimedia and online design awards until Young retired the Designgraphik name in 2010. In 2020, as we enter the fourth decade of life online, nothing is proprietary. Online art is democratized and sanitized, cropped, compressed, formatted, influenced, ranked, rated and ultimately forgotten in a dark corner of a corporate data center. And so Young has re-launched the Designgraphik name and ethos, once again in presentation circumstances under his control, in an environment that is his own proprietary creation. The ultimate expression of that concept is this app, designed to present Young's work as Designgraphik in high resolution, in a custom gallery, for free.

About

Generative CircleLines

Experience an art project that generates unique visual patterns through simple circular motions and straight lines. This application offers a contemplative viewing experience, allowing users to find inspiration or simply pass the time.

Highlights
  • Algorithmic shape generation
  • Circular motion patterns
  • Straight line integration
  • Contemplative visual experience
  • Art project focus
Features
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This is an ART project. This is just a view, it's not a solution to anything. However, you may find something in the shapes that are created. The shapes are generated by simple circular motions and straight lines. Complex things may actually be broken down into simple things. Just by watching the shapes being created, you may think of something. Or, time will pass without thinking about anything. Not everything in the world has to be for something. Just look for something that satisfies you. This is an application to just watch the shapes being created.

Screenshots

Designgraphik4 screens
Generative CircleLines3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Generative CircleLines at Free against Designgraphik's $1.99. Generative CircleLines also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Designgraphik's advantage is chart position (#148 vs unranked) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Generative CircleLines is free to download; Designgraphik costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Designgraphik against 4.6 for Generative CircleLines. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Designgraphik ships an update monthly, Generative CircleLines every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Designgraphik versus Generative CircleLines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesigngraphikGenerative CircleLines
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#148 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYouWorkForThem, IncNaohiro Tateishi

Customer experience

Designgraphik

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Generative CircleLines

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Designgraphik

No in-app purchases

None

Generative CircleLines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Designgraphik free?
Designgraphik costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Generative CircleLines free?
Generative CircleLines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Designgraphik or Generative CircleLines?
Designgraphik is rated higher. Designgraphik averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Generative CircleLines averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Designgraphik or Generative CircleLines have ads?
Neither Designgraphik nor Generative CircleLines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Designgraphik or Generative CircleLines?
Designgraphik ships an update monthly, and Generative CircleLines every 2 weeks. Most recently, Designgraphik was updated on October 8, 2026 and Generative CircleLines on September 17, 2026.

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