Comparison

Sensory Splatter vs Visual LightPad

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

Head to head
About

Sensory Splatter

Features
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A fun app for young learners. As the name suggests, by tapping you can splat images all over the screen. Splat hot air balloons in the sky and see them float away. Add butterflies onto the canvas. Drop sea creatures under the ocean. Fill up outer space with astronauts and space ships. Create a halloween scene or just splat paint on the brick wall. Splatter contains no adverts and does not require an app login. Switch Access and Adaptive XBox Controller: Splatter can be controlled with a mouse, touch screen or XBox controller and the Microsoft Adaptive controller. With the Adaptive controller and XBox controller, the Dpad allows you to select the scene, and then allows you to move a target around the splat zone. A & B buttons splat, with X & Y adding more random splatting. Use the View and List button to control the display. Keep the young one entertained for a few minutes with Splatter. Any support queries contact support@sensoryapphouse.com or www.facebook.com/sensoryapphouse

About

Visual LightPad

Features
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Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.

Screenshots

Sensory Splatter4 screens
Visual LightPad1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sensory Splatter at 11.4 against Visual LightPad's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sensory Splatter ships an update every 2 weeks, Visual LightPad weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Sensory Splatter versus Visual LightPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSensory SplatterVisual LightPad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.4 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensory App House LtdAW Games

In-app purchases

None

Sensory Splatter

No in-app purchases

None

Visual LightPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sensory Splatter free?
Sensory Splatter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual LightPad free?
Visual LightPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sensory Splatter or Visual LightPad have ads?
Neither Sensory Splatter nor Visual LightPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sensory Splatter or Visual LightPad?
Sensory Splatter ships an update every 2 weeks, and Visual LightPad weekly. Most recently, Sensory Splatter was updated on October 7, 2026 and Visual LightPad on October 4, 2026.

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