Comparison

Light Strokes vs Circular Art

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

Head to head
About

Light Strokes

Features
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This is the only app that lets you paint with whatever your iPad’s video camera sees. Create artwork instantly by aiming it at people, pets, flowers dancing in the wind, whatever. With Light Strokes, the world is your paintbrush! FEATURES & BENEFITS: • Adjust the camera settings (exposure, zoom, etc.) to paint with just what you want • Choose colors and set transparency, so that paint builds up at the speed you’d like • Blend colors along your “brush”, or use its edges to add texture, or do both at once • Turn on dissolve, so that you can keep on painting without ever filling the screen • Turn on mirroring to give symmetry to everything you paint • Swipe right to pause painting while you line up your next shot • Save your pictures or share them directly from the app EXTRA FEATURES available with in-app purchase or free trial: • Save combinations of colors and effects for quick and easy retrieval later • Automatically make small random color adjustments, to add variety • Import photos or other images to paint on • Undo painted strokes made in error, or redo them DEMO: • See a demonstration of the app (with and without special hardware for more natural painting) at https://youtu.be/S-s2kmsSa9w SUPPORT: • See the user guide at https://lightstrokes.com/Light Strokes for iPad User Guide v3.pdf • Send email to help@lightstrokes.com

About

Circular Art

Features
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Explore the patterns traced by points revolving around circles as they in turn revolve around other circles, patterns traced by points on circles the are rolling around the inside or outside of a larger circle, or patterns created by line segments connecting points on rotating circular gears. Choose the sizes, choose the velocities, choose the colors, and just see what happens.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Circular Art at none against Light Strokes's 2. Circular Art also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Light Strokes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Circular Art asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Light Strokes versus Circular Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight StrokesCircular Art
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard GreeneThomas Bretl

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Light Strokes

One-time2
  • 14-Day Trial of All FeaturesFree
  • Unlock All Features$4.99
None

Circular Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Light Strokes free?
Light Strokes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Circular Art free?
Circular Art is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Light Strokes or Circular Art have ads?
Neither Light Strokes nor Circular Art shows ads.

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