Comparison

Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation vs Sample This!

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

Head to head
About

Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation

Easily create mesmerizing mandala art using your own images or a built-in library. Customize parameters, add effects, and even animate your creations. Save your artwork as screenshots or videos for personal projects.

Highlights
  • Create mandalas from own images
  • Use built-in image library
  • Customize parameters
  • Add visual effects
  • Animate mandalas
  • Screenshot and video recording
  • Experimental draw mode
Features
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--- Art with ease --- Create art with the help of your fingertip. It's easy, relaxing and satisfying! Mandalas are beautiful pieces of art where a certain segment is repeated many times, which gives a wonderful visual effect. This app is here to make it easy for you to create Mandalas from your own images or images from the built-in image library. Select an image and play around with different parameters which you can adjust. You also can animate the Mandala. --- Key features --- - Load own images - Customize different parameters - Add effects (bloom, vignette, chromatic abbaration) - Animate it! - Screenshot and video recording (UI excluded, could be used for your projects!) - Draw mode (Experimental) --- Draw mode --- I also added a simple draw mode which allows you to draw your own Mandala. It currently only has limited options. When you like that mode, just let me know you're interested in more, so I will continue developing this mode. Do you have ideas for improvements or new features? Please send me a message using info@mkgames.org If you like the app, you would really help me with leaving a review - thanks a lot! - Best regards Marvin Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sample This!

Features
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Experience the giant interactive sampler on the India Art Fair facade with augmented reality. Under "The Future is Born of Art" commission, the facade is envisioned as a giant sampler hosting motifs from embroidery traditions across the globe. Historically, samplers were tools used,often by women, to learn, practice, and pass on embroidery traditions. Today, this facade tells the story behind these motifs merging tradition and technology. Use the app to scan individual motifs to learn the meaning and cultural symbolism behind them. Simply point your camera at the facade and watch the sampler come alive with AR animations. Browse through the motif gallery and learn about the world of embroidery.

Screenshots

Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation4 screens
Sample This!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sample This! at none against Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation's 3. Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sample This! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation ships an update every 6 weeks, Sample This! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation versus Sample This!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaleidoscope Visual MeditationSample This!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (245 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings245 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB448 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMarvin KruegerAnkit Jindal

Bugs and requests

Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • New version is inconvenient for recording video
  • Additional menu obstructs video recording

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to save individual sets
  • Integrate additional features for purchase

Sample This!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation

Subscriptions2
  • Mandala PRO$4.991 Month
  • Mandala PRO7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unleash the power of Mandalize$44.99
None

Sample This!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation free?
Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sample This! free?
Sample This! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation or Sample This! have ads?
Neither Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation nor Sample This! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation or Sample This!?
Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation ships an update every 6 weeks, and Sample This! every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kaleidoscope Visual Meditation was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sample This! on October 31, 2026.

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