warpAR vs Kinetiform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
warpAR
This app uses augmented reality to distort real-world textures and surfaces. You can reshape buildings or turn murals into colorful swirls with various liquify tools. Create and share unique images and videos of your AR creations.
- Distort real-world surfaces with AR
- Six adjustable liquify tools
- Create unique images and videos
- Share creations easily
- Fun AR effects on various surfaces
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warpAR lets you distort the textures of the real world using augmented reality. Tap and drag to reshape buildings or turn murals into swirls of color using a set of liquify tools. warpAR is great for creating unique images and videos to share. Or you can just have fun trying the effects on different surfaces around you and getting creative. Highlights: • Distort real world surfaces around you using AR. With warpAR's unique style of AR, it really looks like you are distorting the world. • Six different adjustable liquify-style tools for warping reality. • Capture ready to share images and videos of your creations. So give warpAR a try and be sure to share anything fun you create using it
Kinetiform
This app transforms your doodles into dynamic abstract art. Shapes automatically connect and fill with unique patterns, while kaleidoscopic animations add a mesmerizing visual experience. You can also let the app create art for you with its Auto Draw feature.
- Automatic shape detection and pattern filling
- Auto Draw for generative art creation
- Regenerate patterns
- 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects
- Customizable kaleidoscope settings
- Save and share drawings
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Kinetiform is doodling reimagined. It is a canvas with a mind of its own. Draw abstract shapes that automatically connect and fill with randomly generated patterns. Use Auto Draw to sit back and watch as the app creates a unique random composition right before your eyes. Watch as your drawing is tumbled and twisted through beautiful kaleidoscopic animations. Features: - Automatically detects shapes and fills them with random procedural patterns - Auto Draw creates procedural art as you watch and finishes lines for you - Regenerate any pattern after it’s been drawn - 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects - Advanced kaleidoscope settings let you fully configure the effect - Pan and zoom feature that interacts with kaleidoscope effects - Draw into the kaleidoscope - Customize your drawing experience with several control options - Create a color palette and save it, or load one of 200 preset color palettes - Choose which patterns you want to use and how often they will randomly appear - Save drawings to work on them later - Save images to your photo library or share them on social media - 100 levels of undo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: warpAR at none against Kinetiform's 1. warpAR also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Kinetiform's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 7). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. warpAR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinetiform has 40 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of warpAR's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
warpAR ships an update every 5 days, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | warpAR | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rare Realities, LLC | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
warpAR
Kinetiform
In-app purchases
warpAR
No in-app purchases
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99








