Comparison

Sensory Goo vs Visual LightPad

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

Head to head
About

Sensory Goo

Explore liquid fun and creative drawing with this accessible app designed for early learners. Experiment with touch and motion to create unique, layered tanks of goo, varying line size and bubble speed. Offers multiple pre-defined modes for diverse artistic experiences.

Highlights
  • Liquid fun bubble drawing
  • Layered goo tank creation
  • Adjustable line size and bubble speed
  • Symmetry drawing options
  • Multiple pre-defined drawing modes
  • Controller support (Xbox, Adaptive)
Features
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Be creative with Sensory Goo using Liquid Fun Bubble drawing. An easy to use app that is accessible and good for early learners exploring touch and motion. Create layered tanks of goo. Create some unusual looking symmetry. Vary the size of the drawing line, and the speed of the liquid bubbles. 8 different pre-defined modes are; 1. Bubble color changes for each new line draw 2. Bubble color change is on a timer 3. Creations bounce around the tank 4. Fast bubble drawing with a shimmer effect 5. Choose your colors from the palette 6. Choose your colors from the palette and draw with symmetry 7. Choose your colors from the palette and draw with symmetry, fixed shapes, bouncing shapes and flow. Change the flow speed and the line width. 8. Full mode - Choose your colors from the palette and draw with symmetry, fixed shapes, bouncing shapes, flow, full bubbles and eraser. Change the flow speed and the line width. Sensory Goo contains no adverts, no in-app purchases and does not require end user login. Sensory Goo can be used remotely for bubble drawing with an XBox Controller and the Microsoft Adaptive Controller.

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 Goo4 screens
Visual LightPad1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sensory Goo at 11.0 against Visual LightPad's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sensory Goo ships an update every 4 days, Visual LightPad weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sensory Goo versus Visual LightPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSensory GooVisual LightPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensory App House LtdAW Games

In-app purchases

None

Sensory Goo

No in-app purchases

None

Visual LightPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sensory Goo free?
Sensory Goo 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 Goo or Visual LightPad have ads?
Neither Sensory Goo nor Visual LightPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sensory Goo or Visual LightPad?
Sensory Goo ships an update every 4 days, and Visual LightPad weekly. Most recently, Sensory Goo was updated on October 24, 2026 and Visual LightPad on October 25, 2026.

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