Kinetiform vs Tessr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Tessr
Transform a group of phones into a massive, synchronized display for concerts, festivals, or parties. Share videos from your device or the app's library across multiple screens, even without a network connection.
- Synchronized video playback across multiple devices
- Use your own videos from Camera Roll or Files
- Tile mode for a mosaic-like visual experience
- Offline connectivity via direct phone-to-phone connection
- Library of free and premium video packs
- Friends and session management
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Tessr turns a group of phones into one giant, synchronized screen. At a concert, festival, or party, everyone opens Tessr. One person hosts, the rest join — and a single video spreads across all your phones at once. Hold them up together and it becomes one massive visual, like the LED walls at a show, built from the phones in your hands. And it's not limited to our library: sync a video you already have — a movie, a clip, your own footage — straight from your Camera Roll or Files. Your video stays on your device. No Wi-Fi, no signal, no problem. Phones connect directly to each other, so it works even where the network doesn't. Download packs ahead of time and light up the room anywhere. • Bring your own video — pick any video from your Camera Roll or Files and spread it across everyone's phones. Your video never leaves your device. • Tile mode — each phone shows one slice of a larger picture; together they form the whole thing, perfectly in sync. • Video packs — a growing library of visuals, from free packs to premium drops. • Friends & sessions — add friends by handle, and make any session public or friends-only. More phones. Bigger screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Kinetiform at 41 against Tessr's 1. Kinetiform also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 18.2). Tessr's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tessr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Kinetiform against 5.0 for Tessr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinetiform has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Kinetiform's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tessr's.
| Parameter | Kinetiform | Tessr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 396 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Colordodge Labs | Luis Rodriguez |
Customer experience
Kinetiform
Tessr
In-app purchases
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99
Tessr
- Vortex$4.99









