Comparison

Kinetiform vs Tessr

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Kinetiform4 screens
Tessr4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kinetiform versus Tessr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKinetiformTessr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (41 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 22 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.6 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB396 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperColordodge LabsLuis Rodriguez

Customer experience

Kinetiform

All ratings40 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%

Tessr

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kinetiform

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$4.99
1 purchases

Tessr

One-time1
  • Vortex$4.99

Questions

Is Kinetiform free?
Kinetiform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tessr free?
Tessr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kinetiform or Tessr?
Tessr is rated higher. Kinetiform averages 4.9 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Tessr averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kinetiform or Tessr have ads?
Neither Kinetiform nor Tessr shows ads.

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