Banner vs Atomic Toy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner
Create custom LED-matrix-style displays for messages, time, date, tweets, and music information. Personalize your display with adjustable speeds, orientations, and element styles. Ideal for unique visual notifications and information sharing.
- Customizable messages
- Display time and date
- Show tweet feeds
- Display music info
- Adjustable scroll/blink speed
- Customizable LED appearance
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
Atomic Toy
Explore the fascinating world of atomic structures. Interact with a dynamic nucleus and energetic particles that react to your touch, creating unique atomic formations. A visually engaging experience for curious minds.
- Dynamic nucleus simulation
- Energetic particle reactions
- Touch-based interaction
- Generates new atom types
- Visually pleasing effects
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Atomic Toy displays a nucleus surrounded by particles of energy. Touching the nucleus generates a new kind of atom. The energetic particles react in pleasing ways to your touches.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Atomic Toy at 4.1 against Banner's 3.0. Atomic Toy also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and chart position (#150 vs unranked). Banner's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Banner costs $0.99 and Atomic Toy $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Atomic Toy holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Banner's written reviews are positive against 67% of Atomic Toy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Banner ships an update every 3 months, Atomic Toy every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner | Atomic Toy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews — better | 66.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #150 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | PDJ Apps |
Customer experience
Banner
Atomic Toy
User reviews
Banner
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast scrolling
- 👍 Customizable colors and styles
- 💡 Multiple saved messages
- 👍 Fun and useful app
- 🚀 Improved over free version
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
- 🐛 Text editing issues
- 🐛 Orientation issues
- 🐛 Missing features from free version
Atomic Toy
From 8 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Mesmerizing and beautiful visuals
- 🎨 Creates awesome wallpapers
- 🧘 Relaxing and fun to play with
- 🤩 Addictive and entertaining
- 👍 Good for kids and adults
Room to improve
- 👎 Clunky and outdated interface
- 📉 Lost old multitouch functionality
- 📱 Screen display not centered on some devices
- 🤷 Gets repetitive after a while
- 💰 Overpriced for features
Bugs and requests
Banner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Text editing cursor issues
- Orientation-related bugs
- Freezing or crashing
Requested features
5 requests- More color and font options
- Ability to add symbols like heart
- Vertical scrolling or screen saver mode
- Random message playback
- Ability to manipulate individual pixels
Atomic Toy
Reported bugs
7 issues- Multitouch changed and not as good
- Active screen is a portion of the iPhone 6s
- Nucleus display not centered on iPhone 6 Plus
- Photos not showing up in photo album
- App stuck on loading screen
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- Charge problem (charged twice)
- Stole pictures made when app was free
Requested features
11 requests- Bring back old multitouch functionality
- More particles and variable particle size
- Selectable color palette
- Vibrate function
- Add a text tool
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- More features for the price
- More parameters to tweak
- Sound reactivity
- Choose colors, possibly multiple at once
- Draw with patterns to create non-abstract pictures
- Remove menu mode, keep 5-finger mode
In-app purchases
Banner
No in-app purchases
Atomic Toy
No in-app purchases
