Banner vs Metaballs Mobile
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.
Metaballs Mobile
Create and manipulate 3D gooey shapes with intuitive touch controls. Merge different forms and colors to craft unique sculptures. Export your creations in USDZ or STL formats for sharing or 3D printing.
- Sculpt, squash, and stretch 3D shapes
- Merge shapes and colors
- Export in USDZ format
- Export in STL format for 3D printing
- Intuitive touch controls
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Sculpt, squash, and stretch gooey 3D shapes with your fingers. Merge shapes and colors. And when you've composed a creation you love, you can export to the USDZ format for sharing your 3D model with others. (As well as STL files for 3D printing!) From the creators of Metaballs: Spatial, on Apple Vision Pro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Metaballs Mobile at 5.0 against Banner's 3.0. Banner's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Metaballs Mobile $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Metaballs Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner | Metaballs Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Apposite |
Customer experience
Banner
Metaballs Mobile
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
Metaballs Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Banner
No in-app purchases
Metaballs Mobile
No in-app purchases
