Comparison

Fractals vs Poloska

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

Head to head
About

Fractals

Explore intricate mathematical patterns with interactive fractal generation. Manipulate Mandelbrot and Julia sets in real-time, customize equations, and save your creations. Ideal for artistic exploration, educational purposes, or simply a meditative visual experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time fractal manipulation
  • Mandelbrot and Julia set exploration
  • Customizable fractal equations
  • Save fractals to photos
  • Create fractals album
  • Intuitive multi-touch controls
Features
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Move and pinch and fractals in real-time! Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets on your iPhone and iPad. Select multiple fractal equations and enter your own values for Julia sets. Save fractals to your photos to share with friends and collect them in your fractals album. Fractals by Jochya "Shear aesthetic power opens a new art venue and opportunity to surpass all previous styles of ornamentation. The revelation of self- similarity across orders of magnitude is wonderfully illustrated here: the possibility of incorporating non-fractal elements remains an exciting potential giving a new perspective on perspective." Fun by EriQuintero "Very fun app for creating fractals pictures on iPhone." Exciting, beautiful, meditative by amusante "I am a color junkie. I am a math junkie. I am a pattern junkie. This app is perfection for me. The graphics are wonderful and the pattern flows are beautifully done. I could and often do, veg out on this when I'm problem-solving. Seems to trigger all the right neurons." Fractals totally worth it for schools by avsig "Awesome app, and an excellent way for secondary teachers to inspire and motivate students to explore and understand post-calculus topics!!!" Great starter for understanding Fractals by kami-1 "I really appreciate this work. Certainly worth the price tag. Hope it grows with more possibilities and options." lilgrey by Excellent ! "With so many color possibilities and very fast I have saved hundreds of beautiful pics." epic by LSperring "I've almost been waiting my whole I-pad experience to find a fractal app!" I've almost been waiting my whole I-pad experience to find a fractal app!? it by Willis936 "Render times are shorter than any other one I've used, does not go to infinity but you can spend 10 minutes trying to get there. Depth and technical options are much great. Buy this app!" Awesome! by Jesusfreak147 "I absolutely LOVE fractals! It's amazing that math equations do all of this!" Wow! by daralatho "This is an amazing App. It uses the iPad's multi-touch interface very intuitively. It's the best of the Fractal Apps I've found. I could spend hours playing and creating. The ability to save and quickly share makes it very fun." Worth it by COB Masters "This app is absolutely amazing. It has intuative controls and runs smoothly." Update is perfect! by Emppu66 "Thank you for working out so many kinks! Zoom is so much better and detail is improved! I love fractals and the improvements made this the perfect fractal app!" The Thumbprint Of God by Earl C Grey "That was the term Arthur C Clark used when referring to The 'M' Set, insomuch that one can see all kinds of various natural forms in this simple equation. Perhaps it's the formula used by nature herself when creating coral reefs, seahorses, elephants, ferns, and the plethora of familiar organic shapes revealed in a Mandelbrot zoom. This app is fantastic! The colors: Vibrant. The zooms go into infinity. None of the 'crashes' one experiences in some of the lesser fractal generators out there. I LOVE it! My favorite iPad app so-far."

About

Poloska

This app transforms your phone into a slit-scan camera, capturing continuous slices of time to create surreal and dynamic images. Explore motion, distortion, and unique visual effects to unleash your creativity in photography.

Highlights
  • Slit-scan photography
  • Dynamic image creation
  • Motion and distortion effects
  • Horizontal and vertical scanning
  • Creative photo manipulation
Features
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Experience time in a whole new way! Poloska transforms your iPhone into a slit-scan camera, letting you take surreal and mesmerizing pictures like never before. Rather than taking a single snapshot, Poloska records continuous slices of time, creating dynamic images that reveal motion, distortion, and unique visual effects. Unleash your creativity and have fun with photography! How it works: - Slit-scan magic: Poloska captures hundreds of frames per second, extracting a narrow slice from each frame and merging them into one flowing image. The longer you shoot, the wider your final image will be. - Unleash your creativity: Capture images of stretched cars, melting landscapes, or warped portraits—your imagination is the limit. - Customizable viewport: Choose between horizontal or vertical scanning to shape your shot just the way you want. - Pro tip: For the best results, use a tripod to stabilize your shots and unlock even more incredible effects. Download Poloska today and start bending time with your photos!

Screenshots

Fractals4 screens
Poloska4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Poloska at Free against Fractals's $2.99. Poloska also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months) and review sentiment (73% vs 65%). Fractals's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Poloska is free to download; Fractals costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fractals holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 76 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Fractals's written reviews are positive against 73% of Poloska's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fractals ships an update every 11 months, Poloska every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fractals versus Poloska: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractalsPoloska
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (76 ratings) — better4.1 (76 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7676
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPomegranate Apps LLCNIKITA SHANIN

Customer experience

Fractals

All ratings75 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative30.9%

Poloska

All ratings76 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

Fractals

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on startup (iPhone 7+)
  • App does not open
  • Laggy performance
  • App does not install on older devices
  • Zooming too much causes app to stop working

Requested features

10 requests
  • More fractal types/models
  • Ability to input custom equations
  • More color control (color numbers, more options)
  • Increase/decrease number of colors
  • Higher resolution saved images
Show 5 more
  • Use PNG instead of JPG for saving
  • Fill black color with palette color
  • Dark mode
  • Better graphics quality
  • Save images without menu/watermark

Poloska

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fractals

No in-app purchases

None

Poloska

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fractals free?
Fractals costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poloska free?
Poloska is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fractals or Poloska?
Fractals is rated higher. Fractals averages 4.3 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Poloska averages 4.1 from 76 ratings.
Do Fractals or Poloska have ads?
Neither Fractals nor Poloska shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fractals or Poloska?
Fractals ships an update every 11 months, and Poloska every 4 months. Most recently, Fractals was updated on October 23, 2026 and Poloska on October 24, 2026.

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