Comparison

Fractals vs TriMeshImager

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

TriMeshImager

Transform your photos into unique digital art using triangular mesh generation. Choose from various patterns, shapes, and color schemes to create intricate designs, from simple meshes to complex floral and dot patterns. It can also be used to decorate existing photos.

Highlights
  • Generates triangular mesh from photos
  • Converts images to vector drawings
  • Multiple mesh types: Grid, Circles, Painting, Stained Glass, Contour
  • Customizable patch and node shapes
  • Coloring based on image intensity or user specification
  • Wave deformation for edges
  • Use as a photo decorator
Features
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TriMeshImager generates a triangular mesh from a photo, and converts it to a vector image (drawing art). You can easily experience a digital art that converts to triangle, flower or heart pattern from photo. As mesh converter, one of the five types - "Grid", "Concentric Circles", "Painting", "Stained Glass", or "Contour" can be selected. The patches(triangles) and nodes(vertexes of triangle) of triangular mesh are drawn with color decided by user specified method. Voronoi diagram (polygon with vertices at circumcenter of triangle) can be displayed. You can get geometric pattern like turtle's shell. As patch shape, there are triangle, petal, heart, clover and gear. As node shape, circle, diamond, heart, gear and text can be selected. The color of inside and edge of patch or node, is decided with specified color, image color, or gradation derived from image intensity. Moreover, from Ver.3.2, edges of triangle or Voronoi cell can be deformed like wave shape. From these combination, you can get not only simple triangular mesh but also more complex flower pattern or dot pattern. Because the original image can be specified as a background image, this app can be also used as a photo decorator.

Screenshots

Fractals4 screens
TriMeshImager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fractals at 4.3 against TriMeshImager's 3.4. Fractals also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (75 vs 8). TriMeshImager's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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

Fractals costs $2.99 and TriMeshImager $1.99 up front. TriMeshImager sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Fractals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fractals holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fractals has 75 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Fractals's written reviews are positive against 56% of TriMeshImager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fractals ships an update every 11 months, TriMeshImager every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fractals versus TriMeshImager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractalsTriMeshImager
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.3 (75 ratings) — better3.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings75 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPomegranate Apps LLCNOBORU IMAI

Customer experience

Fractals

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

TriMeshImager

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

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
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  • Use PNG instead of JPG for saving
  • Fill black color with palette color
  • Dark mode
  • Better graphics quality
  • Save images without menu/watermark

TriMeshImager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fractals

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

TriMeshImager

One-time5
  • High Quality Bitmap Export$0.99
  • Patch Shape Option$0.99
  • Node Shape Option$0.99
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  • Maze Pattern Option$0.99
  • Vector Image Export$2.99

Questions

Is Fractals free?
Fractals costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TriMeshImager free?
TriMeshImager costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fractals or TriMeshImager?
Fractals is rated higher. Fractals averages 4.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while TriMeshImager averages 3.4 from 8 ratings.
Do Fractals or TriMeshImager have ads?
Neither Fractals nor TriMeshImager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fractals or TriMeshImager?
Fractals ships an update every 11 months, and TriMeshImager every 6 weeks. Most recently, Fractals was updated on October 12, 2026 and TriMeshImager on October 13, 2026.

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