Comparison

SpiroDoodle vs Überdoodle

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

Head to head
About

SpiroDoodle

Create intricate, symmetrical mandala designs with a simple finger swipe. Explore endless color combinations and line patterns to unleash your creativity. Save and share your unique artwork as backgrounds or for inspiration.

Highlights
  • Create symmetrical patterns with finger swipes
  • Choose from 1 to 36 radial lines
  • Select from millions of colors or use random colors
  • Special mirror effect for kaleidoscope-like symmetry
  • Fill areas with selected or random colors
  • Draw with different line widths
  • Save and share creations
Features
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Make Mandalas. Create limitless designs. Unleash your creativity. A cross between the old spirograph and finger painting. Take a look at the example images to see what kinds of great designs you can make. Make symmetrical patterns with just a swipe of your finger across the screen. This addictive application will captivate you for hours while you explore new ways to make fun designs. Also a great way to explore ideas for logos or tattoos. Very easy to use. Detailed instructions are included in the application's help section and at www.spirodoodle.com/instructions. You can save your doodle to your photo library. From the photo library you can email it to friends and set it as the iPhone background. Keep your children entertained for hours. Start up your iPod music and then open SpiroDoodle. You can continue listening while you create. See what SpiroDoodlers have to say: I love this app it's great. 5 star app! Great distraction app for my kids. It is so addicting. My boss played it all day. Excellent Application. This was way easy to use. Rock solid. Features: - choose from 1 to 36 lines to draw radially around the screen. - select from millions of colors or let the colors come randomly. - save your creations and share them with friends on social media or use as backgrounds. - a special mirror effect that makes each stroke you do symmetrical, much like a kaleidoscope. - fill areas with the selected color, or random colors. - draw with different line widths.

About

Überdoodle

Relive nostalgic childhood fun with a classic spiral drawing tool. Create intricate patterns with virtual gears and a magic rainbow pen, or simply paint with your finger. Share your creations as wallpapers or send them to loved ones.

Highlights
  • Classic spirograph drawing tool
  • Create custom gears and rings
  • Multiple drawing modes
  • Import photos
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Draw hypotrochoids and epitrochoids
  • Various paper types and background colors
Features
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Thanks for all the amazing feedback - we just love to hear your thoughts, comments and ideas! Überdoodle: Remember the good old spirograph toy? Get nostalgic with this classic spiral drawing tool. Great for children too! The box contains lots of colorful gears, rings and pencils - including a MAGIC rainbow pen - and an unlimited supply of (virtual) paper! Draw beautiful patterns using the gears or simply paint directly on the paper using your finger. Share your doodles to family and friends - or save them and use them as beautiful wallpapers for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Features: • A Gear Factory where you can create custom gears and rings • Multiple drawing modes: calligraphy pen, celtic braids and multicolor gradients by selecting up to three pencils at the same time • Import photos from your Photo Library • Snap to previous drawing locations • Support for the Apple Pencil. Change calligraphy angle by tilting the pen. • Draw both hypotrochoids and epitrochoids (gears inside a ring or gears on the outside of another gear) • Different paper types and multiple background colors • Eraser and full undo/redo • Change the sizes of gears and rings

Screenshots

SpiroDoodle4 screens
Überdoodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpiroDoodle at 4.6 against Überdoodle's 3.8. SpiroDoodle also leads on ratings volume (137 vs 11) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

SpiroDoodle costs $0.99 and Überdoodle $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpiroDoodle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpiroDoodle has 137 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of SpiroDoodle's written reviews are positive against 78% of Überdoodle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpiroDoodle ships an update every 2 months, Überdoodle every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SpiroDoodle versus Überdoodle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiroDoodleÜberdoodle
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (137 ratings) — better3.8 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews — better78.0% of reviews
Number of ratings137 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared P DeGraffenriedMorten Bek Ditlevsen

Customer experience

SpiroDoodle

All ratings137 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative8.2%

Überdoodle

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative18.6%

Bugs and requests

SpiroDoodle

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Crashes when exporting
  • Cannot save work/images not appearing
  • App crashes/closes unexpectedly
  • App behaving erratically
  • Glitchy/glitches every 2 minutes
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  • Fill feature fills outside boundaries
  • Lines are crude with straight segments and sharp angles
  • Color bleeds through lines
  • Lines are not very clean/pixels
  • Small lines are gone after update

Requested features

14 requests
  • Eraser tool
  • Instructions/tutorial
  • Online multiplayer/competition
  • Higher resolution export
  • More cool stuff/features
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  • Zoom feature
  • Smoother lines
  • Gradient feature
  • Layers and layer blending
  • Better color selection/shades of grey
  • Ability to save color palettes
  • Step-by-step redo option
  • Smaller line option
  • More complex icons/example pictures

Überdoodle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SpiroDoodle

No in-app purchases

None

Überdoodle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpiroDoodle free?
SpiroDoodle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Überdoodle free?
Überdoodle costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpiroDoodle or Überdoodle?
SpiroDoodle is rated higher. SpiroDoodle averages 4.6 out of 5 from 137 ratings, while Überdoodle averages 3.8 from 11 ratings.
Do SpiroDoodle or Überdoodle have ads?
Neither SpiroDoodle nor Überdoodle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpiroDoodle or Überdoodle?
SpiroDoodle ships an update every 2 months, and Überdoodle every 3 months. Most recently, SpiroDoodle was updated on September 30, 2026 and Überdoodle on September 28, 2026.

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