SpiroDoodle vs echopaint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
echopaint
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EchoDraw is an interactive art and design app that lets you draw with perfect symmetry, reflection, and feedback effects in real time. Every stroke echoes across the canvas, creating mesmerizing shapes, patterns, and living artwork. Whether you’re sketching ideas, exploring geometry, or just relaxing through creative motion — EchoDraw makes it effortless to transform simple lines into flowing, mirrored compositions. Perfect for artists, designers, and anyone who loves visual experimentation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: echopaint at Free against SpiroDoodle's $0.99. echopaint also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). SpiroDoodle's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.4). On 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
echopaint is free to download; SpiroDoodle costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SpiroDoodle ships an update every 2 months, echopaint weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpiroDoodle | echopaint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (137 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared P DeGraffenried | Riley Williams |
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
echopaint
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SpiroDoodle
No in-app purchases
echopaint
No in-app purchases









