Comparison

SpiroDoodle vs Metaballs Mobile

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

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.

Highlights
  • Sculpt, squash, and stretch 3D shapes
  • Merge shapes and colors
  • Export in USDZ format
  • Export in STL format for 3D printing
  • Intuitive touch controls
Features
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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.

Screenshots

SpiroDoodle4 screens
Metaballs Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Metaballs Mobile at 5.0 against SpiroDoodle's 4.6. SpiroDoodle's advantage is ratings volume (137 vs 3) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

SpiroDoodle costs $0.99 and Metaballs Mobile $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Metaballs Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpiroDoodle has 137 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpiroDoodle versus Metaballs Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiroDoodleMetaballs Mobile
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (137 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings137 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared P DeGraffenriedApposite

Customer experience

SpiroDoodle

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

Metaballs Mobile

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Metaballs Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SpiroDoodle

No in-app purchases

None

Metaballs Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpiroDoodle free?
SpiroDoodle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metaballs Mobile free?
Metaballs Mobile costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpiroDoodle or Metaballs Mobile?
Metaballs Mobile is rated higher. SpiroDoodle averages 4.6 out of 5 from 137 ratings, while Metaballs Mobile averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SpiroDoodle or Metaballs Mobile have ads?
Neither SpiroDoodle nor Metaballs Mobile shows ads.

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