Comparison

Glory Math 1 vs Kinetiform

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

Head to head
About

Glory Math 1

Create dynamic, evolving abstract art with touch and motion. Explore a variety of visual effects like color noise and merging liquids, capturing your creations as you go. The experience is a continuous cycle of creation and dissolution.

Highlights
  • Interactive generative art creation
  • Touch and shake controls
  • Evolving shapes and color fields
  • Color noise effects
  • Merging liquid simulations
  • Capture artwork as pictures
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Glory Math 1 is an interactive, generative art application for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Starting with a blank slate, touch and shake to create constantly evolving shapes and fields of color. Explore color noise, merging liquids, and spastic color bars, each only briefly maintaining existence. In the end, all devolves into a single color state... Until you begin your exploration again. Along the way, you can take pictures of what you make.

About

Kinetiform

This app transforms your doodles into dynamic abstract art. Shapes automatically connect and fill with unique patterns, while kaleidoscopic animations add a mesmerizing visual experience. You can also let the app create art for you with its Auto Draw feature.

Highlights
  • Automatic shape detection and pattern filling
  • Auto Draw for generative art creation
  • Regenerate patterns
  • 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects
  • Customizable kaleidoscope settings
  • Save and share drawings
Features
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Kinetiform is doodling reimagined. It is a canvas with a mind of its own. Draw abstract shapes that automatically connect and fill with randomly generated patterns. Use Auto Draw to sit back and watch as the app creates a unique random composition right before your eyes. Watch as your drawing is tumbled and twisted through beautiful kaleidoscopic animations. Features: - Automatically detects shapes and fills them with random procedural patterns - Auto Draw creates procedural art as you watch and finishes lines for you - Regenerate any pattern after it’s been drawn - 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects - Advanced kaleidoscope settings let you fully configure the effect - Pan and zoom feature that interacts with kaleidoscope effects - Draw into the kaleidoscope - Customize your drawing experience with several control options - Create a color palette and save it, or load one of 200 preset color palettes - Choose which patterns you want to use and how often they will randomly appear - Save drawings to work on them later - Save images to your photo library or share them on social media - 100 levels of undo

Screenshots

Glory Math 13 screens
Kinetiform4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glory Math 1 at none against Kinetiform's 1. Glory Math 1 also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.6). Kinetiform's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 73%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glory Math 1 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Glory Math 1's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glory Math 1 ships an update every 27 months, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Glory Math 1 versus Kinetiform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlory Math 1Kinetiform
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54 ratings)4.9 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better40
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 22 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoffeeshopped LLCColordodge Labs

Customer experience

Glory Math 1

All ratings54 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

Kinetiform

All ratings40 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%

In-app purchases

None

Glory Math 1

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kinetiform

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$4.99

Questions

Is Glory Math 1 free?
Glory Math 1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kinetiform free?
Kinetiform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Glory Math 1 or Kinetiform?
Kinetiform is rated higher. Glory Math 1 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Kinetiform averages 4.9 from 40 ratings.
Do Glory Math 1 or Kinetiform have ads?
Neither Glory Math 1 nor Kinetiform shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glory Math 1 or Kinetiform?
Glory Math 1 ships an update every 27 months, and Kinetiform every 22 months. Most recently, Glory Math 1 was updated on October 7, 2026 and Kinetiform on October 13, 2026.

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