Comparison

Überdoodle vs KaleidoCurve

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

Head to head
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

About

KaleidoCurve

Create intricate, editable patterns from simple curves. Apply dynamic color gradients to rotated versions of your designs. Learn Bezier curve drawing and explore how basic shapes form complex visual art.

Highlights
  • Editable curve patterns
  • Customizable color gradients
  • Bezier curve drawing tool
  • Save and reopen designs
  • Explore shape complexity
  • Edit point types and handles
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Doodle up complicated patterns from simple curves that you can go back and edit, or save as copies. Create new sequences of color gradients that apply to each rotated version of the curve. Drag out a smooth bezier curve with the pen tool and you can edit as you go. Explore how simple shapes create complicated patterns. Curves and gradient color sequences can be saved as named files and reopened for editing. Become familiar with Bezier parametric cubic curve drawing as used in popular vector drawing programs and try out the options to edit point types and handles.

Screenshots

Überdoodle4 screens
KaleidoCurve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KaleidoCurve at Free against Überdoodle's $1.99. KaleidoCurve also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Überdoodle's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 3). 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

KaleidoCurve is free to download; Überdoodle costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KaleidoCurve holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Überdoodle's written reviews are positive against 100% of KaleidoCurve's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Überdoodle versus KaleidoCurve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterÜberdoodleKaleidoCurve
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (11 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMorten Bek DitlevsenExtreme Value Limited

Customer experience

Überdoodle

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

KaleidoCurve

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Überdoodle

No in-app purchases

None

KaleidoCurve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Überdoodle free?
Überdoodle costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KaleidoCurve free?
KaleidoCurve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Überdoodle or KaleidoCurve?
KaleidoCurve is rated higher. Überdoodle averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while KaleidoCurve averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Überdoodle or KaleidoCurve have ads?
Neither Überdoodle nor KaleidoCurve shows ads.

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