Überdoodle vs Fractal 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Fractal 3D
Generate and explore stunning 2D and 3D fractal images with deep customization. Create intricate patterns with high-resolution exports and real-time adjustments for endless visual discovery.
- Generate 2D and 3D fractals
- Customize fractal sets, equations, and colors
- High-resolution image export (up to 16MP)
- Real-time rendering and exploration
- Intuitive panning, zooming, and camera controls
- OpenGL powered renderer for speed
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Fractal 3D is a powerful tool for generating and exploring fractals 0such as the Mandelbrot and Julia sets. The 2D view allows for easy surveying and customization, while the 3D view captures spectacular images that can be exported at up to 16 megapixel resolution. Multi-processor support and an OpenGL powered renderer allow for blazing fast speed. With double precision 64-bit mathematics, Fractal 3D is capable of resolving detailed images up to an incredible 1,000,000,000,000x magnification level! To give perspective, a single atom of carbon magnified one trillion times would be longer than two football fields. Each fractal is fully customizable and changes happening in real time. First adjust the fractal set type, equation power/ constants, iterations, resolution, color scheme, and smoothing options. Once the fractal is rendered it can be explored with intuitive panning and zooming controls. After a place of interest is found, customize the 3D view by rotating the fractal, moving the camera, and adjusting the lighting. Due to the nature of fractals, the number of unique patterns to be found is limitless. Use the rendered images for desktop wallpaper, printed artwork, or just enjoy the beauty of exploring one of a kind images created by pure mathematics. Fractal information from Wikipedia - A fractal has been defined as "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity. The term fractal was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin frāctus meaning "broken" or "fractured." A mathematical fractal is based on an equation that undergoes iteration, a form of feedback based on recursion. There are several examples of fractals, which are defined as portraying exact self-similarity, quasi self-similarity, or statistical self-similarity. While fractals are a mathematical construct, they are found in nature, which has led to their inclusion in artwork. They are useful in medicine, soil mechanics, seismology, and technical analysis. A fractal often has the following features: It has a fine structure at arbitrarily small scales. It is too irregular to be easily described in traditional Euclidean geometric language. It has a simple and recursive definition. Because they appear similar at all levels of magnification, fractals are often considered to be infinitely complex (in informal terms). Natural objects that are approximated by fractals to a degree include clouds, mountain ranges, lightning bolts, coastlines, snow flakes, various vegetables (cauliflower and broccoli), and animal coloration patterns. However, not all self-similar objects are fractals —for example, the real line (a straight Euclidean line) is formally self-similar but fails to have other fractal characteristics; for instance, it is regular enough to be described in Euclidean terms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Überdoodle at 78% against Fractal 3D's 8%. Überdoodle also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). Fractal 3D's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Überdoodle costs $1.99 and Fractal 3D $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Überdoodle holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Überdoodle's written reviews are positive against 8% of Fractal 3D's.
Überdoodle ships an update every 3 months, Fractal 3D every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Überdoodle | Fractal 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Morten Bek Ditlevsen | Nuclear Nova Software |
Customer experience
Überdoodle
Fractal 3D
In-app purchases
Überdoodle
No in-app purchases
Fractal 3D
No in-app purchases
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