Comparison

Überdoodle vs SpiroDesigner

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

SpiroDesigner

Create intricate geometric patterns and mathematical curves with this digital spirograph tool. Customize circles, lines, and colors to design unique artwork. Features include saving, exporting, and automatic drawing modes.

Highlights
  • Draw epicycloids and hypotrochoids
  • Customize circle radii and line thickness
  • Select and edit colors
  • Save and export drawings as PNG
  • Automatic drawing mode
  • Randomize settings
  • Tutorial videos
Features
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SpiroDesigner is an app which can draw a beautiful geometrical pattern like the classic toy, SpiroGraph . With this app, you will be able to easily design attractive and complicated works of art. SpiroDesigner is also a good tool to draw a cycloid curve or a trochoid curve which is known in the field of mathematics. Therefore, this app will help mathematical lovers, teachers and students to understand these mathematical figures. FEATURES: - Undo,Redo - Draw epicycloid,hypocycloid,epitrochoid,hypotrochoid - Select radius of circles, line thickness, position of the pen, scale - Select color - Edit curves(rotation, scale, color, line thickness,color) - Save drawing data - Save PNG images to camera roll - Load,Import - Export to iTunes - Automatic drawing mode - Function to randomize settings - Tutorial Videos and many more…

Screenshots

Überdoodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpiroDesigner at 5.0 against Überdoodle's 3.8. SpiroDesigner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Überdoodle's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Überdoodle costs $1.99 and SpiroDesigner $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpiroDesigner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Überdoodle has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Überdoodle's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpiroDesigner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Überdoodle ships an update every 3 months, SpiroDesigner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Überdoodle versus SpiroDesigner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterÜberdoodleSpiroDesigner
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating3.8 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMorten Bek DitlevsenMasahiko Fukuyama

Customer experience

Überdoodle

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

SpiroDesigner

All ratings1 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

SpiroDesigner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Überdoodle free?
Überdoodle costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpiroDesigner free?
SpiroDesigner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Überdoodle or SpiroDesigner?
SpiroDesigner is rated higher. Überdoodle averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while SpiroDesigner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Überdoodle or SpiroDesigner have ads?
Neither Überdoodle nor SpiroDesigner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Überdoodle or SpiroDesigner?
Überdoodle ships an update every 3 months, and SpiroDesigner every 5 months. Most recently, Überdoodle was updated on September 17, 2026 and SpiroDesigner on September 10, 2026.

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