Comparison

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show vs Ellipsis Visuals

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

Head to head
About

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show

Explore a generative design playground that combines math, physics, and art. Create dynamic light shows with interactive particle systems, customizable animations, and drawing modes. Experience endless possibilities for visual creation and interaction.

Highlights
  • Generative particle system
  • Real-time animation modes
  • Interactive 3D manipulation
  • Drawing mode
  • Microphone input response
  • Customizable presets
Features
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"This is doodling for digital natives . . . mind blowing." — Wired Magazine "Uzu for iPad is endlessly complicated, simply fun." — Ars Technica Uzu is a generative design playground — a math-physics-art toy for anyone who ever loved spirographs, fireworks, planetariums, lava lamps, light painting, kaleidoscopes, or graphing calculators. Touch the screen and watch thousands of particles swirl, spiral, and bloom in real time. Change the entire feel by simply changing how many fingers you use. Relax. Play. Meditate. Create wallpapers. Or lose yourself for an hour tweaking symmetry, animation modes, and effects. Uzu is endlessly deep and simply fun. Now completely rebuilt with a native Metal engine and a beautiful SwiftUI interface — smoother, richer, and more powerful than ever. FEATURES • Fully dynamic generative particle system • 21 animation modes for each touch count (0 through 10) • Rotational, translational, and reflective symmetry • 122 factory presets plus unlimited user presets • 10 visual effects: Glow, Warp, Kaleidoscope, Sparkle, Feedback, Color, Gradient, Pixelate, Scanlines, and Vignette • Export and import presets — save, share, and back up your creations • Fast preset switching, shake to hide the menu, adjustable quality settings • Freeze mode, microphone reactivity, and thousands of possible combinations • Create stunning backgrounds for iPhone and iPad ACCLAIM • Winner of Apple's "App of the Week" • Apple Rewind: Best Generative Art and Sound App • Reached #1 on the App Store • Featured in Apple's "App Store Essentials Hall of Fame" • Seen in the "Year of the iPad" video at the iPad keynote • Featured as an Apple Staff Favorite SUPPORT Questions or stories? We'd love to hear from you. jason@colordodge.com www.colordodge.com

About

Ellipsis Visuals

Experience dynamic, real-time generative visuals that respond to your movements, touch, and music. Discover unique visual patterns as you interact, with new effects like long exposure and infinite mirror.

Highlights
  • Real-time interactive visuals
  • Reacts to movement, touch, and music
  • Generative unique visual experiences
  • Long Exposure effect
  • Infinite Mirror effect
  • Glow Mode
Features
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Ellipsis is a real-time interactive visual experience that reacts to your movements, touches and tunes. There are no settings or presets for Ellipsis, as it becomes familiar with you it will generate a unique visual experience built from your interactions. The more you explore, the more Ellipsis will reveal. Explore the experience as it reacts to your favorite tracks or simply admire the real-time generative visuals it can create all on its own. You’ll be amazed what a few simple dots can do. Previous Updates: Update 1.2 This update bring thousands of possible generative visual combinations that react to your movements, touches and tunes. Ellipsis Visuals is now updated to support IOS 11. In addition to compatibility upgrades we have optimized the visuals and added some new effects including... - Long Exposure: Watch the visuals layer over each other - Infinite Mirror: Creates 3D depth - Glow Mode: Illuminated paths - Experiment to find even more! Also, now shake device or use icon in menu to manually shuffle effects. Update 1.1 - Better support for retina screens - New colors & effects - Landscape formatting (Great for Airplay Mirroring & HDMI adapter) - iOS 9 Ready - Try the experimental "Infinite Mirror" effect! Simply double-tap with two fingers to activate!

Screenshots

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show4 screens
Ellipsis Visuals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Uzu, An Interactive Light Show at 4.8 against Ellipsis Visuals's 4.2. Uzu, An Interactive Light Show also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months) and review sentiment (91% vs 68%). Ellipsis Visuals's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.6). 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

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show costs $3.99 and Ellipsis Visuals $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Uzu, An Interactive Light Show has 261 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Uzu, An Interactive Light Show's written reviews are positive against 68% of Ellipsis Visuals's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show ships an update every 2 months, Ellipsis Visuals every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show versus Ellipsis Visuals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUzu, An Interactive Light ShowEllipsis Visuals
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (261 ratings) — better4.2 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews — better68.4% of reviews
Number of ratings261 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#79 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColordodge LabsImmerge Interactive LLC

Customer experience

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show

All ratings261 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews369 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.9%

Ellipsis Visuals

All ratings24 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative15.8%

Bugs and requests

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 4.2 and newer
  • Menu controls not working on iPad Pro
  • Screenshot feature not functioning properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add music/sound reactive features
  • Implement full-screen mode without UI
  • Introduce more advanced preset options
  • Add ability to save and share custom presets
  • Optimize performance for latest iPad models

Ellipsis Visuals

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Uzu, An Interactive Light Show

No in-app purchases

None

Ellipsis Visuals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Uzu, An Interactive Light Show free?
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ellipsis Visuals free?
Ellipsis Visuals costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Uzu, An Interactive Light Show or Ellipsis Visuals?
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show is rated higher. Uzu, An Interactive Light Show averages 4.8 out of 5 from 261 ratings, while Ellipsis Visuals averages 4.2 from 24 ratings.
Do Uzu, An Interactive Light Show or Ellipsis Visuals have ads?
Neither Uzu, An Interactive Light Show nor Ellipsis Visuals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Uzu, An Interactive Light Show or Ellipsis Visuals?
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show ships an update every 2 months, and Ellipsis Visuals every 18 months. Most recently, Uzu, An Interactive Light Show was updated on October 18, 2026 and Ellipsis Visuals on October 8, 2026.

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