Comparison

Gravilocity vs Makanim

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

Head to head
About

Gravilocity

Explore a dynamic particle playground where thousands of stars react to your touch, gravity, and even music. Create stunning visual effects with configurable options, fractal forms, and lightning arcs.

Highlights
  • Thousands of flying stars
  • Touch and gesture interaction
  • Gravity and accelerometer response
  • Music visualization
  • Fractal form generation
  • Lightning arcs between touches
  • Configurable drawing options
Features
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Play with thousands of flying stars. Watch as stars respond to your fingers, while you pull, push and spin them. Watch as they fall and bounce in response to gravity and the accelerometer. Even make them pulse to a musical beat from the microphone. Hundreds of configurable options add to the fun. Features -Pinch and zoom and the stars stretch off into infinity making fractal forms. -Touch with multiple fingers and watch lightning arc between your touches -added VGA out support iPad/iPhone4. -many different drawing options -Preset system, build something interesting and save it for later. -Shape memory feature. Stars can fly home after you push them around. Watch Gravilocity in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbjQU7DOjT4 Gravilocity is built on the critically acclaimed iBeams special effects system, which has been used to make iBeams and iBeams HD. [HINTS] -To make a parameter respond to the microphone press any one of the buttons with a blue arrow on it. A controller window shows up, press mic and the parameter will now respond to the microphone. Gravilocity was inspired by gravilux, and gravitarium, not to mention all the other particle play apps out there. *****Totally Awesome.... Running on an iPad this is seriously psychedelic. I have tried every other visualiser on the iPad and apart from it's bigger brother I-beams this eats them all for breakfast. I have said it before but the author of this software is a real genius. - AAWh *****One of the best of it's type *****Its the best particle manipulator I've messed with. Really cool job Created by Gedalia Pasternak, a Computer Graphics Engineer whose work has been seen in television commercials, video games, and the occasional military training system. As well as in the hands of bored teenagers at art museums.

About

Makanim

Create dynamic visual art and animations using multi-touch gestures. This app offers a relaxing and fun way to explore endless combinations of shapes, colors, and effects, with options to save and share your creations.

Highlights
  • Multi-touch graphic generator
  • Screenshot saving
  • Real-time preset editing
  • Gesture control
  • Switchable modes, shapes, and colors
  • Adjustable speed, size, and chaos
  • Thousands of combinations
Features
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AppAdvice.com review: "This generative art app will provide you with pure visual stimulation." AppSplit.com review: "With its level of customization, it's definitely still worthy to try it." Want to relax or have fun? Enjoy an amazing graphic experience with Makanim. Create stunning animations by playing with multi-touch. Snap your creations and use them as wallpapers. Play with Makanim at home for fun, at a party, or on stage for VJing: improvise during live performances and create new animations on the fly. Makanim offers endless combinations of visual effects by changing nine simple parameters. You can spend hours discovering the different ways to animate shapes. Makanim is a powerful app that can both entertain and relax. FEATURES - Multi-touch particle generator - Up to 10 fingers at once, depending on your device - 10 animation modes - 48 beautiful and original shapes - 22 color palettes - 112 editable presets, saved as you play - Thousands of possible combinations - Edit presets in real time - Switch between modes, shapes and colors - Control speed, size and chaos - Background color and particle opacity controls - Random button for surprise combinations - Interactive sounds - Animation auto-play - Screenshot button to save images to your photo library - Expert mode: hide or show the menu bar - Fingers limit, to avoid clashing with your device's multi-touch gestures LINKS Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flR6mz788h0 Visit http://appakabar.com for more information.

Screenshots

Gravilocity4 screens
Makanim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gravilocity at 4.7 against Makanim's 4.0. Gravilocity also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and price ($0.99 vs $5.99). Makanim's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 76%). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Gravilocity costs $0.99 and Makanim $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravilocity holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gravilocity has 73 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Gravilocity's written reviews are positive against 85% of Makanim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gravilocity ships an update monthly, Makanim every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gravilocity versus Makanim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravilocityMakanim
Price$0.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.7 (73 ratings) — better4.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews85.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better12
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergedalia.netAppakabar

Customer experience

Gravilocity

All ratings73 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative18.6%

Makanim

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative4.9%

Bugs and requests

Gravilocity

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Settings menu is unresponsive at times
  • Visuals don't scale properly on iPad
  • Bluetooth connection issues when using music

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add screen recording capability
  • Improve Bluetooth/audio integration
  • Provide more preset visualizations
  • Enhance color customization options
  • Implement a tutorial or user guide

Makanim

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gravilocity

No in-app purchases

None

Makanim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gravilocity free?
Gravilocity costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Makanim free?
Makanim costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gravilocity or Makanim?
Gravilocity is rated higher. Gravilocity averages 4.7 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Makanim averages 4.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Gravilocity or Makanim have ads?
Neither Gravilocity nor Makanim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gravilocity or Makanim?
Gravilocity ships an update monthly, and Makanim every 9 months. Most recently, Gravilocity was updated on October 21, 2026 and Makanim on October 23, 2026.

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