Percolator vs Vector & SVG Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Percolator
Easily turn your photos into vibrant, multicolor mosaics with unique artistic styles. Intuitive controls allow for creative editing, and you can save or share your creations across various social platforms and messaging apps.
- Create multicolor photo mosaics
- Unique artistic 'Brews'
- Intuitive dial-based controls
- Save and share to social media
- Integrates with other photo apps
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Transform your photos into dazzling, multicolor mosaics. FEATURES: • Create delightful mosaics from your photos • Amazing Brews, each with their own unique look • Intuitive dial-based controls • Save to your phone or share via Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Message, Email, and more • Try it with other photo editing apps — mix-n-match! WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PERCOLATOR: • “Delightfully quirky” —NY Times • 4½ out of 5 Mice: “The animated effects throughout the app are truly impressive...” —Macworld • “The result—something like a Seurat painting rendered with Microsoft Paint’s circle tool—is unique in the app world.” —Wired App Guide • “Percolator…is a unique, well-done modernist app with a fun retro wink.” —Life In LoFi KEEP UP WITH TINROCKET: • Follow @Tinrocket on Instagram for the latest! • We’re here to help: If you have a question or need assistance, you can always email us at support@tinrocket.com • If you like Percolator, please consider leaving an App Store review or rating—we’d really appreciate it! Every review counts and helps indie developers like ourselves. :) Happy Percolating!
Vector & SVG Maker
Create professional logos, icons, and illustrations with powerful vector design tools. Easily combine shapes, edit points with bezier curves, and export in various formats. Ideal for artists of all skill levels.
- Point editing with bezier curves
- Combine, cut-out, and intersect shapes
- Import/export SVG, PNG, PDF, JPG
- Complete text engine with 25 fonts
- Custom shape packs and stickers
- Fill, stroke, and shadow options
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Create logos, icons, illustrations, and more using powerful, easy to use features usually only found in professional desktop software. Assembly is the revolutionary vector design tool that lets you imagine and produce quality work in half the time. Skip the sketch book and rough out designs by quickly combining predesigned elements. From basic primitives to ornate illustrations, cut, combine and intersect shapes creating complex groups of graphics. Dive a layer deeper to manipulate your designs further with the powerful point editing system using industry standard bezier curves. Get professional results using powerful tools found in high-end graphic design suites. Design quickly and easily using a simple interface that provides only the features you need as you need them. Output in high resolution JPG and PNG as well as popular vector formats SVG and PDF. Powerful yet intuitive, Assembly is the perfect creative tool. Simple professional vector design for artists of any background or skill level. Just the tools you need without all the bloat you don’t. Design anything, anywhere. = = = = = FEATURES: - Point editing with bezier curves - Combine, cut-out and intersect shapes - Import SVG / PNG / JPG and export SVG / PNG / PDF / JPG up to 8192 x 8192 - Complete text engine with 25 versatile, hand-selected fonts or import your own - Multi-select and nested grouping - Copy, flip and rotate shapes and groups - Save groups and projects to the custom shape pack - Fill, stroke, and shadow options - Convert strokes to fills - Intelligent snapping system for easy shape placement - 21 themed shape packs with over 1,000 shapes - Over 250 fully finished stickers that can be customized, reused and remixed - Create and save your own custom stickers - Share stickers in iMessage - 35 pre-made color palettes - Create and save your own custom color palettes - Eyedropper color sampling tool - Optional use of color or photo backgrounds - Save as transparent PNG - Assembly project file output - Sync projects across devices with iCloud = = = = = ASSEMBLY PRO Assembly Pro is an auto-renewing subscription service that provides professional features to elevate your work to the next level. You can get Assembly Pro for free for 7-days with a free trial. After the free trial you will be automatically renewed to the weekly subscription which you can cancel at any time. The paid subscription costs $2.99 USD per week for the weekly plan, $4.99 USD per month for the monthly plan, and $29.99 USD per year (50% discount off the monthly plan) for the yearly plan. Prices are subject to change. Assembly Pro automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage Assembly Pro subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a Assembly Pro subscription. Privacy Policy http://pixiteapps.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use http://pixiteapps.com/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Vector & SVG Maker at Free against Percolator's $3.99. Vector & SVG Maker also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 1.1K). Percolator's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 49%) and in-app purchases (none vs 13). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Vector & SVG Maker is free to download; Percolator costs $3.99 up front. Vector & SVG Maker sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Percolator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Percolator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vector & SVG Maker has 11K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Percolator's written reviews are positive against 49% of Vector & SVG Maker's.
Percolator ships an update every 4 months, Vector & SVG Maker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Percolator | Vector & SVG Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.5 (11K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better | 49.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinrocket, LLC | Pixite Inc. |
Customer experience
Percolator
Vector & SVG Maker
User reviews
Percolator
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fantastic app, never disappoints
- 👍 Lush, beautiful mosaics
- 👍 Credible app with years of history
- 👍 Endlessly entertaining
- 👍 Helps create unique art
Room to improve
- 🐛 Needs to remember export settings
- 🐛 Image quality not good enough for printing
- 🐛 Crashes on launch for some users
- 🔍 Interface too small, needs more screen space
- 🔍 Lacks a 'regrind' button
Vector & SVG Maker
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent for creating vector art
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use interface
- 💡 Tons of pre-made shapes and stickers
- 🎨 Allows for creative expression
- 🔥 Great for beginners and professionals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💰 Subscription model is too expensive
- 🔒 Difficulty accessing or recovering old projects
- 🔀 Lack of advanced features like layers, gradients, and text editing
- 📦 Limited content updates over time
Bugs and requests
Percolator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to save and name custom settings
- Show which iteration of settings was used
- Load last used settings
- Add more example art
- Ability to select areas to exclude from effects
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- Add vector/PDF export
- Slider to control bubble size variation
- Batch processing option
- More control over colors and sizes
- Ability to mask or erase parts of the image
Vector & SVG Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Projects randomly disappearing or becoming inaccessible
- Severe lag and performance issues on some devices
- Inability to unsubscribe or revert to free version
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add gradient fill tool
- Implement a proper layering system
- Allow importing of images for reference
- Provide an eraser tool to edit shapes
- Add animation/GIF creation capabilities
In-app purchases
Percolator
No in-app purchases
Vector & SVG Maker
- Assembly Pro$1.991 Month
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$2.997 Days
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- Assembly Pro7 Days trial2 variants$3.997 Days
- Assembly Pro$4.991 Month
- Assembly Pro$5.991 Month
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Assembly Pro$14.991 Year
- Assembly Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Assembly Pro$29.991 Year
- Forever Unlock (Discontinued)$9.99
Questions
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