Art in Motion vs CalmScenes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art in Motion
This app allows users to create dynamic, evolving digital art scenes rather than static paintings. Utilize a powerful physics engine to bring orbs, colors, and interactive elements to life, offering a unique artistic experience on multi-touch devices.
- Create dynamic art scenes
- Powerful physics engine
- Interactive multi-touch support
- Customizable orb behavior
- Evolving color palettes
- Pre-bundled scene examples
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Art in Motion is a new kind of art application. It’s based on the idea that art should evolve with technology. The iPad is the best multi-touch device on the market, and it is packed with huge processing power. Standard drawing can be very fun, but it hardly makes full use of these advancements in technology. How does Art in Motion compare to standard drawing? • With Art in Motion you create a scene instead of a painting. • Instead of drawing mountains, or trees, you customize and add orbs to your scene. • Instead of looking at your drawing, you watch your orbs come alive. • Unlike a painting, there is motion and life in your creation. You can even interact with your scene. • In a painting colors don’t change, in the scene colors fade and flow constantly. What are some examples of scenes I can create? • By adding many small orbs with little friction and bounce, you can create a water effect. It can slosh around realistically as you tilt your iPad. • You can create a large orb with gravity, and many smaller ones. Watch them as they orbit around like comets flying around a star. • You can create a scene where brilliant colors follow your fingers as you touch the screen. • You can create a scene where you fling fireworks with your fingers and watch them explode into beautiful colors. Features • Powerful physics engine • 20 bundled scenes (to play with and study) • Intuitive interface for creating new scenes of your own • Full multi-touch support, so all 10 fingers can play at once • Many settings allowing for unique and one of a kind scenes • Clear documentation • VGA out support What are people saying about it? • "... very organic, smooth, I like it a lot!" Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater! • “It’s what they would use on board the USS Enterprise for entertainment” G. C. • "Be prepared to melt away hours of your night!" J. S. • “Every iPad owner should have this app, there’s nothing like it!” C. K.
CalmScenes
Experience a unique audiovisual journey designed to promote calmness and happiness. Utilize hypnotic animation scenes, white noise, and music to achieve a relaxing effect, aiding in sleep and energy restoration.
- Unique animation scenes
- Alpha wavelength white noise
- Soothing music
- Suggestive poetry
- Hypnotic audiovisual experience
- Sleepy theme for insomnia
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「CalmAnima」 help you feel calm and happy. Best experience with headphones ================ Highlights ============== Use unique animation scenes, with alpha wavelength white noise and music, combined with suggestive poetry Carefully present a hypnotic, calming effect of the audiovisual experience * Insomnia *, use the "sleepy" theme of the card, let the brain quickly produce fatigue a good night's sleep, restore a body of energy! ===================================== This software can be used without an account login The rules of use are as follows: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CalmScenes at Free against Art in Motion's $1.99. CalmScenes also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Art in Motion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (64% vs 40%). On ads 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
CalmScenes is free to download; Art in Motion costs $1.99 up front. CalmScenes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Art in Motion asks for nothing beyond the download.
Art in Motion ships an update every 11 months, CalmScenes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art in Motion | CalmScenes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | SuZhou BeiTian Software .LLC |
Customer experience
Art in Motion
CalmScenes
In-app purchases
Art in Motion
No in-app purchases
CalmScenes
- Life Member$0.99









