Art in Motion vs Working Fire
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.
Working Fire
Experience a realistic fireworks simulation with stunning particle animations and immersive sound effects. Rotate and adjust the scene, or activate stereo mode for a spatial experience. Enjoy a peaceful, ad-free visual spectacle.
- Particle animation fireworks
- Adjustable scene rotation
- Immersive sound effects
- Stereo mode for spatial audio
- Auto mode for passive viewing
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This app is a fireworks simulation based on particle animation. You can rotate and adjust the scene as you like. Great sound effects accompany and intensify your experience, if you want it. When you turn your device into the horizontal position, you activate the stereo mode, which takes you into a spatial world that you have never experienced before. Lean back, activate the auto mode, dream and be amazed. As always, this app has no in-app purchases or annoying advertising, so that you receive a beautiful product. We wish you a lot of fun and joy with this app.
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Verdict
Art in Motion and Working Fire both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Working Fire's written reviews are positive against 64% of Art in Motion's. Working Fire also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 5) and price ($0.49 vs $1.99). Art in Motion's advantage is update cadence (every 11 months vs every 66 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Art in Motion costs $1.99 and Working Fire $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Art in Motion against 4.7 for Working Fire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Working Fire has 50 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Art in Motion's written reviews are positive against 100% of Working Fire's.
Art in Motion ships an update every 11 months, Working Fire every 66 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art in Motion | Working Fire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.49 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 66 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Philippe Zay |
Customer experience
Art in Motion
Working Fire
In-app purchases
Art in Motion
No in-app purchases
Working Fire
No in-app purchases
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