Art in Motion vs SpiroDesigner
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.
SpiroDesigner
Create intricate geometric patterns and mathematical curves with this digital spirograph tool. Customize circles, lines, and colors to design unique artwork. Features include saving, exporting, and automatic drawing modes.
- Draw epicycloids and hypotrochoids
- Customize circle radii and line thickness
- Select and edit colors
- Save and export drawings as PNG
- Automatic drawing mode
- Randomize settings
- Tutorial videos
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SpiroDesigner is an app which can draw a beautiful geometrical pattern like the classic toy, SpiroGraph . With this app, you will be able to easily design attractive and complicated works of art. SpiroDesigner is also a good tool to draw a cycloid curve or a trochoid curve which is known in the field of mathematics. Therefore, this app will help mathematical lovers, teachers and students to understand these mathematical figures. FEATURES: - Undo,Redo - Draw epicycloid,hypocycloid,epitrochoid,hypotrochoid - Select radius of circles, line thickness, position of the pen, scale - Select color - Edit curves(rotation, scale, color, line thickness,color) - Save drawing data - Save PNG images to camera roll - Load,Import - Export to iTunes - Automatic drawing mode - Function to randomize settings - Tutorial Videos and many more…
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SpiroDesigner at 100% against Art in Motion's 64%. SpiroDesigner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). Art in Motion's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). 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
Art in Motion costs $1.99 and SpiroDesigner $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SpiroDesigner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Art in Motion has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Art in Motion's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpiroDesigner's.
Art in Motion ships an update every 11 months, SpiroDesigner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art in Motion | SpiroDesigner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Masahiko Fukuyama |
Customer experience
Art in Motion
SpiroDesigner
In-app purchases
Art in Motion
No in-app purchases
SpiroDesigner
No in-app purchases









