Art in Motion vs Oscilluma
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.
Oscilluma
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Turn your screen into living art. Drift through glowing tunnels, flowing glass, unfolding forms and cosmic landscapes. Oscilluma creates its visuals in real time on your device, bringing color and movement to quiet evenings, creative spaces and time with friends. Open a visual world, find a look you love and let it move. No account or phone pairing is required. START FREE Explore Vortex with four included looks. Preview Pro worlds before deciding to unlock more. ONE PURCHASE, MORE WORLDS Oscilluma Pro is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks all 21 visual worlds and 126 authored looks: 20 more worlds and 122 more looks beyond the free collection. No subscription or ads. Each world has its own visual character. Looks are carefully chosen variations within those worlds, rather than separate effects. MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN On iPhone and iPad, explore the world and look library with a live canvas. Pro lets you adjust Palette, Motion, Energy and Detail for your selected look. On Apple TV, browse with the Siri Remote, choose a world and hide the controls for full-screen art. Select a palette to apply it; moving focus between palette cards keeps your current colors. Pro includes 17 curated color palettes alongside each world's default. Turn on Autoplay to move through the worlds available to you. On Apple Vision Pro, explore and tune the art in a spatial window. Pro also lets you save and recall your own Rooms. Oscilluma runs as an app you open. It does not replace the Apple TV system screen saver. The visuals move independently; music and sound response are not included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Oscilluma at Free against Art in Motion's $1.99. Oscilluma also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Art in Motion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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
Oscilluma is free to download; Art in Motion costs $1.99 up front. Oscilluma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Art in Motion asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Art in Motion | Oscilluma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | PETALUMAPALMER LLC |
In-app purchases
Art in Motion
No in-app purchases
Oscilluma
- Oscilluma Pro — Lifetime$6.99









