PythagorasTree vs Episodic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PythagorasTree
Explore the visual beauty of mathematical concepts with this app. It generates fractal art based on the Pythagorean theorem, allowing you to customize angles and colors. Watch the intricate patterns grow and shrink to understand the recursive process.
- Recursive fractal generation
- Adjustable triangle angles
- Customizable tree colors
- Interactive growth and shrink animation
- Visualizes Pythagorean theorem
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The Pythagoras Tree is math art. A square trunk is drawn. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is laid on top of the square. From the two legs two new squares are drawn. This process is repeated recursively until there the size of the square is too small to draw. Here you can adjust the angles of the triangle and the color of the tree. You can also make the tree grow and shrink to see the steps in making the tree.
Episodic
Create dynamic, moving collages from black and white looping animations. Reposition and scale these "episodes" to build unique narratives and explore new visual relationships.
- Create moving collages
- Utilize black and white looping animations
- Reposition and scale animation fragments
- Build unique narratives
- Explore new visual relationships
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Episodic is an artwork that allows users to create a moving collage from disparate fragments. Contained within the app are black and white looping animations. Each animation is a short episode that can be repositioned and scaled allowing users to link together different segments to create a narrative and explore new relationships. The app reconfigures pop-up windows containing Flash animations originally created for the website www.urban fragments.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Episodic at every 8 days against PythagorasTree's every 21 months. PythagorasTree's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PythagorasTree against 5.0 for Episodic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PythagorasTree ships an update every 21 months, Episodic every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PythagorasTree | Episodic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Stroh | jody zellen |
Customer experience
PythagorasTree
Episodic
In-app purchases
PythagorasTree
No in-app purchases
Episodic
No in-app purchases
