Cyclotron vs Light Creations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cyclotron
Interact with a dynamic particle system by touching the screen. Use multiple fingers to alter particle behavior for a visually stimulating experience. Ideal for entertainment and keeping children engaged.
- Interactive particle simulation
- Multi-touch particle behavior
- Visually stimulating
- Engaging for kids
- Time-killing entertainment
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Cyclotron is a fun and satisfying particle app. Touch the screen and the particles go wild. Using multiple fingers changes the way the particles behave. Great to mess with when you're bored and have some time to kill, need visual stimulation or want to keep the kids busy.
Light Creations
Create dynamic 3D light sculptures from simple line drawings. Accelerate animations with music and explore five unique visual themes. Save and share your mesmerizing creations.
- Create 3D light sculptures
- Dynamic animation from drawn lines
- Music-reactive visuals
- Five unique visual themes
- Screenshot capture
- Universal app support
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Light Creations allows you to create amazing light sculptures and structures. You provide the seed for the creation by drawing an arbitrary line, e.g., straight, curved, or long and winded, and enjoy how Light Creations transforms this seed into a dynamic piece of 3D art. Accelerate the animation by humming, singing or playing music and dive deep into a relaxing journey through a world of light. Observe the mesmerizing dynamics of the evolving art and create screenshots with ease just by tapping an icon. The screenshots are conveniently saved into your photo album for further processing and sharing. Light Creations provides five themes, each transforming the initial seed in a different way: Galaxy - Creates light sculptures built out of many light particles. Light Ocean - Creates light sculptures above an ocean of light. Centered Lines - Creates symmetrical light structures. Warped Lines - Creates a work of art where the initial seed is warped in space resulting in fractal like creations. MultiDraw - The initial line is mirrored several times and warped in space already while drawing. Tip: use the pinch gesture to emphasize the amazing micro and macro structures. - Universal App for iPad, iPhone, iPod. - Retina Display support. - There are no ads or in-app purchases in Light Creations. Customer Comments: ***** Wow!!!! "This is the most beautiful and trippy app I have on my iPad (and I have about 20). Listen to some ambient electronica or psychedelia and ascend to a higher plain without chemical assistance." ***** AWESOME! "Love it, mesmerizing & beautiful ! Save your creations & share. Recommend," ***** Great app for creative control "I typically don't write reviews, but these visuals need a voice! They are simply in a league of their own. The future of intuitive easy to use visuals has arrived! [...] Congratulations to the developer for this marvelous work of art! " ***** Totally brilliant "This is like having your own personal firework display. Congrats to the app maker." ***** Grandiose
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cyclotron at 4.6 against Light Creations's 4.1. Cyclotron also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 14) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Light Creations's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 8 months vs every 16 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Cyclotron costs $1.99 and Light Creations $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cyclotron holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cyclotron has 153 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Cyclotron's written reviews are positive against 76% of Light Creations's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cyclotron ships an update every 16 months, Light Creations every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyclotron | Light Creations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (153 ratings) — better | 4.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Joachim Wolffram |
Customer experience
Cyclotron
Light Creations
Bugs and requests
Cyclotron
Reported bugs
3 issues- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Inconsistent performance after updates
- Delayed or unresponsive touch inputs
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options
- Additional visual modes or effects
- Screenshot/photo capture capability
- Ability to change movement speed
- Integration with music playback
Light Creations
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cyclotron
No in-app purchases
Light Creations
No in-app purchases
