Comparison

TeraFractal vs Flamelet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TeraFractal

Explore a universe of soothing, ever-changing fractal art. Interact with beautiful shapes by dragging, pinching, and rotating to morph the visuals. No prior knowledge of math or fractals is required to enjoy this relaxing experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive fractal art generation
  • Drag, pinch, and rotate to morph images
  • Unique fractal patterns (not Mandelbrot/Julia sets)
  • Immersive and entertaining visual experience
  • No math knowledge required
Features
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Let your mind rest while you explore an alternate universe of soothing patterns and beautiful shapes. Press the play button to watch an ever-changing stream of art that has never been seen before and may never be seen again. Or drag, pinch and rotate to gently morph the image yourself. – – – TeraFractal is an immersive and entertaining way to explore fractal geometry. Amazingly, every image can be described by just 24 numbers; when you move your fingers on the screen, you are adjusting these parameters. If you are a fractal aficionado, note that this app is different from most fractal apps in that it does NOT display the Mandelbrot set or Julia sets. It generates a different and equally fascinating class of fractals that are based on linear iterated function systems. For more details, tap the in-app info button. Rest assured, you don't need to know anything about math or fractals to use this app!

About

Flamelet

Create stunning fractal art with a versatile and efficient algorithm. Explore endless possibilities by generating art from scratch or modifying random creations. This app offers a playful yet precise approach to digital art, with no hidden costs or ads.

Highlights
  • Fractal-flame algorithm implementation
  • Create art from scratch or modify existing
  • Limitless combinations of functions and transforms
  • Includes ~90 transforms
  • Tone mapping and background editing
  • Symmetry options
  • Color adjustment and gradient creation
Features
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FLAMELET Flamelet is a very creative app for generating fractal art in a playful way. It does this by implementing the fractal-flame-algorithm, originally invented by Scott Draves, in a very versatile and efficient way. There is literally an endless number of possibilities, and you never will have seen all. Flamelet was designed from ground up for mobile devices, is easy to learn, but hard to master. This makes it an app, which has the potential to never become boring. DISCOVER YOUR CREATIVITY Flamelet gives you the freedom, either to create your own art from scratch, or to generate random flames and modify them. There are numerous flame-generators included, all of them with the potential to generate endless beauty. Speaking about art, the app can render your creations in a very decent quality, directly on the device, without any additional costs. ACTUALLY, CREATE FRACTAL ART Unlike to those fractal-zooming/scrolling-apps, Flamelet allows you to actually create fractal art. Either from scratch or by just modifying already created art with your fingertips. Both, a playful and an exact approach are supported: you may just drag around controls or enter exact numerical values. Of course, many combinations of formulas are already well-known, but you can try out your own ideas or just play around to find out new combinations. EXPLORE INIFINITE POSSIBILITIES Flamelet offers a lot of features to play around with: • create limitless combinations of functions, final transforms, transform groups, point transforms and color transforms • make use of about 90 included transforms • influence the tone mapping (balancing, contrast, …) • edit the background (use single color, gradients or images) • apply symmetry (point or axis symmetry with several options) • adjust colors (either by adjusting or creating gradients or by using images) PLAY AND RELAX While creating something from scratch can be very rewarding, just playing around with beautiful shapes can be much fun, and even be relaxing or healing. For this kind of use, Flamelet offers a large library of flame-generators, which create an endless number of random beauty. Additionally, there is the mutagen-module, which allows you to generate random variants ("mutations ") of a selected base flame in a very playful way. SHARE AND EXPORT You can easily share your flame parameters and rendered images with others from within the app. NO HIDDEN COSTS, NO ADS, WORK OFFLINE OR HOWEVER YOU WISH Everything is included when you purchase and install Flamelet. There are about 50 example flames, 12 images and 9 tutorials to get you started. The only other thing you need is your creativity (and your device to render your images). There are no ads, no artificial limits, no subscriptions, no loot-boxes, you have not to be online, …, and we do not collect any of your data! It’s just you – and your art. Have fun ! :-)

Screenshots

TeraFractal4 screens
Flamelet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TeraFractal at Free against Flamelet's $3.99. TeraFractal also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (113 vs 27). Flamelet's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TeraFractal is free to download; Flamelet costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TeraFractal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of TeraFractal's written reviews are positive against 82% of Flamelet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TeraFractal ships an update every 11 months, Flamelet every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TeraFractal versus Flamelet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeraFractalFlamelet
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (113 ratings) — better4.4 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMath Easel, LLCAndreas Maschke

Customer experience

TeraFractal

All ratings111 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative10.5%

Flamelet

All ratings27 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%

In-app purchases

None

TeraFractal

No in-app purchases

None

Flamelet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TeraFractal free?
TeraFractal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flamelet free?
Flamelet costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TeraFractal or Flamelet?
TeraFractal is rated higher. TeraFractal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 113 ratings, while Flamelet averages 4.4 from 27 ratings.
Do TeraFractal or Flamelet have ads?
Neither TeraFractal nor Flamelet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TeraFractal or Flamelet?
TeraFractal ships an update every 11 months, and Flamelet every 5 months. Most recently, TeraFractal was updated on November 6, 2026 and Flamelet on November 2, 2026.

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