Pattern Generator vs Prspctv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pattern Generator
Create custom test patterns for various resolutions and display types, including grids, color bars, and specialized formats. Easily share your generated patterns via messaging, email, or AirDrop.
- Create test patterns
- Multiple pattern types (grids, color bars, etc.)
- Supports various resolutions
- Share patterns via message, mail, AirDrop
- Wide screen patterns
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Pattern Generator, allows you to create test patterns that in any resolution. Patterns available: Blendind (for wide screen). LED wall. Grid with or without circles. Spyder. 75% Color Bar 100% color bars. Horizontal 75% Color Bar. Horizontal Color Bar 100%. SMPTE color bar. Horizontal grayscale. You can send your pattern by message, mail or share with AirDrop.
Prspctv
This tool enables projection mapping by allowing you to map image or movie textures from your device's photo library onto any surface in a real-world scene. You can precisely edit up to 32 polygons, adjusting their positions, sizes, rotations, and colors.
- Map image or movie textures
- Up to 32 rectangle polygons
- Edit polygon positions, sizes, rotations
- Adjust UV coordinates and vertexes
- Change polygon colors (RGBA)
- Load images from Photo Library
- Load movies from Photo Library
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Prspctv is a simple tool for projection mapping. You can map image texture or movie texture in iPhone/iPad Photo Library to any surface in real scene. Features -You can map up to 32 rectangle polygons. -You can edit positions, sizes, rotations, UV coordinates and vertexes of polygons. -You can change colors (RGBA) of polygons. -You can display images loaded from Photo Library. -You can display Movies loaded from Photo Library. Simple projection mapping tool for iPhone/iPad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnC9rh30sGU *This app requires a projector which can connect to iPhone or iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pattern Generator at 5.0 against Prspctv's 1.0. Prspctv's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 19 months) and chart position (#75 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Pattern Generator costs $4.99 and Prspctv $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pattern Generator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Pattern Generator's written reviews are positive against 59% of Prspctv's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pattern Generator ships an update every 19 months, Prspctv every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pattern Generator | Prspctv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #75 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | piXap | MINORU AIKAWA |
Customer experience
Pattern Generator
Prspctv
In-app purchases
Pattern Generator
No in-app purchases
Prspctv
No in-app purchases
