SwirlPaint vs warpAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwirlPaint
Create mesmerizing, symmetrical art with a simple swipe. This app generates kaleidoscope-like images by mirroring your strokes across multiple lines. Save your unique creations directly to your device's photo library.
- Kaleidoscope image generation
- Adjustable number of lines
- Customizable line colors
- Multi-touch support
- Save drawings to Camera Roll
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A simple paint program which generates kaleidoscope-like images with the swipe of a finger. Features: - Change number of lines - Change line color - Multi-touch support - Save drawing to Camera Roll
warpAR
This app uses augmented reality to distort real-world textures and surfaces. You can reshape buildings or turn murals into colorful swirls with various liquify tools. Create and share unique images and videos of your AR creations.
- Distort real-world surfaces with AR
- Six adjustable liquify tools
- Create unique images and videos
- Share creations easily
- Fun AR effects on various surfaces
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warpAR lets you distort the textures of the real world using augmented reality. Tap and drag to reshape buildings or turn murals into swirls of color using a set of liquify tools. warpAR is great for creating unique images and videos to share. Or you can just have fun trying the effects on different surfaces around you and getting creative. Highlights: • Distort real world surfaces around you using AR. With warpAR's unique style of AR, it really looks like you are distorting the world. • Six different adjustable liquify-style tools for warping reality. • Capture ready to share images and videos of your creations. So give warpAR a try and be sure to share anything fun you create using it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: warpAR at every 5 days against SwirlPaint's every 38 months. warpAR also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). SwirlPaint's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 14.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
warpAR holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SwirlPaint ships an update every 38 months, warpAR every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwirlPaint | warpAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChewOnGlass.com | Rare Realities, LLC |
Customer experience
SwirlPaint
warpAR
In-app purchases
SwirlPaint
No in-app purchases
warpAR
No in-app purchases
