SwirlPaint vs Light Creations
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
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 price: SwirlPaint at Free against Light Creations's $2.99. SwirlPaint also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Light Creations's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 38 months). On ratings volume, 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
SwirlPaint is free to download; Light Creations costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SwirlPaint holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SwirlPaint's written reviews are positive against 76% of Light Creations's.
SwirlPaint ships an update every 38 months, Light Creations every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwirlPaint | Light Creations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 4.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 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 | 6.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChewOnGlass.com | Joachim Wolffram |
Customer experience
SwirlPaint
Light Creations
In-app purchases
SwirlPaint
No in-app purchases
Light Creations
No in-app purchases
