Comparison

SwirlPaint vs CopperFire

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Kaleidoscope image generation
  • Adjustable number of lines
  • Customizable line colors
  • Multi-touch support
  • Save drawings to Camera Roll
Features
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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

About

CopperFire

Create calming, abstract art with glowing brush strokes that cycle through a spectrum of warm and cool colors. Simply press and hold to paint, pinch to adjust brush size, and tap to clear. This app offers a no-pressure creative experience for relaxation.

Highlights
  • Press and hold to paint glowing strokes
  • Color cycle: copper, orange, rose, violet, indigo, teal
  • Pinch to resize brush
  • Tap to clear canvas
  • Works on iPhone and iPad
  • No saving or scoring
Features
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CopperFire is a zen painting canvas. Press and hold anywhere on the screen to ignite glowing brush strokes that shift through warm copper, deep orange, rose, violet, indigo, and a final deep teal before going back to copper. The longer you hold, the further the color travels. • Press & hold anywhere to paint • Pinch to change brush size • Tap clear to start over • Works in portrait on iPhone and iPad CopperFire is designed to let go. No learning, no winning, no saving. Take a moment to take a moment, relax.

Screenshots

SwirlPaint4 screens
CopperFire3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CopperFire at 5.0 against SwirlPaint's 4.5. SwirlPaint's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CopperFire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwirlPaint has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SwirlPaint versus CopperFire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwirlPaintCopperFire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 38 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChewOnGlass.comAmanda Rawls

In-app purchases

None

SwirlPaint

No in-app purchases

None

CopperFire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwirlPaint free?
SwirlPaint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CopperFire free?
CopperFire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SwirlPaint or CopperFire?
CopperFire is rated higher. SwirlPaint averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while CopperFire averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SwirlPaint or CopperFire have ads?
Neither SwirlPaint nor CopperFire shows ads.

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