Makanim vs Computer Goggles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Makanim
Create dynamic visual art and animations using multi-touch gestures. This app offers a relaxing and fun way to explore endless combinations of shapes, colors, and effects, with options to save and share your creations.
- Multi-touch graphic generator
- Screenshot saving
- Real-time preset editing
- Gesture control
- Switchable modes, shapes, and colors
- Adjustable speed, size, and chaos
- Thousands of combinations
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AppAdvice.com review: "This generative art app will provide you with pure visual stimulation." AppSplit.com review: "With its level of customization, it's definitely still worthy to try it." Want to relax or have fun? Enjoy an amazing graphic experience with Makanim. Create stunning animations by playing with multi-touch. Snap your creations and use them as wallpapers. Play with Makanim at home for fun, at a party, or on stage for VJing: improvise during live performances and create new animations on the fly. Makanim offers endless combinations of visual effects by changing nine simple parameters. You can spend hours discovering the different ways to animate shapes. Makanim is a powerful app that can both entertain and relax. FEATURES - Multi-touch particle generator - Up to 10 fingers at once, depending on your device - 10 animation modes - 48 beautiful and original shapes - 22 color palettes - 112 editable presets, saved as you play - Thousands of possible combinations - Edit presets in real time - Switch between modes, shapes and colors - Control speed, size and chaos - Background color and particle opacity controls - Random button for surprise combinations - Interactive sounds - Animation auto-play - Screenshot button to save images to your photo library - Expert mode: hide or show the menu bar - Fingers limit, to avoid clashing with your device's multi-touch gestures LINKS Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flR6mz788h0 Visit http://appakabar.com for more information.
Computer Goggles
Transform your device's camera into a machine vision tool. See the world through a digital lens, identifying objects and analyzing scenes with advanced algorithms. Explore augmented reality overlays and gain new perspectives on your surroundings.
- Machine vision analysis
- Augmented reality overlays
- Object identification
- Scene analysis
- Camera capture
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Capture the world like a machine sees it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Makanim at every 9 months against Computer Goggles's every 35 months. Makanim also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%). Computer Goggles's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 4.0) and price ($2.99 vs $5.99). 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
Makanim costs $5.99 and Computer Goggles $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Computer Goggles holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Makanim's written reviews are positive against 67% of Computer Goggles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Makanim ships an update every 9 months, Computer Goggles every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Makanim | Computer Goggles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appakabar | Do Something Good |
Customer experience
Makanim
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In-app purchases
Makanim
No in-app purchases
Computer Goggles
No in-app purchases
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