Makanim vs Flowfazer
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.
Flowfazer
Experience a unique visual and auditory journey with animated patterns that react to rhythm. Customize color, style, and complexity to match your mood. Originally released in 1990, this app offers a serene to intense display of cosmic animation.
- Rhythmic cosmic animation
- Customizable color palettes
- Selectable image styles
- Adjustable complexity
- Set show time
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The authentic legendary "Flowfazer – Music for the Eye" Originally released in 1990 by creators David Levine & Todd Rundgren. Flowfazer's eternal show of rhythmic cosmically-unique animation ranges from serene thru intense. Select a color palette, image style, complexity, and show time to resonate with your state of mind. Watch, and enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flowfazer at 4.9 against Makanim's 4.0. Flowfazer also leads on price ($0.99 vs $5.99) and review sentiment (97% vs 85%). On update cadence, 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
Makanim costs $5.99 and Flowfazer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flowfazer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Makanim's written reviews are positive against 97% of Flowfazer's.
Makanim ships an update every 9 months, Flowfazer every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Makanim | Flowfazer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | 96.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appakabar | grokware |
Customer experience
Makanim
Flowfazer
In-app purchases
Makanim
No in-app purchases
Flowfazer
No in-app purchases
