Flowfazer vs Distorted Kaleidoscope Art
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Distorted Kaleidoscope Art
Create unique fractal and mandala art with a kaleidoscope simulator. Combine image distortion effects, manipulate object properties, and experiment with physics simulations for dynamic, colorful psychedelic visuals.
- 16x16 image distortion effects
- Finger gravity simulation
- Color morphing effect
- Three independent layers with physics
- Save and load settings
- Export PNG images
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"Distorted Kaleidoscope Art" is a kaleidoscope simulator with unique image distortion effects, which are designed mathematically. This app simulates dynamic behavior such as collision and rebound of small objects in a container enclosed by mirrors and also generates intriguing distorted images and animations. There are two lists A and B of image distortion effects, each of which consists of 16 effects. By combining effects selected from each list A and B, you can apply various effects to the kaleidoscope image, making it easy to create fantastic fractal artwork, mysterious mandala artwork, colourful psychedelic artwork, etc. Also, to generate more dynamic motion and change, we positively devised various ideas such as "finger gravity simulation" and "color morphing effect". This app will be recommended for those who are getting bored of ordinary Kaleidoscope images or for those who want more exciting and unique abstract arts. Please note that the app "Distorted Kaleidoscope Art" is high load due to image processing calculation. So we strongly recommend to play this app on iPad pro or higher. Features: - 16 types × 16 types of image distortion effect - Sliders for manipulating parameters of image distortion effects - Select objects from 28 forms, 18 colors, 10 sizes and 16 angles - 4 mirror frame shapes - Slider for zoom and rotational speed of the screen - Slider for physical simulation speed - 4 color blend modes - Switch that prohibits rotation of all objects due to collision or rebound - Three independent layers with parameters about virtual gravity, rebound, brightness, etc (Objects in the same layer collide with each other, and ones in the different layer go through each other.) - Finger gravity effect that generates gravity sources by touching the screen - Color morphing effect that gives continuous color change to the objects - Randomize properties of the objects - Undo, Redo - Save, Load settings - Save PNG images to camera roll - Export to iTunes - 24 example files - Help function The main difference with our another app "Kaleidoscope geometric Art": - Image distortion effects - Because the physics engine has been changed, the physical dynamics of the objects is slightly different. - Not support the effect of frictional force. - Delete slider that controls the effect of finger gravity. (The strength of finger gravity is always constant and finger gravity source generates only attractive force.) - Finger gravity can not be recorded and is not saved in file. - The image resolution is better. - Load of the image processing calculation is larger, and power consumption is also larger. - Support 120 frame rate for iPad pro 2nd generation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Flowfazer at 37 against Distorted Kaleidoscope Art's 1. Flowfazer also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 40 months) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Flowfazer costs $0.99 and Distorted Kaleidoscope Art $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Flowfazer against 5.0 for Distorted Kaleidoscope Art. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flowfazer has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Flowfazer ships an update every 11 months, Distorted Kaleidoscope Art every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flowfazer | Distorted Kaleidoscope Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | grokware | Masahiko Fukuyama |
Customer experience
Flowfazer
Distorted Kaleidoscope Art
In-app purchases
Flowfazer
No in-app purchases
Distorted Kaleidoscope Art
No in-app purchases
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