Comparison

Starry Night Interactive vs iFun

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

Head to head
About

Starry Night Interactive

Experience Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" like never before. This app brings the iconic painting to life with hypnotic animation and interactive elements. Control the flows with your touch, explore the landscape in immersive 3D, and enjoy responsive ambient music for an enchanting artistic journey.

Highlights
  • Hypnotic animation of "Starry Night"
  • Interactive touch controls for flows
  • Immersive 3D zoom
  • Responsive ambient music
  • Re-discover classic art
Features
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Watch the iconic flows of Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" come to life, in a hypnotic animation! Drive the flows with your hand to create your own variation of the original painting! Dive in the landscape with immersive 3D zoom! Listen to the background ambient music, which is also responsive. Have an enchanting experience and re-discover a classic masterpiece. ::::: REVIEWS ::::: "Very cool! An interactive animation of van Gogh's 'The Starry Night'." MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art of New York (facebook page) "Imagine being Vincent Van Gogh. Imagine giving form to 'Starry Night' with your hands. ... Playing the artist instead of the observer is now possible. ... As the viewer drags his finger across the painting, the dashed oil lines react, creating a river-like effect of blues and golds over the night sky. With each brushstroke movement, a soft note of ambient music rings out as well. The work that went into creating such an elaborate piece of art is impressive. Vrellis took a piece with a seemingly unsurpassable amount of artistic merit, and breathed new life into it." Huffington Post "We find Vrellis' interactive piece enchanting - and even, given Van Gogh's tragic story, emotionally powerful." C|NET "Van Gogh's Starry Night modded into beautiful interactive light and sound show. …This is one of those little projects you wish you could just play with the second you've seen it." Engadget "The effect is so beautiful and mesmerising." Gizmodo "Beauty through simplicity at its finest and most playful." Creative Applications Network "A very fascinating version of ‘Starry Night’... The result is stunning!" Today and tomorrow "This interactive version of Van Gogh’s Starry Night seems to be something wholly different and wonderful.” Colossal art & design "The work finds success in subtlety.” Design.org "Designer Petros Vrellis adds a whole new dimension with his animated and interactive version of the painting." Dutch daily news "The results, which also have a musical soundtrack, are quite stunning." The verge "This app can function as a lovely example of new possibilities. It's so impressive, allowing everyone to feel like Van Gogh for a few moments." O Globo "If Vincent had the tools that we have today, this is the work that he would have created." skyguide.newsvine.com "Utterly beautiful to look at and interact with ... positively delightful, both peaceful and wondrous with a similarly attractive musical score. ... Using a finger to ripple through the artwork is a mesmerising experience. ... It makes art accessible for the masses and brings it to life for children." 148Apps.com "With hypnotic relaxing visuals and audio, 'Starry Night’ is our new favorite thing to play with on a rainy Sunday afternoon. ... It is hard to describe what a wonderfully immersive experience it is getting hands-on with an art piece like this, you just have to have a go." iPadCreative.com ::::: INSTRUCTIONS ::::: - There are three modes: interaction, navigation, screen-saver and dream mode. 1. In interaction mode, just touch to interact with the brushstrokes! 2. In navigation mode, use one finger to rotate around a point, two fingers to zoom and pan. 3. In screen-saver mode, just relax and watch the animation with automated smooth camera movements; you can also touch the brushstrokes! 4. In dream mode, see the original painting melt into a colorful dreamscape. ::::: FEATURES ::::: - Enchanting animation - Immersive 3D zoom and pan - Dynamic interaction - Speed selection - Responsive background music ::::: PREVIEW ::::: This app is an modern interpretation of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCHFAsXYHGA ::::: TIP ::::: For best iPad experience, disable "Multitasking Gestures". ::::: SUPPORT ::::: For any problems please email us at: info@artof01.com

About

iFun

Engage in hilarious meme battles by selecting the funniest meme cards to react to given situations. Compete with friends or random opponents to be crowned the "Meme King" through group voting and score tallies.

Highlights
  • Select meme cards to react to situations
  • Compete with friends and random opponents
  • Group voting to determine the funniest player
  • Rankings to find the overall funniest player
  • Quick, light-hearted gameplay
  • Simple meme selection, no creation needed
Features
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"With iFun, you'll join hilarious meme battles and create endless fun moments with friends. The app gives you unique quotes or quirky situations, and your task is to choose the best meme card to react. The goal is to come up with the most entertaining responses to win. Challenge your friends and see who can craft the most clever and creative meme! Main Features: - Pick a Meme - Win the Game: Choose the funniest meme to compete against opponents in each unique situation. - Compete with Friends: Enjoy fun meme battles with your friends or random opponents. - Who’s the Funniest?: The winner will be crowned “Meme King” based on the funniest choices voted by the group. How To Play: - The system gives you several funny situations. - Choose a meme card to react to each situation. - Players take turns showing their meme, and others rate it from 1 to 5. The scores are: 1 - ""Not funny at all,"" 2 - ""A little awkward,"" 3 - ""Somewhat funny,"" 4 - ""Really funny!"" and 5 - ""Absolutely hilarious!"" - Each room has 5 rounds. After the final round, the points are tallied, and the player with the highest score wins. - After multiple games, the app ranks players based on their total scores to find out who is the funniest player overall. Benefits: - Quick Fun: Relax with light-hearted gameplay and enjoy laughter anywhere, anytime. - Connect with Friends: Challenge your friends, create memorable moments, and bond over shared laughs. - Simple Gameplay: No need to create memes—just pick the best one for the situation and watch the fun unfold! Download iFun now to start hilarious meme battles with friends and become the King of Fun! ▸Check out our privacy policy and terms of use: Privacy policy:https://volio.store/privacypolicy Terms of use: https://volio.store/termsofuse"

Screenshots

Starry Night Interactive4 screens
iFun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iFun at Free against Starry Night Interactive's $1.99. iFun also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Starry Night Interactive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iFun is free to download; Starry Night Interactive costs $1.99 up front. iFun sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Starry Night Interactive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Starry Night Interactive against 4.7 for iFun. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Starry Night Interactive's written reviews are positive against 91% of iFun's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starry Night Interactive ships an update every 6 months, iFun every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Starry Night Interactive versus iFun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarry Night InteractiveiFun
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (44 ratings) — better4.7 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB108 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerartof01VOLIO VIET NAM COMPANY LIMITED

Customer experience

Starry Night Interactive

All ratings44 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.0%

iFun

All ratings29 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Starry Night Interactive

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Cannot see lines of brushstrokes
  • Cannot long press to enter painting
  • Update removed desired effects
  • App doesn't appear to be maintained
  • Website not secured
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  • No sound on some devices
  • Doesn't work on some older iPads (iOS 6)
  • Blurry graphics/pixelation
  • Auto-orientation doesn't work
  • Music settings not saved
  • Doesn't fit iPhone 5 screen

Requested features

28 requests
  • Bring back old effects (galaxy)
  • Allow long press to enter painting
  • See lines of brushstrokes
  • Support newer iPhones
  • More true full-screen support
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  • Legacy mode option
  • Print or save option
  • More pictures/paintings
  • Ability to change color hues
  • Add more Van Gogh paintings
  • User ability to create/share paintings
  • Add custom music option
  • Snapshot feature
  • More color flow options
  • Tap and drag stars
  • Pinch, flick, twist kinetics
  • Zoom in and out
  • Push blue ridge line
  • Dab color dots
  • More town interaction
  • Video capture/record feature
  • Screen capture feature
  • Save/load custom colors
  • 3D effect for modified paintings
  • Retina quality graphics
  • Auto-rotation for landscape
  • More music options
  • Don McLean song integration

iFun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Starry Night Interactive

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

iFun

Subscriptions3
  • Meme Remove Ads$3.001 Month
  • Meme Remove Ads$3.993 Months
  • Remove Ads Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time3
  • Unlock Single Meme$1.00
  • Unlock Package Meme$5.99
  • Lifetime iFun Meme$15.99

Questions

Is Starry Night Interactive free?
Starry Night Interactive costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iFun free?
iFun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Starry Night Interactive or iFun?
Starry Night Interactive is rated higher. Starry Night Interactive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while iFun averages 4.7 from 29 ratings.
Do Starry Night Interactive or iFun have ads?
iFun shows ads; Starry Night Interactive does not.
Which is updated more often, Starry Night Interactive or iFun?
Starry Night Interactive ships an update every 6 months, and iFun every 10 days. Most recently, Starry Night Interactive was updated on November 1, 2026 and iFun on October 24, 2026.

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