Makanim Light vs Flow Doodle Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Makanim Light
Create stunning, interactive animations with multi-touch gestures. Explore endless visual effects, shapes, and patterns for relaxation or live performance. Save your creations as wallpapers.
- Multi-touch graphic generator
- Real-time preset editing
- Up to 3-finger gestures
- Multiple animation modes and shapes
- Adjustable speed, size, and chaos
- Save creations as screenshots/wallpapers
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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. Makanim Light is the free version of Makanim: it includes 12 of the 112 presets, 4 of the 10 modes and 7 of the 48 shapes, with up to 3 fingers at once. Unlock everything with a single in-app purchase. No subscription.
Flow Doodle Free
Create unique drawings with a "light flowing" fluid effect. Add vibrant colors and a special rainbow flow to your doodles. Save and share your animated creations easily.
- Fantastic animated "Light Flowing" fluid Effect
- Different Doodle Colors
- Special rainbow flow color
- Save drawing to Photo Albums
- Auto-hiding toolbar
- Erase previous stroke
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Flow Doodle Free - The Free version of Flow Doodle is now available! Flow Doodle Free allows you to create drawing with "aqua flow" effect. Draw with Flow Doodle, then press the "FLOW" button and you will see bright light "flowing" along your doodle strokes. You can even save your light flow doodle to photo albums and share. KEY FEATURES: * Fantastic animated "Light Flowing" fluid Effect * Different Doodle Colors: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow * Special rainbow flow color * Save drawing to Photo Albums to share^ * Auto-hiding toolbar (auto-hide while drawing) * Erase the previous stroke (by pressing the counter-clockwise arrow button) ADVANCED DRAWING TIPS: Draw a stroke slowly and you will get slower flow with more bright flows on that stroke. REMARKS: - Please note that flowing animation may be getting slower on complicated drawings - You cannot sketch while in animated flow mode (i.e. after pressing the "FLOW" button). Press the color buttons to get back to sketching mode. SHARE & FOLLOW: Follow us or Share with us on: Pinterest http://pinterest.com/oodot/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CrossDisciplineTechnologyLimited Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdtapps/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flow Doodle Free at 5.0 against Makanim Light's 3.8. Flow Doodle Free also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Makanim Light's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 38%) and update cadence (every 13 months vs every 52 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Makanim Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flow Doodle Free asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Doodle Free holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Makanim Light has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Makanim Light's written reviews are positive against 38% of Flow Doodle Free's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Makanim Light ships an update every 13 months, Flow Doodle Free every 52 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Makanim Light | Flow Doodle Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 52 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appakabar | Y Lau |
Customer experience
Makanim Light
Flow Doodle Free
In-app purchases
Makanim Light
- Unlock everything$4.99
Flow Doodle Free
No in-app purchases
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