KaleidoPaint vs Springle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KaleidoPaint
Create intricate, repeating designs by mirroring your brushstrokes in real-time. Offers extensive editing tools for precise control over every element of your artwork. Export your creations as tileable images or standard graphics.
- Real-time mirrored brushstrokes
- 17 symmetry patterns
- Vector graphics editing
- Curve smoothing and area fill
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Export tileable rectangles
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As you draw, KaleidoPaint mirrors your brushstrokes to create a beautiful infinitely repeating design. Image Gallery: http://www.geometrygames.org/KaleidoPaint/Gallery Features: - vector graphics - 17 symmetry patterns - scroll, rotate, zoom - curve smoothing - area fill - Edit Mode: reshape and recolor any dot, line or area - unlimited Undo/Redo - export your favorite paintings - export tileable rectangles Screenshots by Amber van Hoek.
Springle
Explore dynamic, evolving environments that react to your touch. This visual toy offers a relaxing escape or a creative tool for live performances. Save your creations, customize colors, and experiment with various shapes and modes.
- Touch-reactive environments
- Save screenshots
- Change colors
- Clear screen with shake
- Customize shapes and modes
- Use personal photos
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Springle is a mesmerizing visual toy for iPhone, touch and iPad. Explore rich and evolving environments as they come alive with your touch. Space out to Springle on the subway or use it to VJ your next show! Springle is very easy to use: -Save screenshots by pressing the camera icon. -Double click to change the colors. -Shake to clear! -Open the controls by pressing the little tab and chose new shapes, modes, and more! -Play with your own photos! Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Springle at free against KaleidoPaint's paid. Springle also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.1). KaleidoPaint's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 55 months) and review sentiment (81% vs 71%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for KaleidoPaint against 4.5 for Springle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 58 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of KaleidoPaint's written reviews are positive against 71% of Springle's.
KaleidoPaint ships an update every 5 months, Springle every 55 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KaleidoPaint | Springle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (76 ratings) — better | 4.5 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 55 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeff Weeks | Bolasol, Inc. |
Customer experience
KaleidoPaint
Springle
Bugs and requests
KaleidoPaint
Reported bugs
10 issues- App opens files app and no files are selectable
- App opens an empty page without any controls
- App immediately opens files without allowing creation
- App doesn't work, opens files app and doesn't allow creation
- Old drawings ruined by updates
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- Fill color not changing with line color
- Color and background tabs no longer work
- Sharing button not working
- Tileable rectangle export not working
- Saving as JPG only
Requested features
28 requests- Ability to break a line from a selected point
- Eraser tool
- Export as SVG option
- More features like different brushes, blending colors, more symmetrical choices, and better stroke control
- Ability to export in a square format
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- Transparent background option
- Export function for tilable squares
- Layers
- RGB color value sliders
- Opacity, blending modes
- Selection tool
- Ability to switch mirroring on and off
- Ability to export layers to Photoshop
- More control over drawing strokes
- Adjustable stroke smoothing
- More precise color selection (e.g., RGB or HLS)
- Ability to change grid line color
- Designs that save evenly in any size for multiple tiling
- Export and import patterns within the app
- Basic block repeat option
- Zoom in color selector
- More patterns to choose from and purchase
- Ability to set custom image size
- Export .png files with a transparent background
- More symmetry options
- Line and shape tools
- Apple Pencil support
- Option to minimize tool windows
Springle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KaleidoPaint
No in-app purchases
Springle
No in-app purchases
