Überdoodle lite vs String Art Designer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Überdoodle lite
Relive childhood fun with a digital spirograph. Create intricate spiral patterns and colorful drawings using virtual gears and pens. Save or share your creations as wallpapers.
- Virtual gears and pens
- Import photos
- Apple Pencil support
- Hypotrochoid and epitrochoid drawing
- Multiple paper types and colors
- Undo/redo functionality
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Thanks for all the amazing feedback - we just love to hear your thoughts, comments and ideas! Überdoodle lite: Remember the good old spirograph toy? Get nostalgic with this classic spiral drawing tool. Great for children too! The box contains lots of colorful gears, rings and pencils - including a MAGIC rainbow pen - and an unlimited supply of (virtual) paper! Draw beautiful patterns using the gears or simply paint directly on the paper using your finger. Share your doodles to family and friends - or save them and use them as beautiful wallpapers for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Features: • Import photos from your Photo Library • Snap to previous drawing locations • Support for the Apple Pencil. Change calligraphy angle by tilting the pen. • Draw both hypotrochoids and epitrochoids (gears inside a ring or gears on the outside of another gear) • Different paper types and multiple background colors • Full undo/redo • Change the sizes of gears and rings If you like Überdoodle lite, please consider getting Überdoodle with even more possibilities for beautiful patterns. Überdoodle has many more rings and gears - and it contains the Gear Factory where you can create your very own gears and rings with custom sizes and colors. Überdoodle has many different pens and includes an eraser as well. It also allows you to mix pen colors by selecting up to three pens at the same time. It has more paper to choose from when starting new drawings.
String Art Designer
Create intricate string art designs with various string types and modes. Transform photos into unique string art pieces. Offers in-app purchases for expanded features and unlimited string options.
- Math-String mode
- Cyclic string type
- Step string type
- Custom string type
- Portrait mode for photo art
- In-app purchases for advanced features
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String Art Designer makes possible to design string art with using various strings. Math-String mode Availabe string types: - cyclic string string will be hooked on pins with a specified cycle - verious step string string will be hooked on start/end pin which are moved by specified rule - custom string string will be hooked on specified pins Portrait mode make string art from photo In-App Purchase: - unlimited number strings for math-string mode - make string art from your photo (from Photo library) Note: A photo editing app would help to get better Portrait String Art
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Überdoodle lite at 61% against String Art Designer's 0%. Überdoodle lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). String Art Designer's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 1.9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. String Art Designer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Überdoodle lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
String Art Designer holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Überdoodle lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of String Art Designer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Überdoodle lite ships an update every 3 weeks, String Art Designer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Überdoodle lite | String Art Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (8 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Morten Bek Ditlevsen | Tomoaki Yagishita |
Customer experience
Überdoodle lite
String Art Designer
In-app purchases
Überdoodle lite
No in-app purchases
String Art Designer
- Unlimited String$5.99
- PortraitArt$19.99
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