Überdoodle lite vs Kinetiform
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.
Kinetiform
This app transforms your doodles into dynamic abstract art. Shapes automatically connect and fill with unique patterns, while kaleidoscopic animations add a mesmerizing visual experience. You can also let the app create art for you with its Auto Draw feature.
- Automatic shape detection and pattern filling
- Auto Draw for generative art creation
- Regenerate patterns
- 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects
- Customizable kaleidoscope settings
- Save and share drawings
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Kinetiform is doodling reimagined. It is a canvas with a mind of its own. Draw abstract shapes that automatically connect and fill with randomly generated patterns. Use Auto Draw to sit back and watch as the app creates a unique random composition right before your eyes. Watch as your drawing is tumbled and twisted through beautiful kaleidoscopic animations. Features: - Automatically detects shapes and fills them with random procedural patterns - Auto Draw creates procedural art as you watch and finishes lines for you - Regenerate any pattern after it’s been drawn - 36 preset kaleidoscopic effects - Advanced kaleidoscope settings let you fully configure the effect - Pan and zoom feature that interacts with kaleidoscope effects - Draw into the kaleidoscope - Customize your drawing experience with several control options - Create a color palette and save it, or load one of 200 preset color palettes - Choose which patterns you want to use and how often they will randomly appear - Save drawings to work on them later - Save images to your photo library or share them on social media - 100 levels of undo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kinetiform at 4.9 against Überdoodle lite's 1.9. Kinetiform also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (92% vs 61%). Überdoodle lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 22 months). On price 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. Kinetiform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Überdoodle lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kinetiform holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kinetiform has 40 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Überdoodle lite's written reviews are positive against 92% of Kinetiform's.
Überdoodle lite ships an update every 3 weeks, Kinetiform every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Überdoodle lite | Kinetiform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (8 ratings) | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Morten Bek Ditlevsen | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
Überdoodle lite
Kinetiform
In-app purchases
Überdoodle lite
No in-app purchases
Kinetiform
- Pro Mode$4.99
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