Poetics vs Rosaces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poetics
Create and explore unique visual poetry with mutable text, chance operations, and gestural controls. This app allows for nonlinear compositions, custom filters, and physics-based interactions, supporting multiple languages and voice input.
- Mutable text
- Chance operations
- Gestural semiotics
- Physics-based interactions
- Custom photo filters
- Voice input
- Multiple languages
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Poetics is a visual poetry app focused on developing concepts of mutable, semiotic poetry and decentralized art. The app is an ongoing project by Seth Indigo Carnes, an artist based in New York City. Poetics is used in over 150 countries, across languages and cultures. Art features: • mutable text • chance operations • ephemeral missives • gestural semiotics • nonlinear flux • meta tangents • intermedia cutups • multimodal love App features: • works on all iOS devices • portrait and landscape compositions • curated set of font choices • always editable, saved work • custom photo filters • minimal text styling and color • physics-based interactions • nuanced gestural control • zoom in and out for detailed work • write in multiple languages • speak your words into app Music in App Store preview courtesy of Patrick Golden and Jim Clouse of Parkwest Records. Feedback or thoughts? hello@poetics.app Metta
Rosaces
Generate unique visual art by inputting multiplication factors. Customize the appearance with various settings and animate your creations. Share your artistic designs with others.
- Create art from times tables
- Animate creations
- Customize points, factor, color, and line width
- Share artwork
- Interactive settings
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Create wonderful pictures based on the times table. Animate them. Interact with the settings (number of points, multiplication factor, color mode and line width) to create your favorite image. Share your creations with your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rosaces at 5.0 against Poetics's 4.2. Rosaces also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13). Poetics's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 3) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Poetics costs $2.99 and Rosaces $2.99 up front. Poetics sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Rosaces asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rosaces holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poetics has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Poetics's written reviews are positive against 80% of Rosaces's.
Poetics ships an update every 8 months, Rosaces every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poetics | Rosaces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (68 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Soulincode Inc. | Sylvain Lambert |
Customer experience
Poetics
Rosaces
Bugs and requests
Poetics
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes constantly
- Freezes up with replace option
- Saving in messenger is broken
- Crashes when tapping text button
- Crashes before sending postcard
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- Crashes on specific photos
- App doesn't open
- Crashes losing all edits
- Only crashes when sending postcard
- Reduces photo resolution
- Text blurry when using software background images
Requested features
23 requests- More fonts
- Ability to type longer phrases
- Add return key
- Broader selection of type faces
- Automatic text wrapping
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- Resizing text to fit window
- More features
- Different font or text styles
- Control aspect ratio
- Control image size
- iPad version
- Square image support
- More text box length and size options
- Tint white backgrounds behind words
- More fonts or layouts
- Suggested text for when word-poor
- Ability to string poems together in stanzas for email
- Change font types
- Use text without the 'label'
- Rotate picture ability
- Text takes on filter appearance
- Make app compatible with iPads
- Add more editing features
Rosaces
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Poetics
- Whitman$0.99
- Cage$0.99
- Mallarmé$0.99
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- Basquiat$0.99
- Duchamp$0.99
- Baskerville$0.99
- Didot$0.99
- Gill Sans$0.99
- Avenir$0.99
- Cochin$0.99
- Filter Pack$5.99
- Font Pack$5.99
Rosaces
No in-app purchases
