Liquid Apptoy vs Gesture Recognizer Fun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Apptoy
Experience a fluid simulation game where you can manipulate water. Add colors, transform it into clouds, or even ice. This interactive experience offers a unique way to play with virtual liquids.
- Fluid simulation gameplay
- Water manipulation
- Add colors to water
- Transform water into clouds
- Transform water into ice
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This game is the 15th iPhone game for the Web Game Site "DAN-BALL". This fluid simulation game allows you to play with water. Enjoy adding some colors or transform water into clouds or ice.
Gesture Recognizer Fun
Interact with animated sprites by performing various gestures like swipes and taps. Sprites are derived from photographs, offering a unique visual experience. The source code is publicly available for exploration.
- Swipe gestures (up, down, left, right)
- Tap gestures (one, two, three fingers)
- Animated sprites from photographs
- Customizable sprite transparency
- Open-source code available on GitHub
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Gesture recognizer Fun! Swipe Up, Down, Left, Right and Tap with One, Two or Three Fingers to watch sprites created from photographs fly into the screen! Birds are pictures taken by the programmer, an amateur photographer. Transparency is set using GIMP open-source image processing software. Source code is available on github at github.com/robzim
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Liquid Apptoy at 4.5 against Gesture Recognizer Fun's 1.0. Liquid Apptoy also leads on ratings volume (66 vs 1). Gesture Recognizer Fun's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Liquid Apptoy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Apptoy has 66 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Liquid Apptoy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gesture Recognizer Fun's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Liquid Apptoy ships an update every 8 months, Gesture Recognizer Fun every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Liquid Apptoy | Gesture Recognizer Fun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (66 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Robert L Zimmelman |
Customer experience
Liquid Apptoy
Gesture Recognizer Fun
Bugs and requests
Liquid Apptoy
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes when adding wallpaper
- Lava floats unexpectedly
- Lava doesn't move
- Game crashes when doing certain actions
- Glitch prevents element usage
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- Pixelated duck appears
Requested features
12 requests- More realistic water
- Add more elements/liquids
- Add sound effects
- Add new objects (spinner, planets)
- Add a layout button for UI
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- Add ability to save worlds
- Add more things to do
- Add a paid ad-free version
- Add a star-making feature
- Add meteorites and falling objects
- Add a stick figure game
- Add more duck types
Gesture Recognizer Fun
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Apptoy
No in-app purchases
Gesture Recognizer Fun
No in-app purchases
Questions
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