Anomaly UAR vs FractRoam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anomaly UAR
This augmented reality app brings characters to life from a graphic novel or downloadable marker. Interact with animated characters, hear their sounds, and discover their backstories by pointing your device's camera at the pages or marker.
- Augmented reality character interaction
- Animation and sound effects
- Character backstory access
- Requires graphic novel or printed marker
- Interactive elements
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NOTE: This app will only work if you download an image marker from ExperienceAnomaly.com/marker or use the graphic novel Anomaly. Experience the characters of Anomaly through this ULTIMATE AUGMENTED REALITY™ app. Simply open the graphic novel, launch the app and point the camera at the pages and watch the magic unfold. Alternatively, visit ExperienceAnomaly.com/marker to print out a marker and try without the book. Many different Anomaly characters pop out at you with interactivity, animation and sound! Touch the arrow in the lower right corner to read the backstory on the character. Compatible with the iPhone 4 or later, iPod Touch (4th Gen) or later, and iPad 2 or later.
FractRoam
Discover and share stunning fractal art generated from Mandelbrot and Julia sets. Let the app explore autonomously or record and share your discoveries as videos.
- Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets
- Share fractal images
- Autonomous roaming exploration
- Video recording with ReplayKit
- Share video creations
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FractRoam is a real-time explorer for the Mandelbrot and Julia sets — and its heart is the autopilot. Press play and let it roam: FractRoam continuously seeks out the most visually interesting regions of the fractal and glides you through them, an endless, ever-changing tour you can simply sit back and watch. Want to take the wheel? Pinch and drag to wander on your own, and recolor the whole scene with a tap. Everything is drawn pixel-by-pixel on your device's GPU, in real time. FEATURES • Roam autopilot — hit play and drift through a continuous, auto-discovered tour of the fractal • Real-time Mandelbrot and Julia set rendering, GPU-accelerated and smooth • Pinch and pan to explore yourself, or hand it back to the autopilot anytime • Color moods — six hand-tuned palettes plus animated color cycling • Share any view — a picture plus a link that reopens the exact same spot • Fully offline — no account, no ads, no data collection • A calm, full-screen interface — just you and the fractal Whether you want something mesmerizing to get lost in, a generative-art source for textures and wallpapers, or a hands-on way to explore the math of self-similarity, FractRoam turns the Mandelbrot and Julia sets into something alive. There's a matching macOS screensaver too — find it at fractroam.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Anomaly UAR at Free against FractRoam's $0.99. Anomaly UAR also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 29 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). FractRoam's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (75 vs 4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Anomaly UAR is free to download; FractRoam costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FractRoam holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FractRoam has 75 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Anomaly UAR's written reviews are positive against 86% of FractRoam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Anomaly UAR ships an update every 6 months, FractRoam every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anomaly UAR | FractRoam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 344 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anomaly Productions, Inc. | Kaolin Fire |
Customer experience
Anomaly UAR
FractRoam
In-app purchases
Anomaly UAR
No in-app purchases
FractRoam
No in-app purchases
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