Comparison

Light Creations vs KaleidoCurve

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Light Creations

Create dynamic 3D light sculptures from simple line drawings. Accelerate animations with music and explore five unique visual themes. Save and share your mesmerizing creations.

Highlights
  • Create 3D light sculptures
  • Dynamic animation from drawn lines
  • Music-reactive visuals
  • Five unique visual themes
  • Screenshot capture
  • Universal app support
Features
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Light Creations allows you to create amazing light sculptures and structures. You provide the seed for the creation by drawing an arbitrary line, e.g., straight, curved, or long and winded, and enjoy how Light Creations transforms this seed into a dynamic piece of 3D art. Accelerate the animation by humming, singing or playing music and dive deep into a relaxing journey through a world of light. Observe the mesmerizing dynamics of the evolving art and create screenshots with ease just by tapping an icon. The screenshots are conveniently saved into your photo album for further processing and sharing. Light Creations provides five themes, each transforming the initial seed in a different way: Galaxy - Creates light sculptures built out of many light particles. Light Ocean - Creates light sculptures above an ocean of light. Centered Lines - Creates symmetrical light structures. Warped Lines - Creates a work of art where the initial seed is warped in space resulting in fractal like creations. MultiDraw - The initial line is mirrored several times and warped in space already while drawing. Tip: use the pinch gesture to emphasize the amazing micro and macro structures. - Universal App for iPad, iPhone, iPod. - Retina Display support. - There are no ads or in-app purchases in Light Creations. Customer Comments: ***** Wow!!!! "This is the most beautiful and trippy app I have on my iPad (and I have about 20). Listen to some ambient electronica or psychedelia and ascend to a higher plain without chemical assistance." ***** AWESOME! "Love it, mesmerizing & beautiful ! Save your creations & share. Recommend," ***** Great app for creative control "I typically don't write reviews, but these visuals need a voice! They are simply in a league of their own. The future of intuitive easy to use visuals has arrived! [...] Congratulations to the developer for this marvelous work of art! " ***** Totally brilliant "This is like having your own personal firework display. Congrats to the app maker." ***** Grandiose

About

KaleidoCurve

Create intricate, editable patterns from simple curves. Apply dynamic color gradients to rotated versions of your designs. Learn Bezier curve drawing and explore how basic shapes form complex visual art.

Highlights
  • Editable curve patterns
  • Customizable color gradients
  • Bezier curve drawing tool
  • Save and reopen designs
  • Explore shape complexity
  • Edit point types and handles
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Doodle up complicated patterns from simple curves that you can go back and edit, or save as copies. Create new sequences of color gradients that apply to each rotated version of the curve. Drag out a smooth bezier curve with the pen tool and you can edit as you go. Explore how simple shapes create complicated patterns. Curves and gradient color sequences can be saved as named files and reopened for editing. Become familiar with Bezier parametric cubic curve drawing as used in popular vector drawing programs and try out the options to edit point types and handles.

Screenshots

Light Creations4 screens
KaleidoCurve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KaleidoCurve at Free against Light Creations's $2.99. KaleidoCurve also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Light Creations's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 3). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

KaleidoCurve is free to download; Light Creations costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KaleidoCurve holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Light Creations's written reviews are positive against 100% of KaleidoCurve's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Light Creations versus KaleidoCurve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight CreationsKaleidoCurve
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (14 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoachim WolfframExtreme Value Limited

Customer experience

Light Creations

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%

KaleidoCurve

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Light Creations

No in-app purchases

None

KaleidoCurve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Light Creations free?
Light Creations costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KaleidoCurve free?
KaleidoCurve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Light Creations or KaleidoCurve?
KaleidoCurve is rated higher. Light Creations averages 4.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while KaleidoCurve averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Light Creations or KaleidoCurve have ads?
Neither Light Creations nor KaleidoCurve shows ads.

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