Comparison

SpiroDesigner vs FractRoam

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

Head to head
About

SpiroDesigner

Create intricate geometric patterns and mathematical curves with this digital spirograph tool. Customize circles, lines, and colors to design unique artwork. Features include saving, exporting, and automatic drawing modes.

Highlights
  • Draw epicycloids and hypotrochoids
  • Customize circle radii and line thickness
  • Select and edit colors
  • Save and export drawings as PNG
  • Automatic drawing mode
  • Randomize settings
  • Tutorial videos
Features
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SpiroDesigner is an app which can draw a beautiful geometrical pattern like the classic toy, SpiroGraph . With this app, you will be able to easily design attractive and complicated works of art. SpiroDesigner is also a good tool to draw a cycloid curve or a trochoid curve which is known in the field of mathematics. Therefore, this app will help mathematical lovers, teachers and students to understand these mathematical figures. FEATURES: - Undo,Redo - Draw epicycloid,hypocycloid,epitrochoid,hypotrochoid - Select radius of circles, line thickness, position of the pen, scale - Select color - Edit curves(rotation, scale, color, line thickness,color) - Save drawing data - Save PNG images to camera roll - Load,Import - Export to iTunes - Automatic drawing mode - Function to randomize settings - Tutorial Videos and many more…

About

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.

Highlights
  • Explore Mandelbrot and Julia sets
  • Share fractal images
  • Autonomous roaming exploration
  • Video recording with ReplayKit
  • Share video creations
Features
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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.

Screenshots

FractRoam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpiroDesigner at 5.0 against FractRoam's 4.3. SpiroDesigner also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 29 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). FractRoam's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ads and in-app purchases 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

SpiroDesigner costs $2.99 and FractRoam $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpiroDesigner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FractRoam has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SpiroDesigner's written reviews are positive against 86% of FractRoam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpiroDesigner ships an update every 5 months, FractRoam every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
SpiroDesigner versus FractRoam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiroDesignerFractRoam
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (75 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.5% of reviews
Number of ratings175 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasahiko FukuyamaKaolin Fire

Customer experience

SpiroDesigner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FractRoam

All ratings75 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative14.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.5%

Bugs and requests

SpiroDesigner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

FractRoam

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App forces landscape mode
  • Low resolution at high zoom
  • Fractal recalculation needed
  • Zoom limit with pixelation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Display coordinates and zoom factor
  • More control over color palette
  • Option for portrait mode
  • Adjust colors from a palette
  • Add sound track

In-app purchases

None

SpiroDesigner

No in-app purchases

None

FractRoam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpiroDesigner free?
SpiroDesigner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FractRoam free?
FractRoam costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpiroDesigner or FractRoam?
SpiroDesigner is rated higher. SpiroDesigner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while FractRoam averages 4.3 from 75 ratings.
Do SpiroDesigner or FractRoam have ads?
Neither SpiroDesigner nor FractRoam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpiroDesigner or FractRoam?
SpiroDesigner ships an update every 5 months, and FractRoam every 29 months. Most recently, SpiroDesigner was updated on November 1, 2026 and FractRoam on November 2, 2026.

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