Comparison

SpiroDesigner vs Daniel Leighton Art + AR

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
Read full description

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

Daniel Leighton Art + AR

Experience fine art like never before. This app brings paintings to life with augmented reality, revealing animations, narratives, and interactive elements that deepen the emotional impact and storytelling behind each piece.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality art viewing
  • Interactive painting animations
  • Narrative storytelling through art
  • Emotional portrait exploration
  • 11 AR-enhanced paintings
  • Harnesses technology and emotion
Features
Read full description

Daniel Leighton is a contemporary fine artist who merged his painting, filmmaking, storytelling and technology backgrounds by incorporating augmented reality into his iPad paintings.  Daniel’s work has been featured by Timothy Potts, Director of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Bryan Barcena Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Nicholas Barlow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where he recently spoke, the LA Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Technarte, the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) and more. Having Crohn’s Disease since birth, Leighton faced his mortality from a very young age. Countless invasive procedures, hospitalizations and surgeries helped drive him to dive deep into a lifelong quest to understand the workings of his body and his emotions. He creates emotional portraits with simple lines and brilliant colors to capture complex states of the human psyche, while exploring the possibilities of technology and human emotion being harnessed for the greater good. When viewed through this app, Daniel Leighton Art+AR, his paintings come to life as a narrative accompanying the painting; using animation, film and particle systems to further capture a feeling and story. One example is the painting "On Trial" where anger is evident in the faces and pointing fingers of the characters and the moon looking down at the scene has a single tear. When viewed through Leighton's augmented reality app, the painting catches fire and the only way to put out the fire is to tap on the moon which begins to cry therefore putting out the flames with the tears. This piece is about anger in the form of blame and judgment, and shows how when feelings are expressed, anger subsides. Another example is a painting called "A Substance Called Understanding." Through the augmented reality and interactivity (tapping) the room fills up with hearts and the sound of many, layered voices saying "I love you". Leighton has a total of 11 paintings which incorporate augmented reality. If you like this app, please leave us a review or rating as it will help us get more people to see it. Also, please share it with your friends. Thank you!

Screenshots

Daniel Leighton Art + AR2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Daniel Leighton Art + AR at Free against SpiroDesigner's $2.99. Daniel Leighton Art + AR also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Daniel Leighton Art + AR is free to download; SpiroDesigner costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SpiroDesigner against 5.0 for Daniel Leighton Art + AR. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpiroDesigner versus Daniel Leighton Art + AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiroDesignerDaniel Leighton Art + AR
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB402 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMasahiko FukuyamaDaniel Leighton

Customer experience

SpiroDesigner

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

Daniel Leighton Art + AR

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SpiroDesigner

No in-app purchases

None

Daniel Leighton Art + AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpiroDesigner free?
SpiroDesigner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daniel Leighton Art + AR free?
Daniel Leighton Art + AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpiroDesigner or Daniel Leighton Art + AR?
SpiroDesigner and Daniel Leighton Art + AR are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do SpiroDesigner or Daniel Leighton Art + AR have ads?
Neither SpiroDesigner nor Daniel Leighton Art + AR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpiroDesigner or Daniel Leighton Art + AR?
SpiroDesigner ships an update every 5 months, and Daniel Leighton Art + AR every 5 months. Most recently, SpiroDesigner was updated on November 1, 2026 and Daniel Leighton Art + AR on November 1, 2026.

Other comparisons