Magnetic Pendulum vs KaleidoTile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magnetic Pendulum
Explore the fascinating, chaotic motion of a metallic pendulum interacting with magnets. Adjust simulation parameters like gravity and friction to generate unique fractal patterns. This free educational tool is designed for learning and discovery.
- Pendulum motion simulation
- Adjustable gravity and friction
- Fractal generation
- Educational purposes
- Ad-free experience
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This app simulates the chaotic movement of a metallic pendulum above three magnets - You can change simulation settings such as gravity and friction - Create beautiful fractals based on your gravity and friction settings This app is completely free without any ads or purchase options and intended entirely for educational purposes.
KaleidoTile
Create dynamic, colorful art by exploring and morphing polyhedra and tilings. Decorate your creations with personal photos or camera images. Discover the relationships between different geometric shapes and their symmetries.
- Explore polyhedra and tilings
- Create kinematic art
- Decorate with personal photos
- Morph between shapes
- Guide to Tilings and Symmetry
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Explore polyhedra and tilings while creating colorful kinematic art. Polyhedron mode lets you create traditional polyhedra, while Tiling mode smooths your polyhedra into tilings of the sphere, Euclidean plane or hyperbolic plane. Decorate your work with images from your photo library, fresh images from the camera, or colors. Within each symmetry group, any polyhedron or tiling morphs to any other; for example, you may morph a dodecahedron to an icosahedron, confirming that they share the same symmetries. KaleidoTile comes with a guide to Tilings and Symmetry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magnetic Pendulum at 100% against KaleidoTile's 67%. Magnetic Pendulum also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). KaleidoTile's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 56 months) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
KaleidoTile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Magnetic Pendulum's written reviews are positive against 67% of KaleidoTile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Magnetic Pendulum ships an update every 56 months, KaleidoTile every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magnetic Pendulum | KaleidoTile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 56 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DonkeyCat GmbH | Jeff Weeks |
Customer experience
Magnetic Pendulum
KaleidoTile
In-app purchases
Magnetic Pendulum
No in-app purchases
KaleidoTile
No in-app purchases
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