Comparison

A vs Shape Playground

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

Head to head
About

A

Create unique geometric shapes through iterative affine transformations. Apply translations, rotations, and scaling to various objects with gradient coloring to generate visually interesting results.

Highlights
  • Affine transformation for shape creation
  • Translation, rotation, and scaling
  • Gradient coloring
  • Supports circles, rectangles, stars, polygons, and lines
  • Iterative shape generation
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This app allows you to create interesting shapes using affine transformation. Affine transformation can do translation, rotation and scaling on object's coordinate. We do iterations, and in each iteration we apply the affine transformation on the object (circle, rectangle, star, polygon or line), coloured in gradient. At the end, you may like the result. Have fun.

About

Shape Playground

Features
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Shape Playground Have fun creating designs and colorful images with the Shape Playground interactive iPad app. Children will enjoy the ease with which they can create images with the Shape Playground. Shape Playground pieces slide onto the work area and can be easily picked up and moved or removed from the board. Shape can be made larger or smaller and rotated by tapping icons. Give your child the opportunity to use your iOS device for creative play. Teachers will find that the Shape Playground is useful in programs that have shape, color and geometry as instructional objectives.

Screenshots

A4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: A at Free against Shape Playground's $1.99. A also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Shape Playground's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.6). On update cadence, 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

A is free to download; Shape Playground costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A ships an update every 70 months, Shape Playground every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
A versus Shape Playground: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAShape Playground
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 70 monthsEvery 35 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.613.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes DwiartantoVentura Educational Systems

In-app purchases

None

A

No in-app purchases

None

Shape Playground

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A free?
A is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shape Playground free?
Shape Playground costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do A or Shape Playground have ads?
Neither A nor Shape Playground shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A or Shape Playground?
A ships an update every 70 months, and Shape Playground every 35 months. Most recently, A was updated on June 11, 2026 and Shape Playground on September 15, 2026.

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