Comparison

Gravity vs tappr.wands

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

Head to head
About

Gravity

Explore a unique blend of music, art, and science with this interactive experience. Guide flowing particles with multiple fingers to create stunning visual animations. Save your creations and experiment with various settings for a relaxing and artistic journey.

Highlights
  • Multitouch particle control
  • 10 distinct finger-based animations
  • Thousands of particles at 60 FPS
  • Customizable colors and animation settings
  • Save and load presets
  • Multiple play modes
  • Save snapshots to photo library
Features
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Free for a limited time!!! Gravity combines music, art and science in one relaxing experience. Use all your fingers to guide the star flow. You can create 10 different animations depending on the number of fingers touching the screen: 1 - Rocket, 2 - Sparkle, 3 - Energy flow, 4 - Atomic, 5 - 3D freeze, 6 - Circularium, 7 - Fish, 8 - Vortex, 9 - Lasers, 10 - Lightning. Unleash your creativity and create unique masterpieces! Features: * Multitouch (upto 10 touch points iPad, 5 on iPhone) * Thousands of particles animated at 60 frames per second * Changing/manual colors * Play/pause the animation * Save snapshots to your Photo Library * Multiple animation options (ex: speed, tail, size, opacity, etc.) * Ability to save and load option presets * Multiple play modes: default, drawing, tranquility and user defined * No ads

About

tappr.wands

Transform your iOS device into a dynamic visual instrument for creating stunning real-time graphics. Supports 3D Touch and Apple Pencil for expressive control, with video output and wireless capabilities for collaboration.

Highlights
  • 100 unique visual wands
  • Configurable wand shapes (point, line, circle)
  • 10 visual effects including symmetry
  • Multi-touch support up to 10 fingers
  • Apple Pencil and 3D Touch integration
  • Accelerometer-based tilt control
  • Video Out and wireless connectivity
Features
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tappr.wands turns your iOS devices into beautiful visual instruments. 3D Touch and Apple Pencil are fully supported for truly stunning realtime and kinetic visuals. Video Out and Wireless support enable remixing and collaboration. Features 100 Wands - Each wand reacts to your expressive taps, swipes, and tilts, to make beautiful visuals 3 Shapes - each wand can be configured to emit from a point, a line, or a circle 10 Effects - effects include symmetry and mirror Multi Touch - use of up to 10 fingers at once, each independently expressive Apple Pencil - twirl your Apple Pencil with line-shape wands for dramatic swirling effects 3D Touch - press soft or firm to change the size of the wand in realtime Fat Touch - on older devices, control wand size with the surface area of your fingers Accelerometer - tilt your iPhone to change the orientation of line-shape wands Video Out - connect your device to an HDTV or projector, either via cable or AirPlay Wireless - connects with tappr.tv wirelessly for realtime multi- instrument dances

Screenshots

Gravity4 screens
tappr.wands2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gravity at 4.7 against tappr.wands's 4.0. Gravity also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ratings volume (50 vs 4). 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

Gravity costs $1.99 and tappr.wands $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravity holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gravity has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Gravity's written reviews are positive against 50% of tappr.wands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gravity ships an update every 8 months, tappr.wands every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gravity versus tappr.wands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravitytappr.wands
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (50 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings50 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKfirapps Limiteddeeje LLC

Customer experience

Gravity

All ratings50 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.9%
Negative7.3%

tappr.wands

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Gravity

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes as soon as it opens
  • No sound
  • Full screen ads in free version
  • Ads in paid version
  • App control doc keeps hiding
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  • Patterns freeze or close down with more than 4 fingers
  • Screen capture not working (black screen)
  • App hangs/freezes iPad Mini

Requested features

9 requests
  • Support for new iPhone screens
  • Option to record performances
  • More music selections or ability to generate original music
  • Ability to use as wallpaper
  • More particle options (count, size)
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  • Easier color selection (color wheel)
  • Ability to customize background color
  • More songs in rotation
  • Ability to have specific particle counts (e.g., 2 particles)

tappr.wands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gravity

No in-app purchases

None

tappr.wands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gravity free?
Gravity costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is tappr.wands free?
tappr.wands costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gravity or tappr.wands?
Gravity is rated higher. Gravity averages 4.7 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while tappr.wands averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Gravity or tappr.wands have ads?
Neither Gravity nor tappr.wands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gravity or tappr.wands?
Gravity ships an update every 8 months, and tappr.wands every 11 months. Most recently, Gravity was updated on October 20, 2026 and tappr.wands on October 18, 2026.

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