Gravity vs Background Lights & Neon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Background Lights & Neon
Enhance your living space with over 30 relaxing 4K animations of neon lights and other visuals. Enjoy endless loop playback, customizable effects, and the ability to display the time or calendar events on screen. Stream to your TV via AirPlay or Chromecast.
- Over 30 4K animations
- Endless loop playback
- Customizable visual effects
- AirPlay and Chromecast support
- Sleep timer
- Clock and calendar display
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Background Lights & Neon More than 30 different animations. Relax your eyes with these fantastic Neon Lights animations! Do you want to put incredible images of lights and neon in your house? Or maybe put it as a wallpaper for your iPhone or iPad ??, now with Background Lights & Neon it is possible. Download this application and enjoy with your partner or friends the relaxing 4K images of a Neon or Lights animations for iPhone, iPad or Apple TV .. For those of you who have an Apple TV and the Slow Motion Animals 4K application, now you can take it anywhere with your iPhone or iPad and play it on any television. Main functionalities: Playback • 4K and HD videos • Endless loop playback • Shuffle mode • Background playback while using other apps • Sleep timer: video automatically stops when you fall asleep • Playback speed (0.25x to 2x) Large Screen • Compatible with Apple TV via AirPlay • Compatible with Chromecast for HD viewing on your TV Customization • 5 visual effects: snow, powder snow, rain, sparkles, and confetti • 4 display layouts: list, grid, single circle, or double circle • Bookmark your favorite videos for quick access • Dark mode support • Clock: display the clock on screen (digital/analog) • Appointments: display text on screen • Calendar: display upcoming calendar events Content • Over 30 different content options • New content added regularly Download it now! Privacy Policy: http://kissappsl.com/pages/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): http://kissappsl.com/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gravity at 88% against Background Lights & Neon's 20%. Gravity also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Background Lights & Neon's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads and device support 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
Gravity costs $1.99 and Background Lights & Neon $0.99 up front. Background Lights & Neon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Gravity asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gravity holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gravity has 50 ratings behind it against 1, 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 20% of Background Lights & Neon's.
Gravity ships an update every 8 months, Background Lights & Neon every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gravity | Background Lights & Neon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (50 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kfirapps Limited | KISSAPP, S.L. |
Customer experience
Gravity
Background Lights & Neon
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)
Background Lights & Neon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gravity
No in-app purchases
Background Lights & Neon
- Neon Full Version$0.991 Month
- Neon Full Version$9.991 Year
Questions
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