Episodic vs Random Walk Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Episodic
Create dynamic, moving collages from black and white looping animations. Reposition and scale these "episodes" to build unique narratives and explore new visual relationships.
- Create moving collages
- Utilize black and white looping animations
- Reposition and scale animation fragments
- Build unique narratives
- Explore new visual relationships
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Episodic is an artwork that allows users to create a moving collage from disparate fragments. Contained within the app are black and white looping animations. Each animation is a short episode that can be repositioned and scaled allowing users to link together different segments to create a narrative and explore new relationships. The app reconfigures pop-up windows containing Flash animations originally created for the website www.urban fragments.net
Random Walk Simulator
Simulate random walks in 1D or 2D space. Adjust step distance and directions to generate stochastic patterns. Save your generated images directly to your device's photo album.
- 1D and 2D random walk simulation
- Adjustable step distance
- Adjustable number of directions
- Stochastic pattern generation
- Save images to photo album
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Random Walk Simulator is a simple simulation tool of random walk in 1D / 2D space. Number of directions and maximum travel distance of each step can be changed. Different patterns will be drawn stochastically depending on these parameters. You can save resulting images to photo album.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Episodic at none against Random Walk Simulator's shown. Episodic also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 103 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Random Walk Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Episodic against 5.0 for Random Walk Simulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Episodic ships an update every 8 days, Random Walk Simulator every 103 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Episodic | Random Walk Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 103 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jody zellen | Kentaro Wada |
Customer experience
Episodic
Random Walk Simulator
In-app purchases
Episodic
No in-app purchases
Random Walk Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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