Episodic vs Mathic
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
Mathic
Explore mathematical concepts through engaging animations and optical illusions. This app showcases drawing techniques using CoreGraphics and UIKit, offering a visual journey into geometry and patterns. Source code is available for those interested in the underlying technology.
- Shape and path drawing
- Gradient and text rendering
- CoreGraphics animations
- UIKit integration
- Mathematical scenes
- Optical illusions
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A UIKit & CoreGraphics showcase. This app demonstrates different techniques for drawing shapes, paths, gradients, text, and animations using CoreGraphics and UIKit. Scenes are based in mathematics and optical illusions. Source code is available through the About page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mathic at 13.0 against Episodic's 17.4. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Mathic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Episodic ships an update every 8 days, Mathic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Episodic | Mathic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jody zellen | zakk hoyt |
Customer experience
Episodic
Mathic
In-app purchases
Episodic
No in-app purchases
Mathic
No in-app purchases
