Flame Painter for iPad vs Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flame Painter for iPad
Create original artworks, design effects, and paint with dynamic particle brushes. This app offers an intuitive interface for both adults and children to explore their artistic side, mix colors, and share creations.
- Paint original artworks and flame effects
- Create custom brushes with dynamic sliders
- Mix beautiful colors and gradients
- Paint over existing photos
- Share artworks via email and social media
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We believe that everyone can be an artist, we just need an inspiration. That is why Flame Painter was born - a unique paint application that lets you easily create original artworks, design or light effects with particle brushes. Download, be inspired and have fun! • "I'm very impressed. How beautiful and brilliantly executed." - S.C. Kavassalis, painter • "It is a powerful and extremely fun creative tool." - Maura Ackley, artist • "Flame Painter is truly an unique and remarkable instrument to create the most beautiful impressionnist images." - Jean-Michel Paris, painter • "The creative possibilites are innumerable." - Michael F., photographer • "Uaaaaau!!!" - children when painting :) It is a little brother of Flame Painter for Mac OS and Windows, which is used by thousands of professional CG artists, designers, enthusiasts or children in school and we have had nothing but great feedback. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso iPhone and iPad edition not only offers a new ways of creative painting, but we designed a beautiful and intuitive user interface to enjoy and have fun with flame brushes, colors and gradients. We believe that it encourages every grown up and every child to discover and awake an artist within more easily. Flame Painter for iPad lets you: • paint original artworks and flame effects • create your own brushes with dynamic sliders • mix beautiful colors and gradients • enjoy a beautiful app design • paint over pictures from iOS photo gallery • share your artworks by e-mail and on main social networks • have fun while unleashing your creativity Tip: Try to paint with two fingers.
Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope
Explore intricate fractal landscapes in 2D or immersive 3D. Discover mesmerizing patterns, generate 3D terrain, and customize colors. Export high-resolution images and 3D models for creative projects.
- 2D and 3D Mandelbrot exploration
- 3D fly-through experience
- GPU-enhanced color cycler
- Palette editor
- 3D terrain generator
- Export images and video
- Export 3D terrain models
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Sigi Swanchi is a unique Mandelbrot exploration tool. Explore in 2 dimensions, or strap on your flight helmet and dive into your discovery with a 3 dimensional fly through experience. Become mesmerized by the changing colors, amazing patterns and breath taking 3 dimensional fractal scenery. The following features are available now with more to come: - limited time access to the full Sigi Swanchi Gallery ( hundreds of amazing snapshots to browse and explore ) - Extended 80 bit precision digiscope - palette editor - GPU enhanced color cycler - 3D Mandelbrot terrain generator - 3D Fly through experience Additional Features: - Export and share image and video snapshots - export high resolution snapshots for background images and art projects - export 3d terrain obj model files for use in blender and other 3d tools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flame Painter for iPad at 73% against Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope's 25%. Flame Painter for iPad also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Flame Painter for iPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flame Painter for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flame Painter for iPad has 163 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Flame Painter for iPad's written reviews are positive against 25% of Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope's.
Flame Painter for iPad ships an update every 6 weeks, Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Painter for iPad | Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (163 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Escape Motions, s.r.o | Demetrius Bell |
Customer experience
Flame Painter for iPad
Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope
Bugs and requests
Flame Painter for iPad
Reported bugs
11 issues- App freezes during or after brush strokes
- App crashes when importing images
- Restore purchases not working properly
- Repeated prompts to purchase full version despite already owning it
- Apple Pencil not functioning properly
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- Images become pixelated when uploaded
- Zoom functionality broken or unusable
- UI elements misaligned or dislocated
- Back button missing or only works once
- Performance degradation with iOS updates
- Image cropping beyond user control
Requested features
12 requests- Transparent background and PNG export with transparency
- Layer support for more advanced editing
- HD/4K video recording of artwork creation
- Undo/redo functionality
- Confirmation dialog before erasing all work
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- Higher resolution/export options
- Color adjustment and opacity controls
- Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity support
- Import from iCloud Drive and Files app
- In-app purchases for additional brush sets (crystals, frost, leaves, etc.)
- Support for vertical image orientation
- Ability to specify custom image sizes
Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flame Painter for iPad
- Full VersionFree
Sigi Swanchi 3D Digiscope
No in-app purchases
Questions
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