Flame Painter for iPad vs Fluidium
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.
Fluidium
Experience a mesmerizing world of living color and motion that responds to your touch. Create unique, breathtaking visuals, relax, explore creativity, or generate stunning videos and wallpapers.
- Interactive fluid simulation
- 130+ factory presets
- Custom preset design
- 4 expressive brush types
- HD video recording
- Wallpaper generation
- Smart Pause and Auto-Play modes
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From the award-winning creator of Uzu comes Fluidium — a mesmerizing world of living color and motion at your fingertips. Watch as vibrant streams of light and liquid respond instantly to your touch, creating endlessly unique, breathtaking visuals. Whether you want to relax, explore creativity, or share dazzling videos, Fluidium turns your screen into a canvas of pure magic. Fluidium 2.0 expands that world with a redesigned interface, deeper creative control, and a new generation of effects — from Warp worlds and Particles to Mask shapes and richer Symmetry modes. Features: - 300+ stunning factory presets, organized into collections - Design, save, import, and export your own presets - Create and organize custom preset collections - Real-time interactive fluid simulation powered by Metal - Micro-presets for Fluid, Brush, Color, and Effects • Deep customization to fine-tune every detail • Expressive Warp effects: Radial, Tunnel, Horizon, Pillar, Planet, and Galaxy • Particles, Mask shapes, and advanced Symmetry modes • 4 expressive brush types, each with unique dynamics • Advanced reflection effects for immersive visuals • Auto-cycling color palettes and improved palette tools • Generate stunning wallpapers and background images • Smart Pause freezes the flow when you lift your fingers • Auto-Play mode for hands-free relaxation — choose which presets to cycle • Optimized quality settings for smooth performance on any device • One-time in-app purchase to unlock all features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fluidium at 5.0 against Flame Painter for iPad's 4.4. Fluidium also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Flame Painter for iPad's advantage is ratings volume (162 vs 18) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Fluidium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fluidium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flame Painter for iPad has 162 ratings behind it against 18, 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 100% of Fluidium's.
Flame Painter for iPad ships an update every 6 weeks, Fluidium every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Painter for iPad | Fluidium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (162 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 162 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 270 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Escape Motions, s.r.o | Colordodge Labs |
Customer experience
Flame Painter for iPad
Fluidium
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
Fluidium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flame Painter for iPad
- Full VersionFree
Fluidium
- Fluidium Pro Mode Unlock$4.99
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