Comparison

Isometric vs Glitch Fx

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Isometric

Create stunning geometric art and optical illusions by manipulating basic shapes. Explore endless creative possibilities with intuitive tools, apply stylish filters, and share your unique designs in high resolution or as vector graphics.

Highlights
  • Create geometric art from basic shapes
  • Compose patterns and optical illusions
  • Automatic color depth impression
  • Individual shape coloring
  • Apply style and filter effects
  • Export in high resolution and vector formats
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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"A lot of tapping, but a lot of fun" - THE VERGE "Who knew that so many unique works of art could be created with a rhombus" - APPADVICE "I could spend the whole day creating geometric art" - iDOWNLOADBLOG "Isometric is beautiful" - iFUN.DE "Isometric allows you to create and manipulate designs and optical illusions that are weirdly compelling" - GIZMODO "Isometric allows users to create beautiful geometric designs by tapping, rotating, dragging, and manipulating basic colorful shapes" - LAUGHING SQUID CREATE AMAZING GEOMETRIC ART Compose basic geometric shapes to create beautiful, abstract works of art. A simple rhombus is the basis for everything. Isometric lets you experience pure creativity and play with the tension between two-dimensionality and three-dimensionality! There are endless possibilities for making unique graphics and optical illusions. COMPOSE From gorgeous geometric patterns to crazy optical illusions, you can make anything you can imagine. Simply put together 60-degree rhombuses and Isometric does everything else to make it look perfect. It automatically uses three different colors in your drawing to create an impression of depth. Of course, you can also color the shapes individually. STYLE Once you've created a drawing, you can apply various perfectly tuned styles and filter effects, that give your artwork a high-quality and unique appearance. SHARE & EXPORT Easily save your geometric art, share it on Twitter and Facebook or open it in other apps like Tumblr - with a resolution of 2048x2048 pixels. If that's not enough, you can also export your drawing as a 2D or 3D vector graphic in the SVG, PDF, OBJ, STL or DXF format (available as In-App purchase). SYNC Isometric runs on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. You can use iCloud to make your drawings available on all your devices. Sketch a new idea on your iPhone, finish and share it on your iPad! GET INSPIRED The countless isometric designs featured on madewithisometric.com are a great source of inspiration. You'll be totally impressed by what is possible with this app. TOTAL IMMERSION Isometric is the ideal app to forget about time while exploring your creativity and making fascinating artworks. The lightweight yet powerful interface makes it a delight to work on your graphics and to fully concentrate on your creation. You can interact directly with your designs using intuitive multi-touch gestures. This app supports both portrait and landscape mode on all devices. It is also compatible with Split View and Slide Over on iPad.

About

Glitch Fx

Create unique and striking glitch art with powerful pixel sorting and RGB color displacement. Apply these effects to your images, with the option to mask specific areas for precise control.

Highlights
  • Pixel sorting glitch effects
  • RGB color displacement
  • Masking tool for specific areas
  • Unique and beautiful glitch art creation
Features
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[Glitch Fx] enables you to create an unique and beautiful glitch effect with powerful pixel sorting and RGB color displacement. ● Create beautiful glitch effect by pixel sorting. ● Apply RGB color displacement for more dramatic effect. ● Apply glitch effect to specific area of image with powerful masking tool.

Screenshots

Isometric4 screens
Glitch Fx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Isometric at Free against Glitch Fx's $2.99. Isometric also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (201 vs 5). Glitch Fx's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Isometric is free to download; Glitch Fx costs $2.99 up front. Isometric sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Glitch Fx asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Isometric against 4.8 for Glitch Fx. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Isometric has 201 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Isometric ships an update every 2 months, Glitch Fx every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Isometric versus Glitch Fx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIsometricGlitch Fx
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (201 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings201 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan PeterDongwook Cho

Customer experience

Isometric

All ratings201 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative8.2%

Glitch Fx

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Isometric

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashed when starting a new page
  • Doesn't work on iPhone7 or iPad Pro
  • Can't find the in-app purchase

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add a community section inside of the app where you can chat and share isometric posts
  • More Styles (or the possibility to create our own styles)
  • More Updates (bug fixes, more features, etc...)
  • Increase the capacity of squares per screen
  • Add layers, opacity options, and a visual grid which can be turned on and off
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  • Import photos and pictures to a background layer
  • Other shape options
  • Smoother UI for putting shapes over/under one another
  • Ability to adjust how tiles snap to the grid
  • Create a pattern, lock it, and be able to copy and paste that over the whole canvas
  • Output to different sizes
  • Custom texture input
  • Fill the background with colour
  • Bring pieces to the front, or push to behind
  • Custom colour palette
  • Lines
  • More colours
  • Backgrounds
  • Cut and paste tool to make arbitrary groups of tiles and duplicate
  • Using photos from library as textures for tiles

Glitch Fx

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Isometric

One-time2
  • Vector ExportFree
  • Plus CollectionFree
None

Glitch Fx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Isometric free?
Isometric is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glitch Fx free?
Glitch Fx costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Isometric or Glitch Fx?
Isometric and Glitch Fx are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 201 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Isometric or Glitch Fx have ads?
Neither Isometric nor Glitch Fx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Isometric or Glitch Fx?
Isometric ships an update every 2 months, and Glitch Fx every 13 months. Most recently, Isometric was updated on August 18, 2026 and Glitch Fx on September 23, 2026.

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