Comparison

uToy vs Vortis

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

Head to head
About

uToy

Features
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uToy — Your AI Companion, Always Here for You Open the app and share your thoughts, dreams, and secrets with your beloved little friend. A warm, understanding listener who's always by your side.

About

Vortis

Experience a dynamic fluid art simulation that responds to your touch with vibrant colors and mesmerizing patterns. Explore various visual styles and adjust simulation parameters in real-time for a unique, stress-relieving visual experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive fluid simulation
  • Real-time GPU computation
  • Multiple visual styles (looks)
  • Adjustable simulation parameters
  • Music and camera integration
  • Record and save creations
Features
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A relaxing fluid simulation you play with your fingers: a pool of color that answers every touch. Draw across it and you pull a band of color through the flow. Tap and a drop bursts open. Rest a finger and a glowing plume rises. Behind it runs a real fluid solver on the GPU, up to a hundred and twenty times a second. No video, no loop: what you see was computed a moment ago and will never come back quite the same. TWENTY LOOKS Ink on water, northern lights, marbled paper, smoke, neon, deep sea. One for every mood — and if you would rather not choose, the dice hands you one. EVERYTHING IS A SLIDER Vorticity, color decay, resolution, pressure: the knobs of the method itself, not a few filters laid over it. The pool keeps painting while you drag them, so you see what you are doing straight away. MORE THAN FINGERS Let the music in the room drive the flow. Use your own photo or the camera as a color source. Paint walls the color has to flow around. And record what came out of it. No goal, no score, no progress. A pool that answers back. Every third roll of the dice plays a short video ad. Vortis Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks the effects, your own image sources and the solver's own controls — and removes the ads.

Screenshots

uToy3 screens
Vortis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: uToy at none against Vortis's 1. uToy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Vortis's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price 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

Both are free to download. Vortis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. uToy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uToy ships an update every 6 weeks, Vortis every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
uToy versus Vortis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruToyVortis
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversal Ascent Holdings LimitedInes Golub

In-app purchases

None

uToy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vortis

One-time1
  • Vortis Pro$2.99

Questions

Is uToy free?
uToy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vortis free?
Vortis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do uToy or Vortis have ads?
Vortis shows ads; uToy does not.
Which is updated more often, uToy or Vortis?
uToy ships an update every 6 weeks, and Vortis every 5 days. Most recently, uToy was updated on October 30, 2026 and Vortis on November 7, 2026.

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