Comparison

Surfaces in Space vs Lightbloop

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

Head to head
About

Surfaces in Space

Explore and interact with a variety of 3D mathematical surfaces. Visualize complex shapes, customize their appearance, and even import your own 3D models. Offers intuitive touch controls for easy navigation and rendering.

Highlights
  • 3D mathematical surface visualization
  • Interactive touch controls (rotate, zoom, pan)
  • Customizable surface appearance (fill, primitives)
  • Import .stl and .obj files
  • Adjustable tessellation detail
  • Customizable backgrounds and lighting
  • Save 10-bit snapshots
Features
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A 3D viewer for mathematical surfaces. Visualize and interact with parametric shapes including spheres, tori, Klein bottles, Möbius strips, and more. Features: - An expanding catalogue of both vertex-based, tessellated surfaces, and a physical objects category - Rotate, zoom, and pan with (multi-)touch gestures - Auto-rotate along an axis, adjust speed with a dismissible slider - Adjustable tessellation detail via a dismissible slider - Adjustable tessellation fill: solid or wireframe - Adjustable vertex primitives: points, lines, triangles - Adjust point size with a dismissible slider - Optional ripple effect on vertex-based surfaces - Optional rotating light for most surfaces - Customizable background color, background image - Save 10-bit snapshots - Restore previous session, start fresh, or randomize launch - Import .stl (STL) or .obj (OBJ) files for viewing - choose culling mode: none, back, or front - spatial environments: standard / default, Milky Way panorama, a black hole, and - free camera mode: toggle on/off in settings to freely move camera around environment - control free camera mode with a game controller or keyboard (wasd + arrows)

About

Lightbloop

Features
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Lightbloop is a dreamy drawing toy for making glowing color echoes, soft afterimages, and playful visual trips. Draw with your finger and watch simple strokes bloom into luminous trails. Freeze a layer, keep drawing above it, open Dream Lab to tune the mood, or shake your device to randomize the whole trip. When the canvas lands somewhere strange and pretty, save the visible artwork to Photos.

Screenshots

Surfaces in Space4 screens
Lightbloop3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lightbloop at 16.0 against Surfaces in Space's 18.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Surfaces in Space versus Lightbloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfaces in SpaceLightbloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColin FordMarcin Denisiewicz

In-app purchases

None

Surfaces in Space

No in-app purchases

None

Lightbloop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Surfaces in Space free?
Surfaces in Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightbloop free?
Lightbloop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Surfaces in Space or Lightbloop have ads?
Neither Surfaces in Space nor Lightbloop shows ads.

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