Uzumaki vs SHADR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Uzumaki
Create stunning mathematical spiral art with extensive customization options. Explore diverse spiral types, apply beautiful color presets and line styles, and export high-quality images. This privacy-focused app requires no account or personal data collection.
- 10 unique spiral types
- 10 beautiful color presets
- 6 line styles
- Real-time animation
- High-quality PNG export
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Create mesmerizing mathematical spiral patterns with infinite customization. Uzumaki is an interactive spiral visualization app that transforms mathematics into art. Explore 10 unique spiral types, from classic Archimedean spirals to the mystical Golden spiral, each with its own mathematical properties and visual characteristics. SPIRAL TYPES - Archimedean - Classic evenly-spaced spiral - Fermat - Parabolic spiral pattern - Logarithmic - Nature's growth spiral - Golden - Based on the golden ratio - Hyperbolic - Asymptotic spiral curves - Lituus - Trumpet-shaped spiral - Theodorus - Square root spiral wheel - Vogel - Sunflower seed pattern - Curlicue - Fractal-like spiral - Uzumaki - Chaotic animated spiral FEATURES - 10 beautiful color presets: Rainbow, Ocean, Fire, Matrix, Aurora, and more - 6 line styles: Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Glow, Points, and Triangles - Real-time animation with adjustable speed - Pan and zoom controls for exploring details - Export high-quality PNG images - 4 background themes: Dark, Black, Gradient, and Matching - Curated presets for inspiring configurations - Performance mode for smooth animations - Keyboard shortcuts for quick control PRIVACY FOCUSED - No account required - No personal data collected - All settings stored locally on your device Perfect for artists, designers, math enthusiasts, or anyone who appreciates the beauty of mathematical patterns.
SHADR
Transform photos and blank canvases into unique visual art with a variety of creative styles. Refine your creations with expressive controls and discover new directions through generative randomization. Export still images or live photos and videos.
- Diverse and evolving collection of creative visual styles
- Generative randomization for discovering new directions
- Focused controls for refining composition, color, texture, and movement
- Still image export at native resolution
- Live Photo and video output
- Local projects and reusable presets
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SHADR is a creative design toolkit for transforming photographs and blank canvases into distinctive visual artwork. Explore a growing collection of styles including ASCII art, dithering, CMYK halftone, pixel stretch, fluted glass, kaleidoscope, flow fields, kinetic typography, shader art, pixel scatter, surveillance graphics, and more. Each style is a focused creative tool inside one consistent editor. Import a photo or begin from a blank canvas where supported, generate new directions, shape the result with expressive controls, and move fluidly between different visual treatments. Features: - A diverse and evolving collection of creative visual styles - Generative randomization for quickly discovering new directions - Focused controls for refining composition, color, texture, and movement - Still image export at native resolution - Live Photo and video output in supported tools - Local projects and reusable presets - Subject-aware treatments in selected tools Five complete tools are available for free. SHADR Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks every current and future tool. Tool parameters, projects, presets, and exports are not restricted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Uzumaki at none against SHADR's 1. Uzumaki also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. SHADR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Uzumaki asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Uzumaki against 5.0 for SHADR. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Uzumaki | SHADR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cameron Rye | 伟滔 黄 |
Customer experience
Uzumaki
SHADR
In-app purchases
Uzumaki
No in-app purchases
SHADR
- SHADR Pro$9.99









