Comparison

Phi Tiles vs Lightbloop

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

Head to head
About

Phi Tiles

Explore the beauty of geometric tilings and create infinite mathematical art. With simple touch gestures, you can build intricate patterns using various tile families and export your creations as images or videos. It's designed for anyone who loves geometry, patterns, puzzles, or visual design.

Highlights
  • Explore four tile families
  • Unlimited color palettes
  • Create animated designs
  • Automatic pattern generation
  • Intuitive touch gestures
  • Save and share designs
  • iCloud Drive support
Features
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Discover the quiet beauty of geometric tilings. From Penrose's famous aperiodic patterns to the recently discovered Spectre einstein tile, mathematics holds shapes that fit together in endlessly surprising ways. Phi Tiles lets you explore them by building patterns yourself — one tile at a time. With simple touch interactions, a few elegant shapes become an infinite canvas for mathematical art. Whether you love geometry, patterns, puzzles, or visual design, Phi Tiles turns abstract ideas into something you can see, touch, and create. FEATURES • Four tile families: Penrose, Rhombus, Mosaic, and Spectre — each with its own geometry to discover • Unlimited Colors: Pick any color you can imagine and build your own palette • Movie Studio: Bring your designs to life with breathing, spinning, blooming, and unfolding animations — export as video • Pattern Mode: Watch complexity emerge automatically • Simple Gestures: Tap, drag, rotate, and snap tiles into place • Curated Gallery: Designs across every family, ready to remix • iCloud Drive Support: Save your designs to iCloud and open them on any device • Save & Share: Keep your work or export as images and movies • Free to explore: Create up to 200 tiles per design, unlock unlimited with a one-time purchase DESIGNED FOR EXPLORATION Phi Tiles is created by Phi & Form, a design studio exploring the space between mathematics and visual art. Our apps transform mathematical concepts into interactive experiences that feel intuitive, visual, and alive. No equations required — just curiosity. Learn more at phiandform.com. *Mathematics is not only logical. It is beautiful.*

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

Phi Tiles4 screens
Lightbloop3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lightbloop at none against Phi Tiles's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Phi Tiles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lightbloop asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Phi Tiles versus Lightbloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhi TilesLightbloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancois JeanneauMarcin Denisiewicz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Phi Tiles

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited Tiles$1.99
None

Lightbloop

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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