Comparison

TouchRipple vs Fluid Art

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

Head to head
About

TouchRipple

Features
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TouchRipple is a lightweight iPhone art app built around touch. Tap or drag anywhere on the screen to create layered ripple patterns, switch between visual themes, and enjoy a calm, on-device visual experience without logging in or connecting to a backend.

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Fluid Art

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Touch the screen and paint with living liquid light. Fluid Art turns your fingertips into brushes of glowing paint. Swirls, waves, flames and oil โ€” six worlds of real physics respond to every touch, every drag, even your music. ASMR touch sounds turn each gesture into a soft, satisfying texture. SIX PHYSICS WORLDS โ€ข Fluid โ€” classic swirling ink: vortices, curls and glowing trails โ€ข Ripple โ€” drops become expanding rings; drag your finger for a wake through refracted colors โ€ข Oil โ€” thick glossy paint that sags, pools and shimmers; tilt and shake your device to stir it โ€ข Fire โ€” heat rises into living flame with flicker and sparks; drag to paint with a torch โ€ข Orbit โ€” gravity wells wind matter into spirals; hold a finger and pull the streams toward you โ€ข Slime โ€” thick, deeply coloured goo that swells, settles and lags behind your finger like soft putty SEVEN COLOR MOODS Classic, Neon, Ink, Calm and Storm โ€” plus Aurora and Blossom with Fluid Art Pro. Each mood has its own palette, glow and feel. Your choice applies live, right behind the settings panel. PAINT WITH SOUND Turn on Sound mode and the canvas paints itself to your music or voice. Audio is analyzed on your device in real time โ€” nothing is ever recorded or stored. ASMR TOUCH SOUNDS Tap the headphones and the canvas answers your fingers โ€” and every world answers in its own voice: water swirls and drips in Fluid, drops plink across the film in Ripple, Oil gurgles thick and low, Fire hisses and crackles, Orbit breathes airy swells, Slime squishes and sticks. Everything is synthesized live โ€” never the same twice โ€” and it mixes with your music instead of interrupting it. RECORD AND SHARE (PRO) Capture the canvas as a smooth video and share it straight from the app โ€” your flowing paintings, ready for your feed or a friend. SESSION TIMER (PRO) Set a session of 3, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes โ€” for meditation, breathing exercises or a focused break. A gentle chime ends the session, and the painting stays. FLUID ART PRO One simple, one-time unlock adds seven new worlds โ€” Coral (a living reef grows wherever you touch), Marble (suminagashi ink folding in laminar swirls), Sand (a living desert that builds itself, storm by storm), Watercolor (wet paint bleeding into soft paper), Kaleidoscope (perfect mirrored mandalas from every touch), Frost (living ice crystals that grow, melt and glisten) and Smiley (a neon face of glowing rings that ripples under your finger and springs back) โ€” plus the Aurora and Blossom color palettes, the session timer and video recording. Purchased once, yours forever, on every device with your account. Restore anytime from the unlock dialog. SHUFFLE Tap the shuffle button and the canvas reinvents itself: every half minute or so a new world and a new palette take over, like a channel of living paintings. IT LIVES ON ITS OWN Leave the app open and Fluid Art keeps painting in ambient mode โ€” a living lava lamp for your desk or nightstand. MULTITOUCH Every finger is its own brush. Paint with a friend. CALM BY DESIGN No ads. No accounts. No scores or pressure. Works fully offline. Everything you need to start is free โ€” six worlds, five color moods, sound and ASMR modes. The optional Pro unlock is a single one-time purchase: no subscriptions, ever. Fluid Art collects no personal data. The optional Sound mode uses the microphone only to measure loudness in the moment โ€” audio never leaves your device.

Screenshots

TouchRipple4 screens
Fluid Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TouchRipple at none against Fluid Art's 1. Fluid Art's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Fluid Art sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TouchRipple asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TouchRipple ships an update every 4 months, Fluid Art every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
TouchRipple versus Fluid Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchRippleFluid Art
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.016.3 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๅ‡ก ๅดDmitry Shurco

In-app purchases

None

TouchRipple

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fluid Art

One-time1
  • Fluid Art Pro$2.99

Questions

Is TouchRipple free?
TouchRipple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluid Art free?
Fluid Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TouchRipple or Fluid Art have ads?
Neither TouchRipple nor Fluid Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TouchRipple or Fluid Art?
TouchRipple ships an update every 4 months, and Fluid Art every 6 weeks. Most recently, TouchRipple was updated on November 5, 2026 and Fluid Art on October 31, 2026.

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