Swipe the Flow vs Gravity Paint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swipe the Flow
Experiment with fluid dynamics by pouring water, drawing walls, and manipulating wind and smoke. Explore five free-play modes and unlock additional challenges and premium visuals with a one-time purchase.
- Fluid simulation sandbox
- Water, wind, and smoke manipulation
- Challenge modes with increasing difficulty
- Create and share custom simulations
- Import and edit photos/logos
- Tilt device for dynamic control
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Pour water, draw walls, and change the flow with your fingertips. Swipe the Flow is a hands-on playground for water, wind, and smoke. Enjoy the basic features of all five free-play modes and the first five stages of each of the five challenge games for free. Unlock more challenges and premium visuals with Pro—a one-time purchase, not a subscription. NEW CHALLENGE: WIND TARGET Draw walls, then rotate, move, and carve shapes. The arrow shows how hard the wind pushes—keep its tip inside the box to win. Kites, a sailboat, an umbrella, roof luggage, and a bike behind a truck all catch the wind. • Stages 1–5 are free; Pro includes stage 6 onward • Longer arrows mean a stronger push WATER PLAYGROUND Catch water from a faucet and guide it along walls. Add a drain, pour or erase water, and stir it with your finger to build your own waterway. • Move faucets and drains; adjust each one's size, direction, and speed • Build with cups, funnels, photos, and shapes • Tilt your device to move the water and adjust its thickness • Basic features are free, with up to 10 faucets and drains combined FIVE WAYS TO PLAY • Water Playground: Pour water and draw walls to shape its flow. • Smoke Lab: Follow smoke to see invisible air. Adjust each chimney's smoke output and add a Smoke Drain. • Wind Tunnel: Watch wind split around walls, photos, and logos. Turn on flow lines and wind push indicators to explore what happens. • Liquid Art: Create, push, stretch, and merge liquid drops. Tilt your device to move them. • Flow Painting: Swipe across the screen to draw colorful currents and spirals. FIVE CHALLENGE GAMES • Wind Target: Change the shapes to get the tip of the wind's arrow into the box. • Make Waterways: Draw walls and erase holes to send water where you want it. • Wind Paths: Draw walls to guide wind into the target. • Wind Maze: Carve a route and get the wind out before time runs out. • Smoke Delivery: Move chimneys and draw walls to send smoke where you want it. Stages 1–5 are free in each game. Pro includes Wind Paths 6–15, Wind Maze 6–17, Smoke Delivery 6–16, Make Waterways 6–24, and Wind Target 6–18. Try Game Center leaderboards and achievements, then share a photo of your cleared stage and record. CREATE AND SHARE • Import photos and logos, with background removal on your device • Move, resize, and rotate photo and shape layers with editing handles • Choose flow strength, playback speed, colors, and detail • Pause, reset, save photos, record videos, and share • Photos and videos are processed on your device SWIPE THE FLOW PRO One purchase. No subscription. • Challenge stages beyond the free section • No watermarks • More detailed simulation and all premium visual styles • Up to eight photo or shape layers • Up to 20 chimneys and Smoke Drains combined in Smoke Lab • Up to 20 faucets and drains combined in Water Playground The free version includes two photo or shape layers. Every day, one Pro stage is free at the top of Home in "Today's Picks." Create without a fixed answer, or take on a puzzle with a goal.
Gravity Paint
Guide a living drop of paint through a magical, colorless world by tilting your device. Solve puzzles, navigate mazes, and restore color to various illustrated environments before time and paint run out.
- Motion-controlled gameplay
- 48 handcrafted levels
- Six illustrated worlds
- Intuitive tilt controls
- Unique level challenges
- Awards for precision and speed
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Canvasia is losing its color. Join Pip, the last color keeper, and carry a living drop of paint through a magical world of empty canvases. Tilt your phone to make the drop flow, steer it through narrow passages and cover each pale shape before time and paint run out. Gravity Paint is a motion-controlled puzzle adventure built around gentle movement, precision and discovery. Every canvas has its own silhouette, maze and challenges. A careful tilt can lead the paint into the perfect corner—but one sharp move may send it straight into an obstacle. Explore six illustrated worlds: - Restore fruit in the Orchard Atelier - Wake the flowers of Bloom Garden - Bring toys back to life in Toy Quarter - Dive into the Ocean Gallery - Paint dreams in the Moon Studio - Return every color to the Colorless Palace Features: - 48 handcrafted levels across six story chapters - Intuitive tilt controls using your device's motion sensors - Unique shapes, obstacles, colors and routes in every level - Coverage goals that grow from relaxed to challenging - Awards for precision, speed and paint-saving runs - A guided interactive tutorial - Optional world unlocks and an ad-free upgrade - No account required Tilt gently. Save every drop. Awaken Canvasia.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Swipe the Flow at none against Gravity Paint's shown. Swipe the Flow also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Gravity Paint's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Swipe the Flow sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Gravity Paint sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Swipe the Flow holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swipe the Flow has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Swipe the Flow | Gravity Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | junho kim | MH Global Trade s.r.o |
In-app purchases
Swipe the Flow
- Droplet Tip$1.99
- Swipe the Flow Pro$4.99
- Splash Tip$4.99
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- Wave Tip$9.99
Gravity Paint
- Buy world - Toy Quarter$1.99
- Buy world - Bloom Garden$1.99
- Buy world - Ocean Gallery$1.99
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- Buy world - Colorless Palace$1.99
- Buy world - Moon Studio$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Buy all worlds$8.99
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