Infinite Fractal Zoom vs Cathode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Infinite Fractal Zoom
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Turn your screen into an ever-changing world of color, motion, and depth. Infinite Fractal Zoom creates real-time fractal visuals that keep unfolding without end. Use it as an immersive music visualizer, a calming ambient background, a focus companion, or a full-screen display for parties and large screens. EXPLORE THE INFINITE โข Dive through hypnotic, continuously evolving fractal worlds โข Choose from distinct visual presets and moods โข Adjust speed, color, motion, and intensity โข Use Comfort Mode for gentler movement MOVE WITH MUSIC Play Apple Music and let the visuals respond to the sound. On supported devices, Listen Mode can react to nearby audio, while Mac can visualize system audio. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Use direct touch controls to shape the journey, switch scenes, and fine-tune color, speed, motion, and intensity. Enjoy quick personal sessions on iPhone or open the experience across the larger iPad display. FOR ANY MOMENT โข Parties, DJ sets, and room displays โข Relaxation, meditation, and sleep ambience โข Focus sessions and creative work โข Exploring fractal mathematics and generative art Audio analysis is performed locally by default. No account is required to begin exploring. Some features and visual packs may require an in-app purchase or subscription. Apple Music features require an active Apple Music subscription. Feature availability varies by device and operating system.
Cathode
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Cathode turns your iPhone or iPad into a screen worth handing over. Twenty full-screen effects, each one drawn live on the device at full frame rate. Nothing here is looping video and nothing is a static wallpaper โ every pixel is computed while you watch. WHAT IS IN IT โข Digital Rain โ columns of glyphs falling through the dark. Choose the script: Katakana, Japanese, Chinese, Hangul, Vietnamese, Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, hex or binary. Let it fall as random characters, as good wishes written in that language, or as anything you type yourself โข Code Editor โ source typing itself out character by character, with line numbers and syntax colours, in C, Python, HTML, Java, SQL or JavaScript โข Terminal โ a console mid-session: boot logs, hex dumps, network traces โข Breach โ a wall of small monitors working a system open, with a progress bar counting up to the moment it gives โข Locator โ a map acquiring a fix, accuracy rings closing in on a crosshair โข Radar, Spectrum, Oscilloscope โ instruments with real graticules and phosphor afterglow โข Neural Grid, Automaton, Double Helix, Orbitals, Strange Attractor, Interference, Fractal โ science that is actually being computed: Conway's Game of Life and Rule 110 run for real, the attractors integrate their own differential equations, the interference pattern is summed per pixel โข Starfield, Vortex, Plasma, Hyperspace, Glitch โ pure spectacle TWO TAPS TO FULL SCREEN Pick an effect and it fills the screen edge to edge, with nothing on top of it and the display kept awake. Tap once and a small control bar fades in; leave it alone and it fades back out. Turn the device and the effect reflows with it. MAKE IT YOURS Every effect has speed, density, glow, eight colour palettes and several styles. Adjust them against a live preview, then save what you like as a named preset. ENTIRELY OFFLINE No account. No network requests of any kind. No analytics, no crash reporter, no third-party SDK. Cathode never asks for a single permission โ not the camera, not the microphone, not location โ because it never needs one. FREE AND PAID Digital Rain is free forever, at full quality, with every setting unlocked. No watermark, no time limit, no advertising. Cathode Unlimited is a single one-time payment that unlocks the other nineteen effects and raises the saved-preset limit. It is not a subscription. It does not renew. It is shareable through Family Sharing. A NOTE ON WHAT THIS IS Everything on screen is generated by the app. The console text, network traces, radar contacts and progress bars are decorative fiction โ nothing is a real system or a real connection, and none of it should be presented to anyone as though it were. PHOTOSENSITIVITY Some effects flicker or change brightness quickly. If you are sensitive to flashing imagery, use the Speed and Glow controls to slow and soften them, or do not use the app. Effects keep the display awake and can make the device warm; both are switches you control. Terms of Use: https://csyzd.github.io/privacy/Cathode/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://csyzd.github.io/privacy/Cathode/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Infinite Fractal Zoom at 5 against Cathode's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Infinite Fractal Zoom sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Cathode sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Infinite Fractal Zoom | Cathode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Richardson | ไธ้ ๆฎต |
In-app purchases
Infinite Fractal Zoom
- All Access Monthly2 Months trial$2.991 Month
- All Access Yearly2 Months trial$19.991 Year
- Mandel Dive$3.99
- OG Crystal Rings$3.99
- OG Portal Windows$3.99
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- OG Liquid Fold$3.99
- OG Nebula Spiral$3.99
- OG Dark Gravity$3.99
- OG Album Spiral$3.99
- All Access Lifetime$44.99
Cathode
- Cathode Unlimited$1.99
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