Comparison

SpinDoodly vs Kaleidron

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

Head to head
About

SpinDoodly

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SpinDoodly turns simple finger gestures into mesmerizing rotating art. Drag, swirl, and let the canvas spin — every stroke sweeps into hypnotic patterns you can't stop watching. Two modes, endless possibilities: SPIN DOODLE Continuous strokes that bend and curl as the canvas rotates beneath your finger. Add spikes for sharp radial bursts. Add drips for melting lines that fall outward. Mirror with symmetry to instantly turn one stroke into 2, 4, 8, even 16 perfectly aligned reflections. SPRAY DOODLE Spray paint with dots, oriented lines, or stamp shapes (stars, hearts, hexagons, flowers, and more). Adjust spread with the Fibonacci dial to layer perfectly distributed patterns — phyllotaxis-style spirals straight from nature. KEY FEATURES • 16-fold symmetry — turn a single stroke into a kaleidoscope • Rainbow color cycling — hue shifts automatically as you draw • Adjustable spin speed and direction • Custom colors with full color picker • Light and dark themes • Pause, undo, and clear at any time • Save your art as video to share or keep • Optional one-time purchase to remove all ads PERFECT FOR • Calm, focused creative time • Visual meditation and stress relief • Kids and adults alike • Anyone who loves spirograph, kaleidoscopes, or mandalas • Showing off mesmerizing time-lapse art on social No accounts. No tracking. Just spin and create. Free to play with optional Remove Ads purchase. Privacy-respecting — see our privacy policy for full details.

About

Kaleidron

Create intricate, repeating patterns by placing shapes and colors within a mirrored barrel. Transform photos into unique designs or enjoy a daily generated composition. Save, share, and set your creations as wallpaper.

Highlights
  • Customizable kaleidoscope builder
  • Thirteen unique shapes
  • Twenty-two color options
  • Photo-to-kaleidoscope transformation
  • Daily generated compositions
  • Export stills, GIFs, and wallpapers
  • Zen mode for immersive viewing
Features
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A kaleidoscope you build by hand. Drop a shape into one wedge of the mirrored barrel and it repeats into a rosette — six times, or twelve, or three. Move it and the whole pattern moves with it. That is the whole idea, and it turns out to be surprisingly hard to put down. BUILD IT YOURSELF • Thirteen shapes, from flat polygons to tumbling 3D solids • Glossy, matte and metallic materials • Twenty-two colours, plus a wireframe option that draws edges only • One to twelve mirrors — change it and the composition stays, the symmetry doesn't • Nine barrel backgrounds, dark through to light • Tap to place, drag to move, hold to delete. Undo and redo throughout. TODAY'S KALEIDRON A new composition every day, generated from the date — the same one for everyone, everywhere. Open it, keep it, or paint over it. Tomorrow brings another. A PHOTOGRAPH, FOLDED Point the barrel at a picture and it becomes the source material. Frame it against a live preview: the same photo gives a completely different rosette depending which part of it reaches the wedge. Your shapes sit on top of it. ZEN Full screen, no controls, nothing but the pattern turning. Five looping ambiences, or silence. KEEP AND SHARE Save compositions to a gallery and come back to them. Export a still image, an animated GIF that loops without a seam, or set the piece as your wallpaper. YOURS, AND PRIVATE No account. No sign-in. No ads, no tracking, no analytics, and no server — every composition and every photograph stays on your device. Sync, if you turn it on, goes through your own iCloud and nowhere else. FREE, AND THE UNLOCK The whole kaleidoscope is free: every shape, colour and material, today's composition, Zen mode in silence, and full-resolution image export with no watermark. Five saved compositions to begin with. One optional purchase unlocks everything else — the photo kaleidoscope, an unlimited gallery, GIF export, wallpaper, the Zen ambiences and iCloud sync. One payment. Not a subscription. Family Sharing enabled.

Screenshots

SpinDoodly4 screens
Kaleidron4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kaleidron at none against SpinDoodly's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. SpinDoodly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kaleidron sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SpinDoodly versus Kaleidron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpinDoodlyKaleidron
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSam MatthewsInno Wheel LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpinDoodly

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Kaleidron

One-time1
  • Kaleidron Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is SpinDoodly free?
SpinDoodly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kaleidron free?
Kaleidron is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpinDoodly or Kaleidron have ads?
SpinDoodly shows ads; Kaleidron does not.

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