Comparison

Paint Dynamics vs Fluid Simulation

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

Head to head
About

Paint Dynamics

Features
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Paint Dynamics is a realtime fluid-paint experience powered by Metal. Create flowing streams of color, watch them react to gravity, and shape the movement directly with your touch. Paint sources can be added, removed, moved, recolored, and adjusted live, turning the screen into an interactive digital paint simulation. Whether you want to relax, experiment, explore motion, or simply enjoy colorful fluid patterns, Paint Dynamics gives you a clean and responsive creative playground. Features: • Realtime fluid-paint simulation • Add, move, recolor, or remove paint streams • Interactive touch modes for dragging or disturbing the flow • Adjustable animation speed, stream speed, gravity, wobble, source size, brightness, and contrast • Adjustable bucket height where the paint collects • Optional metallic paint shading for a reflective look • Automatic saving of settings, stream positions, and colors • Clean fullscreen interface with minimal controls • Fully offline — no accounts, no ads, no data collection Paint Dynamics is a playful visual experiment for anyone who enjoys generative art, digital fluids, color motion, and interactive visual effects.

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Fluid Simulation

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Art you can touch. LIQUIDTOUCH is an art app for iPhone and iPad that lets you explore light, liquids, metal and geometry through taps and drags. Tap to send ripples across the screen. Drag to change what you see. When you want to move your fingers without thinking or take a break, enjoy a little time with art at your own pace. • Find your favorite among 45 artworks Ripples of light, the clarity of glass, undulating metal, color set loose in water, scenery rushing past. Five styles, each with a feel of its own. • Tap, drag and hold Art responds to where and how you touch. Hold to speed up the motion and repeat effects in supported artworks. Feel haptic feedback on supported devices. • Save and share the motion Record a 3-second Live Photo, a 4K image or a video of up to 60 seconds while interacting with an artwork. Save it to Photos or send it through the system share sheet. Videos are saved in portrait Full HD. On compatible iPhones, Live Photos can be set as Lock Screen wallpapers through iOS. Playback depends on the device, iOS version and photo eligibility. This is not a continuously animated Home Screen wallpaper feature. • Listen Mode responds to sound Turn on Listen Mode to make art respond to sounds around you. The microphone is used when you enable this feature. Microphone audio is not recorded in exported videos. • Enjoy a bigger canvas Enjoy LIQUIDTOUCH on iPad, or display art on a larger screen when connected to a compatible external display. • Try every artwork first The first-launch guide lets you touch every artwork before you choose a plan. Access to the artworks is offered with a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. The yearly plan includes a free trial for eligible new subscribers. See the purchase screen for prices and available offers. Weekly and yearly plans renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account subscription settings. Restore previous purchases using Restore Purchases in the app. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Paint Dynamics4 screens
Fluid Simulation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fluid Simulation at Free against Paint Dynamics's $0.99. Paint Dynamics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fluid Simulation is free to download; Paint Dynamics costs $0.99 up front. Fluid Simulation sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Paint Dynamics asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Paint Dynamics versus Fluid Simulation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaint DynamicsFluid Simulation
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilippe ZayAppnics, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Paint Dynamics

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Fluid Simulation

Subscriptions3
  • LIQUIDTOUCH Weekly$1.997 Days
  • LIQUIDTOUCH Monthly$1.991 Month
  • LIQUIDTOUCH Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • LIQUIDTOUCH Lifetime$19.99
  • LIQUIDTOUCH Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Paint Dynamics free?
Paint Dynamics costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluid Simulation free?
Fluid Simulation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Paint Dynamics or Fluid Simulation have ads?
Fluid Simulation shows ads; Paint Dynamics does not.

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