Comparison

Atheria vs Abstrakt

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

Head to head
About

Atheria

Transform your device into a generative art studio. Create dynamic, evolving fractal art that breathes and drifts. Export as Live Photos for animated lock screens or share your unique creations with others.

Highlights
  • Generative fractal art creation
  • Live Photo export for animated lock screens
  • Mutate and evolve existing art
  • Real-time color palette control
  • Write custom shaders on device
  • Save, share, and import art via text code
  • Cross-device Handoff with Mac version
Features
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Grow living art in the palm of your hand. Atheria turns your iPhone and iPad into a generative art studio. Fractal flames are not drawings or videos: each one is a small genome of weighted transforms, iterated billions of times on your GPU into living structure that drifts and breathes while you watch. LOCK SCREENS THAT COME ALIVE Export any flame as a Live Photo and it blooms once each time you wake the screen. iOS does not let an app set your wallpaper, so Atheria saves it to Photos and walks you through the few steps in Settings, one at a time. One is already made and waiting, so you can see it working before you make your own. GROW FLAMES Start from a preset or an archetype family, conjure a fresh random flame, or roll Chaos to invent a brand-new species named after its own anatomy. Tap Mutate to evolve the current flame one step at a time and follow the forms wherever they lead. PAINT WITH LIVING COLOR Four colors flow through every flame. Change any of them and watch the flame take the new palette live, right behind the picker. WRITE YOUR OWN SHADERS The Studio is a real Metal playground: write a fragment shader on your phone, compile it in a tap, and watch it run full screen. No computer, no build step. KEEP AND SHARE Save flames to your Library, keep the archetypes you invent, and share any creation two ways: a Share Card image for anywhere, or a short text code another Atheria user can paste to grow the exact same living art. ON THE MAC Atheria for Mac turns your creations into living desktop wallpapers. With both apps open, Handoff carries whatever you are making straight into the Mac's matching Creator. This app is free and complete on its own. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no data collection, no network calls. Everything renders and stays on your device.

About

Abstrakt

Features
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Abstrakt is a design tool for iPhone. Build geometric posters shape by shape, and bring your own ideas to life. Start with a shape and build outward. Place it where you want it, turn it, size it, give it color, until the composition looks like something you meant to make. Nothing is fixed until you decide it is. FULL MANUAL CONTROL Every shape is yours to place and adjust. Nothing is locked once it's on the canvas. A STARTING POINT, IF YOU WANT ONE Tap shuffle for a composition to work from, then reshape it into your own. Or start from an empty grid and build from scratch. CURATED COLOR A hand-picked palette library inspired by Bauhaus and mid-century design. Built for compositions that look intentional. PRINT-READY EXPORT Export at real 300 DPI, sized for actual framed prints, not a phone-sized PNG. Make something you'd hang on a wall. YOURS, ONCE One purchase unlocks everything. No subscription, no recurring charge. Your posters stay on your device. Never uploaded.

Screenshots

Atheria4 screens
Abstrakt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atheria at none against Abstrakt's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Abstrakt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Atheria asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Atheria ships an update weekly, Abstrakt every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Atheria versus Abstrakt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtheriaAbstrakt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen JamesKaur Kadak

In-app purchases

None

Atheria

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Abstrakt

One-time1
  • Abstrakt Pro - Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Atheria free?
Atheria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abstrakt free?
Abstrakt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Atheria or Abstrakt have ads?
Neither Atheria nor Abstrakt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Atheria or Abstrakt?
Atheria ships an update weekly, and Abstrakt every 3 days. Most recently, Atheria was updated on October 31, 2026 and Abstrakt on October 31, 2026.

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