Comparison

GeoMaker Pattern Studio vs MONKIRI

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

Head to head
About

GeoMaker Pattern Studio

Create unique, generative art with a vast array of pattern engines. Explore diverse artistic styles, from Japanese motifs to mathematical fractals, and customize your creations with adjustable parameters and color palettes. Save your original artwork in high resolution.

Highlights
  • 70+ generative art engines
  • Interactive touch controls
  • Extensive Japanese pattern collection
  • Diverse artistic styles (organic, geometric, fractal)
  • Customizable palettes and line weights
  • Full-resolution PNG export
  • Offline functionality
Features
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GeoMaker is a pattern studio that never runs dry. Pick one of 70 generative engines, move its levers, and watch original art redraw instantly — every piece grown from a seed, so anything you love can be brought back, tuned again, and saved to Photos in full resolution. TOUCH THE ART Fifteen engines respond to your fingers. Comb floating ink like real suminagashi marbling. Tap wave crests and clouds into an irezumi background. Fracture kintsugi ceramic and paint the gold vein yourself. Bend a maze through a lens, drag the focus of an op-art illusion, morph a living fractal. Turn on kaleidoscope symmetry and one drag becomes six. THE JAPANESE COLLECTION Made by a tattoo artist, GeoMaker goes unusually deep on classical Japanese pattern: sayagata and higaki frets, asanoha hemp-leaf, seigaiha waves, shippō, kikkō, kagome, yagasuri, uroko, ichimatsu, bishamon kikkō armor, matsukawabishi pine-bark, tatewaku rising steam, hanabishi, raimon thunder scrolls, kumiko lattices, kintsugi, indigo shibori, irezumi waves, clouds and mist, and kiku & sakura florals. AND EVERYTHING ELSE • Organic — flow fields, reaction-diffusion, differential growth, mycelium, Voronoi, terrazzo • Sacred & geometric — flower of life, mandalas, Metatron's cube, hex tilings, truchet, Islamic girih, Celtic knots • Wallpaper classics — polka-dot motifs, stripes & chevrons, herringbone parquet, fish scales, low-poly mesh, circuit boards • Mathematical — Penrose aperiodic tiling, Archimedean tessellations, spirograph, mazes & the Hilbert curve, Greek key frets, op art • Fractal — Mandelbrot & Julia, L-systems, the Apollonian gasket, strange attractors MAKE IT YOURS • 18 curated palettes, black & grey to neon — or desaturate any palette into greyscale • Line weight on every pattern, from hairline etching to bold marker • Paper grain and vignette finishing • Seeds: same seed, same art — copy a link that reproduces the exact piece • A favorites shelf that stores the full recipe of anything you make • Full-resolution PNG export through the share sheet Four patterns are free forever, fully featured. A single one-time purchase unlocks everything else — no subscription, ever. Private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking, no data collected. Works completely offline. From Vesica Studio — sibling to the Vesica sacred-geometry drawing app.

About

MONKIRI

Features
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In Edo-period Japan, people loved a simple pastime called monkiri asobi, the art of the cut crest. Fold a sheet of paper, cut along a template, and gently open it. A beautiful pattern appears on the paper, and until it unfolds, no one knows exactly what it will look like. That small moment of surprise and delight was the heart of the game. MONKIRI brings that spirit of play to your fingertips. Every tap of the generate button reveals a new traditional Japanese pattern, dressed in harmonious palettes drawn from Japan's traditional colors. Keep the ones you love as wallpapers, or fine-tune every detail yourself. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Generate: Pick a pattern and tap. MONKIRI randomizes each design within carefully tuned traditional color harmonies, so every result comes out beautiful. - Adjust: Fine-tune colors, scale, line width, spacing and density, rotation, and background color with sliders. Changes preview instantly. - Collect: Save your favorite creations, then re-edit, duplicate, or delete them anytime. - Export: Save wallpapers as PNG, sized for your device's screen with one tap. TWELVE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS Each pattern comes with a short note on its meaning and history, in both English and Japanese. - Asanoha (hemp leaf): healthy growth and protection - Seigaiha (blue ocean waves): endless calm waves, a wish for eternal peace - Shippo (seven treasures): interlocking circles of harmony and good relations - Kikko (tortoise shell): hexagons of longevity - Ichimatsu (checkerboard): unbroken prosperity - Yagasuri (arrow feathers): an arrow released never returns, a symbol of moving forward - Uroko (fish scales): triangles believed to ward off misfortune - Tatewaku (rising steam): swelling lines of rising fortune - Sayagata (interlocking manji): continuity without end - Kagome (basket weave): six-pointed stars, a traditional charm against evil - Sankuzushi (scattered rods): a chic pattern of shifting lines - Ajiro (wickerwork): the warm texture of woven cypress and bamboo FREE FEATURES AND ONE-TIME PURCHASE Everything above is free: generate, adjust, and save every pattern, and export standard-size wallpaper PNGs (with a light watermark). Wallpaper size optimization is free as well. A single one-time purchase unlocks: - Watermark-free export - Ultra-high-resolution PNG (4096 x 4096), large enough for print - SVG (vector) export that scales without any loss, for design and print work - Seamless tile PNG whose edges connect perfectly, for repeating backgrounds No subscription. No further purchases. MADE TO BE TRUSTED - No ads, no tracking - No account required - Works completely offline (iCloud sync is optional) - English and Japanese, following your device settings or switchable in the app - Dark mode support - Designed for both iPhone and iPad The quiet thrill of a pattern emerging from a folded sheet of paper, now in your pocket. Enjoy the beauty of Japanese patterns with MONKIRI.

Screenshots

GeoMaker Pattern Studio4 screens
MONKIRI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MONKIRI at every 6 days against GeoMaker Pattern Studio's fortnightly. GeoMaker Pattern Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. GeoMaker Pattern Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MONKIRI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GeoMaker Pattern Studio ships an update fortnightly, MONKIRI every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
GeoMaker Pattern Studio versus MONKIRI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeoMaker Pattern StudioMONKIRI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaul Perez allende wescheTakashi Nemoto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GeoMaker Pattern Studio

One-time1
  • GeoMaker Pro$5.99
1 purchases

MONKIRI

One-time1
  • All Export Features$4.99

Questions

Is GeoMaker Pattern Studio free?
GeoMaker Pattern Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MONKIRI free?
MONKIRI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GeoMaker Pattern Studio or MONKIRI have ads?
Neither GeoMaker Pattern Studio nor MONKIRI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GeoMaker Pattern Studio or MONKIRI?
GeoMaker Pattern Studio ships an update fortnightly, and MONKIRI every 6 days. Most recently, GeoMaker Pattern Studio was updated on October 6, 2026 and MONKIRI on October 2, 2026.

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