Beauty Math vs Volume Shader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beauty Math
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Beauty Math is an interactive math art museum. See the beauty first—then understand the idea. Wander the Gallery by mood: Inspiration, Zen, Kinetic, and Nature. Or switch to the Laboratory and explore by math branch—shapes, geometry, polar curves, Fourier, calculus, chaos, and fractals. Turn a few art dials and watch equations morph in real time. Smooth motion. No drawing board. Just living geometry. HIGHLIGHTS • 20+ interactive models—from flower of life and rose curves to Lorenz and Mandelbrot • Live parameter tuning with on-screen formulas • Step-by-step derivation mode to reveal how forms are built • Zen Mode for distraction-free immersion • Capture Beauty—save stills, GIF, or MP4 loops to your photos • Multilingual UI (English, Chinese, and more) FREE TO EXPLORE Many galleries are free to browse and play. Chaos, Fourier, and Calculus unlock with Beauty+ (auto-renewing subscription). Dynamic GIF/MP4 exports include a small free trial, then an optional Export Pack. PNG stills stay free. BeautyMath is built for designers seeking generative inspiration, anyone who wants visual calm, math enthusiasts who love precise systems, and students who learn better when symbols become motion. Open the museum. Turn a dial. Watch math become art. —— Auto-Renewal Terms (Beauty+) —— 1. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/beautymathterms 2. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/beautymath 3. Beauty+ is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks Chaos, Fourier, and Calculus galleries while active. It does not include unlimited GIF/MP4 exports (Export Pack is a separate consumable). 4. Subscription products: a. Beauty+ Monthly — $2.99 per 1 month (or local equivalent shown on the App Store) b. Beauty+ Yearly — $19.99 per 1 year (or local equivalent shown on the App Store) 5. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. 6. The subscription renews automatically within 24 hours before the end of the current period unless canceled, and your Apple ID will be charged for renewal. 7. To cancel, go to Settings → [Your Name] → Subscriptions at least 24 hours before the period ends. After canceling, you keep access until the end of the paid period. 8. Restoring purchases on a new device signed in with the same Apple ID does not affect your existing Beauty+ subscription.
Volume Shader
Explore complex 3D fractal visualizations rendered natively on your iPhone or iPad. Test your device's GPU performance and check system states like thermal and battery.
- Native Metal GPU rendering
- Mandelbulb ray marching
- Device performance testing
- System state monitoring
- Interactive 3D exploration
- Touch, haptic, and speaker checks
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Volume Shader is the viral Volume Shader BM GPU test, built natively for iPhone and iPad. The Mandelbulb ray march runs in Metal on your iPhone or iPad. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Run Volume Shader BM at Simple, Standard, Advanced, or Extreme • Use Standard + 30 seconds when you want a score you can compare • Drag to rotate, pinch to zoom, and pan. Explore does not save a score. • Time CPU and memory on the same device • See GPU, memory, display, storage, and thermal state • Walk a display, touch, haptics, speaker, and battery checkup HEAT AND BATTERY This is a real GPU workload. The device can get warm and the battery will drain faster while a test is running. Extreme asks for confirmation. The app stops itself if iOS reports a critical thermal state. ADS Volume Shader is free. A small banner sits on Test and Device. Labeled native ads sit on Test, Device, and Checkup. Ads do not overlay the GPU test or fullscreen checkup steps. You can report an ad from the AdChoices icon on the ad. After one free Test session and one free Checkup session (each about 15 minutes), the next free session waits about 30 minutes. You can wait, or watch an optional short ad to unlock unlimited Tests and Checkup for 2 hours. Declining the ad does not block the rest of the app. PRIVACY No account. History and checkup marks stay on this device. A finished GPU window can be shared as anonymous device stats (FPS, GPU, device model, screen, OS version). Turn that off in Settings. If you tap Share, iOS’s share sheet sends only what you chose to the app you pick. Ads use the ads SDK described in the privacy policy. Support: https://volumeshaderbm.com Privacy: https://volumeshaderbm.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Volume Shader at none against Beauty Math's 3. Beauty Math's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Beauty Math sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Volume Shader asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Beauty Math | Volume Shader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 德邦 莫 | Shahid Ali |
In-app purchases
Beauty Math
- Beauty + Monthly$2.991 Month
- Beauty + Yearly$19.991 Year
- Export Pack 20$2.99
Volume Shader
No in-app purchases
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