Comparison

Fractal Navigator vs AddiesArtWork

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

Head to head
About

Fractal Navigator

Features
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Navigate through living mathematics. Fractal Navigator turns motion into exploration: tilt your iPhone to explore through the Mandelbrot set as it zooms ever deeper, bend a growing fern to see its repeating pattern, and watch the dragon curve copy itself fold by fold. THREE WORLDS • Mandelbrot — tilt to steer, auto-zoom to dive. Four color palettes. Bookmark the places you find. • Garden — a fern grown live from the same L-system rules botanists use to model real plants. Tilt the phone and wind blows through it. Shake for a new plant. • Fractal Curves — the dragon curve and Sierpinski arrowhead reveal themselves fold by fold. A build-it-yourself challenge lets you fold the curve on your own. LEARN AS YOU FLY Wonder cards surface the ideas behind what you're seeing — self-similarity, infinite boundaries, how simple rules grow complex shapes. A museum mode keeps the experience running hands-free for exhibits and classrooms. BRING YOUR OTHER DEVICES (OPTIONAL) Everything works with just your iPhone. Add AirPods and your head steers too. Add Apple Watch and the crown grows the garden while wrist tilt reshapes the plant. No account. No ads. Nothing collected — bookmarks stay on your device.

About

AddiesArtWork

Learn to draw with guided lessons and photo tracing. Track your progress with a daily streak and XP system. Optimized for Apple Pencil on iPad, but also works with fingers on iPhone.

Highlights
  • Photo tracing with adjustable opacity
  • Daily streak and XP progress tracking
  • Step-by-step guided drawing mode
  • Freehand tracing mode
  • Real-time stroke accuracy scoring
  • Optimized for Apple Pencil
Features
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Photo Tracing- Import any photo from your library and draw directly over it. Adjust how visible the reference photo is with an opacity slider, toggle it on and off as you work, and save your finished drawing back to your Photos library. Perfect for tracing your own sketches, portraits, or anything that inspires you. Track Your Progress- A daily streak system keeps you coming back. Every lesson and subject you complete earns XP, and your scores are tracked by course and category so you can see exactly where you’re improving. A seven-day practice calendar shows your consistency at a glance. Built for Apple Pencil- AddiesArtWork is designed for natural, pressure-sensitive drawing on iPad with Apple Pencil — though finger drawing on iPhone works great too. What’s Included- • 60 lessons across 5 structured courses • 17 illustrated drawing subjects across 7 categories • Step-by-step guided mode and full freehand tracing mode • Real-time stroke accuracy and smoothness scoring • Photo import with adjustable opacity tracing overlay • Daily streak tracking and XP system • No ads. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

Fractal Navigator4 screens
AddiesArtWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AddiesArtWork at 16.0 against Fractal Navigator's 18.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Fractal Navigator versus AddiesArtWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFractal NavigatorAddiesArtWork
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColin RooneyKory Fuerstenberg

In-app purchases

None

Fractal Navigator

No in-app purchases

None

AddiesArtWork

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fractal Navigator free?
Fractal Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AddiesArtWork free?
AddiesArtWork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fractal Navigator or AddiesArtWork have ads?
Neither Fractal Navigator nor AddiesArtWork shows ads.

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