Fantoche vs Calming Ripples
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fantoche
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Get the new app of Fantoche, the biggest Animation Film Festival in Switzerland. The new festival programme will be published mid of August and the festival starts 1th of September 2026. The app shows a news feed, visual impressions, a map of the festival venues as well as an insight into the festival organization. In August, the new festival trailer, a programme overview to choose your favorites and detailed information about each film will be published. Use the new magic eye function to watch the feature film trailers and sponsored animations in the printed programme magazine. The annual programme of Fantoche comprises an international and a national short film competition, a carefully chosen selection of current animated feature films, programme slots for innovative computer games and multimedia animation in all facets, a diverse offering of lectures, panel discussions, presentations and exhibitions and a multifaceted programme for children, teenagers, school classes, student groups and film professionals.
Calming Ripples
Create soothing visual patterns by tapping or stroking the screen. Watch as your interactions generate beautiful, fading ripples. Enjoy a pressure-free, relaxing digital playground with multiple colors.
- Interactive ripple creation
- Multi-finger color blending
- Relaxing visual patterns
- No pressure or scores
- Digital playground experience
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Use this app to create relaxing patterns of ripples. Tap or stroke across the screen. Your fingers will leave a trail of ripples that grow and fade. Use multiple fingers at once for multiple colors. No deep meaning, no pressure, no high score. Just a little relaxing playground.
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Verdict
Fantoche and Calming Ripples are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Fantoche | Calming Ripples |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fantoche | John Palevich |
In-app purchases
Fantoche
No in-app purchases
Calming Ripples
No in-app purchases









