Ebru vs Elemental Forces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ebru
Experience the art of Ebru painting digitally. This app offers authentic ink and background colors with full multi-touch support, optimized for iPhone and iPad. Share your creations directly to social media or your photo album.
- Authentic ink and background colors
- Left/Right handed user support
- Social media sharing
- Full multi-touch support
- Optimized for iPhone and iPad
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The aesthetic power of ancient Ebru painting in the palm of your hand. Features: * Authentic ink and background colors * Support for Left / Right handed users * Post to Photo album, Twitter or Facebook * Full multi-touch support * Optimised for iPhone and iPad
Elemental Forces
Experience a digital augmented reality art installation. Point your device at paintings or surfaces to trigger a dynamic sound and light show. Explore geometric shapes and interactive audio influenced by your touch and position.
- Augmented reality art display
- Interactive soundscapes
- Light effects
- Geometric shape visuals
- Touch and location-based interaction
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For the digital augmented reality experience, point your device at the paintings or a surface, and experience a sound and light experience. The program is structured around simple geometric shapes, with sounds affected by your location and touch. This series of digital art and oil paintings represents is a meditation on air, light, surfaces, sound and color.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elemental Forces at 5.0 against Ebru's 3.4. Elemental Forces also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Ebru's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elemental Forces holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ebru has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ebru ships an update every 7 months, Elemental Forces every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ebru | Elemental Forces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Goddard | Bryan Leister |
Customer experience
Ebru
Elemental Forces
In-app purchases
Ebru
No in-app purchases
Elemental Forces
No in-app purchases
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