Comparison

VAST vs PolyGen

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

Head to head
About

VAST

This app serves as a digital hub for creators and brands to showcase their content, including images, videos, live streams, and blogs. Users can curate their own channels, discover and follow other creators, and subscribe to premium content. It aims to connect creators directly with their audiences.

Highlights
  • Create and curate digital channels
  • Share images, videos, and audio
  • Discover and follow other creators
  • Subscribe to premium content
  • Direct creator-audience connection
  • Live streaming capabilities
Features
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VAST is where creators, publishers and brands bring everything they make into one place — and where fans get closer to it than anywhere else. Build your channel. Organise your work into Chapters and publish images, videos, audio, links and full livestreams. Add Behind-The-Scenes video and audio to any post, so your audience sees how the work actually gets made. Go live from your phone. Start a stream straight from the app, and keep the replay on your channel afterwards. Set your own terms. Offer free posts, paid one-off posts, or membership tiers with the benefits you choose. Your audience subscribes to the tier that fits them. Discover and follow. Explore channels by what you're into, follow the creators you care about, like and comment, and share anything worth passing on. For fans: • Follow channels free and never miss a post • Subscribe for members-only posts, streams and BTS • Buy a single post without committing to a membership • Watch live as it happens, or catch the replay For creators: • Publish images, video, audio, links and livestreams • Broadcast live from the phone in your hand • Build membership tiers with custom benefits • See your subscribers, followers and sales in one place • Curate a Main Square of featured work at the top of your channel All the content people love, in one place, with a direct connection between creators and audiences. The Future is VAST! Privacy Policy: https://vast.app/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://vast.app/terms/

About

PolyGen

Create unique low poly art with this intuitive application. Generate endless polygon patterns automatically or manually design them. Customize colors, sizes, and more to craft abstract art, avatars, or wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Automatic polygon pattern generation
  • Manual point placement editor
  • Customizable colors and sizes
  • Convert photos to geometric art
  • Create avatars and social media backgrounds
  • Use as mobile or desktop wallpaper
Features
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PolyGen is the app for “low poly” art. It lets you generate crystal patterns automatically or manually by hand. Sometimes, apps don’t give you many options to play with, thus limiting your creativity. Because of this, we’re getting accustomed to picking predefined wallpapers or using the same old filters. If only there was a tool that would let you create pretty designs by yourself effortlessly... Enter PolyGen, the app that lets everybody be an artist. With PolyGen you can: - Generate endless amount of polygon patterns - Pick your colours, sizes, contrast and more - Create beautiful abstract art - And convert photos to geometric art too - Switch to the editor and place points by yourself - Use the pattern as your smartphone wallpaper - Or generate avatars, social media backgrounds, and more Some of the reviews: TUAW: PolyGen is a useful app which gives your iOS home and lock screens a look you can constantly freshen up. JC7133: I've been looking for an app like this for a while. The amount of customization (a massive amount) is so great. Cyberspace: Love the fact that it supports desktop screen sizes. No more scouring the web for abstract wallpapers! PolyGen features simple, useful solutions wrapped in an easy-to-use interface. You can generate new polygon patterns with one simple tap. If you wish, you can control the process and it’s easy to “lock” your favourite attributes too. Editing vertices of shapes is also simple: tap to create one or tap on an existing one to delete it. PolyGen patterns are ready to be used as mobile or desktop wallpapers, avatars, or social media backgrounds. Users have shared them on art portals and added them as illustrations to blog posts and social media. The patterns vary from colourful to calm, from simple to intricate, from abstract to photorealistic. What pattern are you going to create?

Screenshots

VAST3 screens
PolyGen3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VAST at 100% against PolyGen's 55%. VAST also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). PolyGen's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. VAST sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PolyGen sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VAST holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PolyGen has 47 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of VAST's written reviews are positive against 55% of PolyGen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
VAST versus PolyGen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVASTPolyGen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better55.4% of reviews
Number of ratings247 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVast LLC.Bartlomiej Niemtur

Customer experience

VAST

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PolyGen

All ratings47 ratings
Positive42.6%
Neutral14.9%
Negative42.6%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative38.6%

Bugs and requests

VAST

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PolyGen

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot see what I'm working on
  • App crashes when changing points
  • App crashes and work is not saved
  • Won't let me export files
  • Cannot save results
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  • Purchased but unable to save
  • Cannot save artwork or do color customization
  • Cannot export image
  • Not possible on iPhone to save pictures
  • Export crashes

Requested features

10 requests
  • Fix save/export functionality
  • Add a save feature for progress
  • Implement custom resolutions
  • Allow landscape mode
  • Add layer option
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  • Improve user interface
  • More control over shapes and colors
  • Add dark mode option
  • Ability to save progress
  • Custom resolutions

In-app purchases

7 purchases

VAST

Subscriptions7
  • Vast - TheBridgeCo Channel$0.991 Month
  • VAST - Aure Channel$0.991 Month
  • TierOne - Arb$1.991 Month
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  • VAST – Coldpress Channel$1.991 Month
  • VAST Monthly Tier - 178$7.991 Month
  • Live13 - EsatTmls$18.991 Month
  • LiveTier25 - EsatTmls$22.991 Month
6 purchases

PolyGen

One-time6
  • Remove AdsFree
  • Color PickerFree
  • SVG ExportFree
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  • Unlock EverythingFree
  • All Color EffectsFree
  • All Point Distribution StylesFree

Questions

Is VAST free?
VAST is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PolyGen free?
PolyGen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VAST or PolyGen?
VAST is rated higher. VAST averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PolyGen averages 3.0 from 47 ratings.
Do VAST or PolyGen have ads?
Neither VAST nor PolyGen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VAST or PolyGen?
VAST ships an update monthly, and PolyGen monthly. Most recently, VAST was updated on October 24, 2026 and PolyGen on October 21, 2026.

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