PolyGen vs Polygon Art
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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?
Polygon Art
Transform your photos into unique 3D polygon art, cubism-style images, or wireframe effects. Easily edit images from your camera or gallery with various filters and adjustable settings. Unlock additional creative options through add-on purchases.
- Create 3D polygon effects
- Generate cubism-style images
- Design wireframe effects
- Apply 6 filter types
- Adjust image resolution and contrast
- Edit polygon size
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3D Polygon Effects Photo Editor! Let's create 3D polygon image like the early days of 3D game by editing your photo! "Polygon Art" is the free photo editor apps for making 3D polygon effects art image like the early days of 3D game. You will be able to edit photos taken with your camera or image and create 3D polygon effect art image easily by this photo editor apps. You will be able to create Cubism effect image that was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. You will be able to create Wireframe effect image like polygon without texture. ■Function List 1. Create 3D Polygon Effects Image You can create 3D polygon effect image from your photo or image. You can use 6 type filters. *If you want to save type 2 〜 6 filter image, you need to purchase Add-on. You can edit image resolution, polygon size and image contrast. 2. Create Cubism Effects Image You can create cubism effect image by adding wire to polygon image, adjusting lower resolution and adjusting bigger polygon size. *If you want to save cubism image, you need to purchase Add-on. 3. Create Wireframe Effects Image You can create wire frame effect image like polygon without texture. *If you want to save wire frame image, you need to purchase Add-on. ■About In-app Advertising Banner Advertising is displayed in Home Screen. Full Screen Advertising will be displayed, after you have saved the image. You can hide these Advertising by purchasing "Additional Function Add-on".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Polygon Art at 3.7 against PolyGen's 3.0. PolyGen's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. PolyGen sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Polygon Art sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Polygon Art holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PolyGen has 47 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of PolyGen's written reviews are positive against 44% of Polygon Art's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PolyGen ships an update monthly, Polygon Art every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | PolyGen | Polygon Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (47 ratings) | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bartlomiej Niemtur | TAIKI HIRATA |
Customer experience
PolyGen
Polygon Art
Bugs and 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
Polygon Art
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PolyGen
- Color Picker$0.99
- All Color Effects$0.99
- All Point Distribution Styles$0.99
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- SVG Export$1.99
- Unlock Everything$3.99
Polygon Art
- Additional Functions$1.99









