4D Draw vs Mathematical Playground Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4D Draw
This app allows users to draw and visualize four-dimensional figures using color to represent the fourth coordinate. It includes a help menu with drawing tutorials and creative ideas to aid in understanding 4D space.
- Draw 4-dimensional figures
- Use color for the fourth coordinate
- Built-in 'How to draw' guide
- 4D construction ideas
- Visualize 4-dimensional space
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4D Draw is a simple vector-graphics app that lets you draw 4‑dimensional figures. It represents each point's first three coordinates in the usual way, while using color to represent the fourth coordinate. A built-in Help menu includes a “How to draw” page for an easy start, followed by a page of “4D construction ideas” to set you on your way towards visualizing 4-dimensional space. 4D Draw is intended for geometry students who want to learn to visualize 4‑dimensional space. People looking for a more recreational introduction to 4D should begin with 4D Maze instead. People looking for an even more recreational introduction to modern concepts of space and symmetry may enjoy the Torus Games or KaleidoPaint.
Mathematical Playground Lite
Explore three-dimensional shapes with this educational application. It aids in understanding and visualizing complex geometric forms, offering tools to manipulate and study them. This lite version provides access to all shapes and core functionalities.
- Explore 3D shapes
- Visualize geometric forms
- Cut and expand shapes
- Receive shape data from full version
- All shapes available
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This is an educational app that is useful for exploring three dimensional shapes. Have you ever had difficulty drawing three dimensional shapes? This app may help you study about shapes. Since this app is the lite version, less features are available than the full-version. But all shapes are available. And you can cut, expand shapes, and also receive shape data from the full-version of this app. --- This app runs on… [iPhone] iPhone 4s or newer. [iPad] iPad 2, iPad 3rd generation or newer, iPad mini series, iPad Air series, iPad Pro series. [iPod touch] iPod touch (5th generation or newer). [OS] iOS12.0 or elder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mathematical Playground Lite at 4.0 against 4D Draw's 3.4. Mathematical Playground Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). 4D Draw's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 41%) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). 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.
Mathematical Playground Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of 4D Draw's written reviews are positive against 41% of Mathematical Playground Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
4D Draw ships an update every 7 months, Mathematical Playground Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 4D Draw | Mathematical Playground Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (9 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 40.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeff Weeks | Jun Nakashima |
Customer experience
4D Draw
Mathematical Playground Lite
In-app purchases
4D Draw
No in-app purchases
Mathematical Playground Lite
No in-app purchases
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