Ellipsis Visuals vs tappr.wands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ellipsis Visuals
Experience dynamic, real-time generative visuals that respond to your movements, touch, and music. Discover unique visual patterns as you interact, with new effects like long exposure and infinite mirror.
- Real-time interactive visuals
- Reacts to movement, touch, and music
- Generative unique visual experiences
- Long Exposure effect
- Infinite Mirror effect
- Glow Mode
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Ellipsis is a real-time interactive visual experience that reacts to your movements, touches and tunes. There are no settings or presets for Ellipsis, as it becomes familiar with you it will generate a unique visual experience built from your interactions. The more you explore, the more Ellipsis will reveal. Explore the experience as it reacts to your favorite tracks or simply admire the real-time generative visuals it can create all on its own. You’ll be amazed what a few simple dots can do. Previous Updates: Update 1.2 This update bring thousands of possible generative visual combinations that react to your movements, touches and tunes. Ellipsis Visuals is now updated to support IOS 11. In addition to compatibility upgrades we have optimized the visuals and added some new effects including... - Long Exposure: Watch the visuals layer over each other - Infinite Mirror: Creates 3D depth - Glow Mode: Illuminated paths - Experiment to find even more! Also, now shake device or use icon in menu to manually shuffle effects. Update 1.1 - Better support for retina screens - New colors & effects - Landscape formatting (Great for Airplay Mirroring & HDMI adapter) - iOS 9 Ready - Try the experimental "Infinite Mirror" effect! Simply double-tap with two fingers to activate!
tappr.wands
Transform your iOS device into a dynamic visual instrument for creating stunning real-time graphics. Supports 3D Touch and Apple Pencil for expressive control, with video output and wireless capabilities for collaboration.
- 100 unique visual wands
- Configurable wand shapes (point, line, circle)
- 10 visual effects including symmetry
- Multi-touch support up to 10 fingers
- Apple Pencil and 3D Touch integration
- Accelerometer-based tilt control
- Video Out and wireless connectivity
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tappr.wands turns your iOS devices into beautiful visual instruments. 3D Touch and Apple Pencil are fully supported for truly stunning realtime and kinetic visuals. Video Out and Wireless support enable remixing and collaboration. Features 100 Wands - Each wand reacts to your expressive taps, swipes, and tilts, to make beautiful visuals 3 Shapes - each wand can be configured to emit from a point, a line, or a circle 10 Effects - effects include symmetry and mirror Multi Touch - use of up to 10 fingers at once, each independently expressive Apple Pencil - twirl your Apple Pencil with line-shape wands for dramatic swirling effects 3D Touch - press soft or firm to change the size of the wand in realtime Fat Touch - on older devices, control wand size with the surface area of your fingers Accelerometer - tilt your iPhone to change the orientation of line-shape wands Video Out - connect your device to an HDTV or projector, either via cable or AirPlay Wireless - connects with tappr.tv wirelessly for realtime multi- instrument dances
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ellipsis Visuals at 68% against tappr.wands's 50%. Ellipsis Visuals also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On update cadence, 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
Ellipsis Visuals costs $0.99 and tappr.wands $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ellipsis Visuals holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ellipsis Visuals has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Ellipsis Visuals's written reviews are positive against 50% of tappr.wands's.
Ellipsis Visuals ships an update every 18 months, tappr.wands every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ellipsis Visuals | tappr.wands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (24 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Immerge Interactive LLC | deeje LLC |
Customer experience
Ellipsis Visuals
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In-app purchases
Ellipsis Visuals
No in-app purchases
tappr.wands
No in-app purchases
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