Comparison

Ellipsis Visuals vs Frabbles

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time interactive visuals
  • Reacts to movement, touch, and music
  • Generative unique visual experiences
  • Long Exposure effect
  • Infinite Mirror effect
  • Glow Mode
Features
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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!

About

Frabbles

Transform your photos into animated drawings with color shapes. Watch your favorite images come to life as you trace them on screen. This app offers a unique way to interact with your pictures.

Highlights
  • Color shape photo reveal
  • Animated drawing effect
  • Image transformation
  • Interactive drawing on screen
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Reveal your favorite picture or photograph with color shapes and color averaging. Watch your image appear with animating shapes as you draw on the screen.

Screenshots

Ellipsis Visuals4 screens
Frabbles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Frabbles at Free against Ellipsis Visuals's $0.99. Frabbles also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Ellipsis Visuals's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Frabbles is free to download; Ellipsis Visuals costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frabbles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ellipsis Visuals has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ellipsis Visuals ships an update every 18 months, Frabbles every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Ellipsis Visuals versus Frabbles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEllipsis VisualsFrabbles
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (24 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#194 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.2 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImmerge Interactive LLCTremont Air, LLC

Customer experience

Ellipsis Visuals

All ratings24 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative15.8%

Frabbles

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ellipsis Visuals

No in-app purchases

None

Frabbles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ellipsis Visuals free?
Ellipsis Visuals costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frabbles free?
Frabbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ellipsis Visuals or Frabbles?
Frabbles is rated higher. Ellipsis Visuals averages 4.2 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Frabbles averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Ellipsis Visuals or Frabbles have ads?
Neither Ellipsis Visuals nor Frabbles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ellipsis Visuals or Frabbles?
Ellipsis Visuals ships an update every 18 months, and Frabbles every 10 months. Most recently, Ellipsis Visuals was updated on October 8, 2026 and Frabbles on October 4, 2026.

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