Appmuse

It’s worth about what I paid for it- the motion is realistic, but I note that only one ‘slice’ of the mirror is clear and the rest seem to be slightly out of focus on the edges (just like a real kaleidoscope) but who wants complete realism in a visualisation app? Also, it is annoying that the designs transition with a white-out rather than smoothly from one into another, and they need to be able to move without auto-rotating. Spinning the design is a nice option sometimes, but shouldn’t be forced. Another thing- you need to have more than one color for the background- light blue makes the mirror ‘slices’ too visible, there need to be changeable background colors, including dark- this app needs to have a lot more controllable parameters, and the designs are nice, but limited. Not that many to choose from. After a while you start to see the same patterns repeating. The ability to zoom in or out of a design would also be nice, with a ‘pinch-zoom’ gesture. One more thing- add the ability to use a photo from the library as a base for a kaleidoscope design- now that would really be something! Show more

it actually reacts to the beat of ambient music, unlike some of these other supposed ‘music visualizers. mesmerizing....

It does what I need and I like it simple good and I’m going for the pro version thanks

Paid $2.99 up front, still asking me to pay more for pro. No music, most buttons don’t respond. Shoddy.

enjoyable

Delete.

This Kaleidoscope is awesome! And being able to add any of your music to play and watch it is legit cool. Definitely worth all the time I looked in the App Store for a music visualizer! Show more

All the flashing lights prove very disturbing.This could easily be a five star app without them.

AirPlay does not work as claimed!

They lie in the app description and screenshots. No airplay!

This was a exceptionally beautiful app. Then came your updated and now it crashes upon opening it. Fix that and this is a 5 star app for sure.

...Now it just doesn't work. :-(

Thanks for the new update team, you rendered the app unusable, crashes as soon as you open it. The sound you hear is the delete app button !!

It's really frustrating when you think, your getting an app, for a certain price & there are more "hidden" fees..... Just call it Light, don't make an app with hidden fees Show more

If you want to change settings, you have to pay for the additional options. Which is a bunch of crap since the ap itself isn't free.

Requires in-app additional purchases. Save your money and go buy yourself a used stick of chewing gum, you'll be a happier person for it.

I'm giving you guys five stars even though it crashes on my first-generation iPad. But it works great on my iPhone 4S, and it's a barrel of fun. The fact that it is microphone sensitive makes it ideal for setting on the table at a restaurant and watching the kaleidoscope vibrate to the ambient sounds in the room. I noticed that sometimes the image was full-screen, and other times it was simply a circle in the middle of the phone. Well, I figured out that one of the purchase options under the "mirrors" tab is to expand the mirror functions to be full screen in the same way the basic triangle is. It appears the image cycles through various combinations of mirrors and seed images every several seconds, so having the variety is nice. As for one of the feature requests I've read in the reviews, NO, don't put the time and battery level banner back on the screen! It's beautiful fullscreen as it is. Geez, charge your battery and wear a watch already. Here's what I would like to see: Could you add a camera pass through, so we would see a kaleidoscopic image of what the camera is viewing? Could you add an option for us to select the "seed" image from our photo gallery? Could you allow us to create a special playlist for the music option that would remain available to us even after we close and reopen the app? I noticed when there's a strong beat or loud noise, a bright circle pulses in the image. Could you enhance that by randomizing say, a starburst pattern, random circles or dots, short lines, or other effects? All in all this is a great release, and I'm looking forward to a bug fix for the original iPad soon. Hope this five star review along with others will encourage you to make this app even better. Show more

I am having problems getting the app to work. It crashes on the 1st 3 tries. Finally it works & is very relaxing. Please fix the crash problem.

Whoops for the confusion my two reviews, I thought the first one (about not moving to the beat) would be updated to the second (that it actually works). So the story is: I thought it wasn't working but saw that it actually did. Lol my bad ___________________________________________________ Updated version: Initially got this free. No difference to the kaleidoscope in this new version but we can purchase additional colors/rotating items for something like 99¢ each or $1.99 for a four pack grrr ? --> Sorry peeps, I'm not going to purchase any of the additional colors/rotating items. Seems VERY costly for something we can't even screen shot (save) in addition to other wishes and issues per comments below: Music player control panel (OMG my bad again lol) The colored controls & panel that we CAN be hidden so I can watch the kaleidoscope turn. Have this app open while listening to Internet radio via TuneIn Radio (it's wonderful fyi) so really don't have any use for this app's integrated player/controls and can't comment on whether it works or how well it works but wish there were an option to hide it. Saving pics Still wishing we could save the kaleidoscope pics. Time/Battery life indicators Would like to be able to see the time and battery life while the app is running. I tend to only use this app when I know my battery life is *not* low. Don't want my iDevice to die without me knowing about it and don't want to have to keep getting out of the app to check the battery life or time so most of the time this app is *off* ? Still 4-stars In summary, still works great but just can't use it all the time. Show more

I thought this was a cool idea that needed work at first. Then I realized that the animations I was seeing were for the mic, not my music through my headphones. I never listen to music without headphones. This doesn't do what I thought it would. Glad it was free for me... Show more