Uzu, An Interactive Light Show Downloads & RevenueUzu, An Interactive Light Show · App Store
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show is #33 in Entertainment Paid in Netherlands and charting in 5 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperColordodge Labs
CategoryEntertainment
Price3.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (265)
Version4.2
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show update history & changes
Last change · 19 events since 12 Jun 2010Full timeline ↓🚀Now shown next to Makanim - Generative Art, Triple A - Touch Visualizer, Silk 2 – Generative Art +5 more📈Entered the top 10📈Charting in a new country⭐Passed 100 ratings⭐Passed 100 ratings🆕First spotted by AppInsider📦Version 4.2🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 19 events
- 🚀Uzu, An Interactive Light Show: now shown next to Makanim - Generative Art, Triple A - Touch Visualizer, Silk 2 – Generative Art +5 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · NL
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · PL
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · AU
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show charting in a new country in 3 chartsMalaysia · Philippines · Poland
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · PH · Top Paid · Entertainment · PL
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · MX
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show charting in a new country in 5 chartsIndonesia · India · Mexico · Turkey · +1 more
- 📈Uzu, An Interactive Light Show entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · US
- 🆕Uzu, An Interactive Light Show first spotted by AppInsider#93 in Top Paid · Entertainment · Vietnam
- 📦Uzu, An Interactive Light Show version 4.2Uzu 4.2 is here — and it’s a colorful one.
Meet the new Colors panel: your dedicated space for Simple mode, custom palettes, randomization, and palette animation.
———— Version 4.2 ————
• New Colors panel with Simple color mode
• Save, load, and animate your own color palettes
• Color randomization for fresh looks in one tap
• Favorite presets now appear at the top of the list
• Choose which preset category autoplay uses
• 22 new factory presets • New Gradient effect
• Glow effect: additional parameters
• Kaleidoscope: new Radial mode, plus pinch and rotate gestures
• Improved tunnel warp parameters
• Better macOS (Designed for iPad) support
• Improved line rendering at reduced quality
• Various UI improvements
———— Version 4.1 ————
• Added 45 factory presets
• Added all 55 legacy factory Presets
• You can now tap the Preset section header to quickly jump to a specific section
• Added grid mode to the preset panel - access it by tapping the preset section header
———— Version 4.0 ————
Uzu has been completely rebuilt from the ground up — faster, more beautiful, and more powerful than ever.
• All-new Metal rendering engine for smoother, richer particle visuals
• Redesigned SwiftUI interface that's cleaner and easier to use
• 9 new shader effects: Glow, Warp, Kaleidoscope, Sparkle, Feedback, Color, Pixelate, Scanlines, and Vignette
• 67 refreshed factory presets, ready to explore
• Export and import presets — share your creations or back them up
• Fast preset switching — jump between presets from the screen edges
• Shake to show or hide the interface for an uninterrupted light show
• Choose render quality from Low to Ultra
• Reorder your user presets
• Save over the current preset when tweaking a favorite look… more - 🆕Uzu, An Interactive Light Show released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
265 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#33
Entertainment PaidMeasured
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Uzu is a premium generative art and particle simulation app for iPad that allows users to create interactive light shows using touch gestures, symmetry controls, and various visual effects. The app holds strong positions in the paid entertainment charts of the Netherlands (#5) and Poland (#9), indicating sustained regional demand for high-quality creative tools despite its long market presence since 2010.
Similar apps: Infinite Painter, Procreate, Lava Lamp
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show on the App Store
App details
App ID
376551723
Publisher
Jason K Smith
On the store since
Jun 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.6+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
17 MB
Also listed in
Games
App privacy Measured
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
Declared label
Data Not Collected
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Uzu, An Interactive Light Show downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | EntertainmentPaid | #33 |
 Poland | EntertainmentPaid | #90 |
 Indonesia | EntertainmentPaid | #164 |
 Philippines | EntertainmentPaid | #99 |
 Thailand | EntertainmentPaid | #182 |
Apps near Uzu, An Interactive Light Show on the chart
Entertainment Paid, around #33.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
265 ratings
Measured
Ratings
265
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
41/100
faster than 35% of Entertainment apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Uzu, An Interactive Light Show
From the 52 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app's visual beauty, soothing nature, and recent updates that improve performance on newer devices. While most reviews are positive, some users report technical issues like crashes on older iPads or missing features such as video export.
Mostly positive (92% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and being fun.
What people like
- Updates: “Please update for iPhone Duo!”
- Fun: “Super fun and creative app”
- Features & content: “Or an option to download the older version”
- Price & subscription: “(I’d definitely pay a few bucks for that)”
About Uzu, An Interactive Light Show
"This is doodling for digital natives . . . mind blowing." — Wired Magazine
"Uzu for iPad is endlessly complicated, simply fun." — Ars Technica
Uzu is a generative design playground — a math-physics-art toy for anyone who ever loved spirographs, fireworks, planetariums, lava lamps, light painting, kaleidoscopes, or graphing calculators. Touch the screen and watch thousands of particles swirl, spiral, and bloom in real time. Change the entire feel by simply changing how many fingers you use.
Relax. Play. Meditate. Create wallpapers. Or lose yourself for an hour tweaking symmetry, animation modes, and effects. Uzu is endlessly deep and simply fun.
Now completely rebuilt with a native Metal engine and a beautiful SwiftUI interface — smoother, richer, and more powerful than ever.
FEATURES
• Fully dynamic generative particle system
• 21 animation modes for each touch count (0 through 10)
• Rotational, translational, and reflective symmetry
• 122 factory presets plus unlimited user presets
• 10 visual effects: Glow, Warp, Kaleidoscope, Sparkle, Feedback, Color, Gradient, Pixelate, Scanlines, and Vignette
• Export and import presets — save, share, and back up your creations
• Fast preset switching, shake to hide the menu, adjustable quality settings
• Freeze mode, microphone reactivity, and thousands of possible combinations
• Create stunning backgrounds for iPhone and iPad
ACCLAIM
• Winner of Apple's "App of the Week"
• Apple Rewind: Best Generative Art and Sound App
• Reached #1 on the App Store
• Featured in Apple's "App Store Essentials Hall of Fame"
• Seen in the "Year of the iPad" video at the iPad keynote
• Featured as an Apple Staff Favorite
SUPPORT
Questions or stories? We'd love to hear from you.
[email protected]
www.colordodge.com
"Uzu for iPad is endlessly complicated, simply fun." — Ars Technica
Uzu is a generative design playground — a math-physics-art toy for anyone who ever loved spirographs, fireworks, planetariums, lava lamps, light painting, kaleidoscopes, or graphing calculators. Touch the screen and watch thousands of particles swirl, spiral, and bloom in real time. Change the entire feel by simply changing how many fingers you use.
Relax. Play. Meditate. Create wallpapers. Or lose yourself for an hour tweaking symmetry, animation modes, and effects. Uzu is endlessly deep and simply fun.
Now completely rebuilt with a native Metal engine and a beautiful SwiftUI interface — smoother, richer, and more powerful than ever.
FEATURES
• Fully dynamic generative particle system
• 21 animation modes for each touch count (0 through 10)
• Rotational, translational, and reflective symmetry
• 122 factory presets plus unlimited user presets
• 10 visual effects: Glow, Warp, Kaleidoscope, Sparkle, Feedback, Color, Gradient, Pixelate, Scanlines, and Vignette
• Export and import presets — save, share, and back up your creations
• Fast preset switching, shake to hide the menu, adjustable quality settings
• Freeze mode, microphone reactivity, and thousands of possible combinations
• Create stunning backgrounds for iPhone and iPad
ACCLAIM
• Winner of Apple's "App of the Week"
• Apple Rewind: Best Generative Art and Sound App
• Reached #1 on the App Store
• Featured in Apple's "App Store Essentials Hall of Fame"
• Seen in the "Year of the iPad" video at the iPad keynote
• Featured as an Apple Staff Favorite
SUPPORT
Questions or stories? We'd love to hear from you.
[email protected]
www.colordodge.com
Latest updates
4.2
Uzu 4.2 is here — and it’s a colorful one.
Meet the new Colors panel: your dedicated space for Simple mode, custom palettes, randomization, and palette animation.
———— Version 4.2 ————
• New Colors panel with Simple color mode
• Save, load, and animate your own color palettes
• Color randomization for fresh looks in one tap
• Favorite presets now appear at the top of the list
• Choose which preset category autoplay uses
• 22 new factory presets
• New Gradient effect
• Glow effect: additional parameters
• Kaleidoscope: new Radial mode, plus pinch and rotate gestures
• Improved tunnel warp parameters
• Better macOS (Designed for iPad) support
• Improved line rendering at reduced quality
• Various UI improvements
———— Version 4.1 ————
• Added 45 factory presets
• Added all 55 legacy factory Presets
• You can now tap the Preset section header to quickly jump to a specific section
• Added grid mode to the preset panel - access it by tapping the preset section header
———— Version 4.0 ————
Uzu has been completely rebuilt from the ground up — faster, more beautiful, and more powerful than ever.
• All-new Metal rendering engine for smoother, richer particle visuals
• Redesigned SwiftUI interface that's cleaner and easier to use
• 9 new shader effects: Glow, Warp, Kaleidoscope, Sparkle, Feedback, Color, Pixelate, Scanlines, and Vignette
• 67 refreshed factory presets, ready to explore
• Export and import presets — share your creations or back them up
• Fast preset switching — jump between presets from the screen edges
• Shake to show or hide the interface for an uninterrupted light show
• Choose render quality from Low to Ultra
• Reorder your user presets
• Save over the current preset when tweaking a favorite look
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