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 • 67 factory presets plus unlimited user presets • 9 visual effects: Glow, Warp, Kaleidoscope, Sparkle, Feedback, Color, 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. jason@colordodge.com www.colordodge.com

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 Thank you for being part of Uzu's journey since 2010. We hope you love this new chapter.

Developer

Colordodge Labs

Main Category

Entertainment

Version

4.0

Version Release

2026-06-11

Initial Release

2010-06-12

Size

13 MB

Age Rating

4+

Price

USD 3.99

Languages

EN

Bundle ID

com.colordodge.uzu

Version Rating

★ 4.80 (257)

First Seen

2026-05-31

Metadata updated 2026-06-16

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