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At a Glance
Kivy
Kivy
Star Rating
(21)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Unity
Unity
Star Rating
(358)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Unity

Kivy vs Unity

  • Reviewers felt that Unity meets the needs of their business better than Kivy.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Unity is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Unity over Kivy.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Kivy
No pricing available
Unity
No pricing available
Free Trial
Kivy
No trial information available
Unity
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
7.5
19
8.8
304
Ease of Use
7.8
20
8.6
303
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.4
51
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
7.9
44
Quality of Support
7.9
19
8.3
284
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.4
45
Product Direction (% positive)
5.9
20
9.2
294
Features by Category
Not enough data
8.2
533
Design
Not enough data
7.9
44
Not enough data
7.5
45
Not enough data
7.8
47
Not enough data
7.6
45
Not enough data
8.5
50
Move
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
8.8
51
Store & Manage
Not enough data
8.5
49
Not enough data
8.5
50
Not enough data
8.0
48
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
998
Visual Fidelity
Not enough data
8.5
121
Not enough data
8.4
117
Not enough data
8.4
118
Creation Tools
Not enough data
8.2
101
Not enough data
8.2
106
Not enough data
7.8
103
Not enough data
8.3
119
Not enough data
7.4
106
Not enough data
7.8
107
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Kivy
Kivy
Unity
Unity
Kivy and Unity share no categories
Unique Categories
Kivy
Kivy is categorized as Python Web Frameworks
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Kivy
Kivy
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
66.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
23.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
9.5%
Unity
Unity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
73.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
7.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Kivy
Kivy
Computer Software
47.6%
Marketing and Advertising
9.5%
Information Technology and Services
4.8%
Industrial Automation
4.8%
Higher Education
4.8%
Other
28.6%
Unity
Unity
Computer Games
39.8%
Computer Software
11.0%
Entertainment
6.9%
Information Technology and Services
4.9%
Animation
4.3%
Other
33.1%
Most Helpful Reviews
Kivy
Kivy
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Calvin L.
CL
Calvin L.
Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

The online community (IRC, forums) is a great place to learn. The users are extremely helpful and nice. KV language is great. Kivy is great for building a cross platform application. Easy to port to android.

Most Helpful Critical Review
David G.
DG
David G.
Verified User in Government Administration

The lack of dynamic support; the inability to debug the code using standard Python debuggers; the attitude/unhelpfulness of the experts in the community. (Again, it's been 5 yrs since I used Kivy, so these things might have changed; additionally, I was...

Unity
Unity
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alonso P.
AP
Alonso P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

The best thing that I like about Unity is once you understand how to use a big part of the tools that Unity gives you, create any project will be a process that you enjoy from the beginning. You can use the programming Language that you can feel comfortable...

Most Helpful Critical Review
ID
Ieva D.
Verified User in Computer Games

Since updating to Unity 5.5 version I'm experiencing a lot of visual glitches like random red lines, some spaces suddenly becoming black etc. My coworkers experience similar problems as well. No such problems occured in 5.4 version. It also has some little...

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Discussions
Kivy
Kivy Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Kivy has no discussions with answers
Unity
Unity Discussions
Is Unity PLUS subscription need to pay monthly for a year?
2 comments
Zack B.
ZB
Hey Zulkifli, good question! In the jump between Unity Personal and Unity Plus, it doesn't seem Unity has a month-to-month subscription option. If you're...Read more
will unity always will have only one language support?
2 comments
Ernesto S.
ES
I agree with Luuk, It doesn't look like unity developers have in mind that, they are implementing DOTS (Data-Oriented Technology Stack) so it will change...Read more
What are the most compatible tools for models
2 comments
Matt A.
MA
3DS Max outputs its models as right handed models which most 3D packages use, Blender outputs models that are left handed. Unity uses the left handed...Read more