Amaziograph is a great app for creating beautiful symmetrical patterns but also is a great app for geometry. It costs to date $1.49 but if you are a part of the Apple Volume purchasing programme it will have a 50% discount when buying 20 units or more.With the new iPads targeted at education, you will be able to use the apple pencil for precision drawing.
You can do
- mirror
- rotation
- 2 mirror kaleidoscope
- 3 mirror kaleidoscope
Use this app to show the line of symmetry, create translational and slide tessellations, create Escher inspired artworks.
Have a look at this blog post 'Translational Tessellations' for some more ideas.