Fireplacebo vs Physarum Ambient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fireplacebo
Transform your device into a virtual fireplace with real-time 3D flames and digital clock displays. Choose from various color themes and adjust flame intensity for a mesmerizing visual experience. Enjoy dynamic sound effects or play your own music.
- Real-time 3D fire scenes
- Digital clock display
- Fire, Rainbow, Plasma, Ice themes
- Adjustable flame intensity
- Dynamic sound effects
- No lengthy downloads
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• Relaxing, real-time 3D fire and digital clock scenes • Fire, Rainbow, Plasma and Ice color themes • Adjustable intensity • Dynamic SFX ( can be turned off if you prefer to listen to your own favourite music ) Turn your phone or tablet into a fireplace - with a twist: don't wait for 120+ hours of HD video to be downloaded and enjoy beautifully crafted polygon flames dancing on your screen in no time! Some feedback from our testers: - "I could watch the flames for hours. Really mesmerizing!" - "Wow. Just wow!" - "This fireplace looks awesome!"
Physarum Ambient
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Physarum turns the emergent behaviour of slime mold into living, breathing art. Thousands of agents lay down and follow trails, and from those simple rules intricate, ever-shifting patterns emerge. Shape them with a full parameter editor, let them react to music through your microphone, and capture stills, videos, or Live Photos. On Apple TV, Physarum becomes a lean-back ambient display you steer from the couch or mirror live from your phone. - Full authoring editor: tune agents, sensing, deposition, decay, colour, post-FX - Audio-reactive: the visuals pulse and bloom to sound - Capture: high-res stills, video clips, Live Photos - Apple TV ambient mode with phone control - Curated presets to start from; save your own
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Fireplacebo at 13.0 against Physarum Ambient's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Fireplacebo | Physarum Ambient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Herbert Dombrowski | Johannes Kaindl |
In-app purchases
Fireplacebo
No in-app purchases
Physarum Ambient
No in-app purchases
Questions
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