Comparison

Fireplacebo vs Oscilluma

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time 3D fire scenes
  • Digital clock display
  • Fire, Rainbow, Plasma, Ice themes
  • Adjustable flame intensity
  • Dynamic sound effects
  • No lengthy downloads
Features
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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!"

About

Oscilluma

Features
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Turn your screen into living art. Drift through glowing tunnels, flowing glass, unfolding forms and cosmic landscapes. Oscilluma creates its visuals in real time on your device, bringing color and movement to quiet evenings, creative spaces and time with friends. Open a visual world, find a look you love and let it move. No account or phone pairing is required. START FREE Explore Vortex with four included looks. Preview Pro worlds before deciding to unlock more. ONE PURCHASE, MORE WORLDS Oscilluma Pro is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks all 21 visual worlds and 126 authored looks: 20 more worlds and 122 more looks beyond the free collection. No subscription or ads. Each world has its own visual character. Looks are carefully chosen variations within those worlds, rather than separate effects. MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN On iPhone and iPad, explore the world and look library with a live canvas. Pro lets you adjust Palette, Motion, Energy and Detail for your selected look. On Apple TV, browse with the Siri Remote, choose a world and hide the controls for full-screen art. Select a palette to apply it; moving focus between palette cards keeps your current colors. Pro includes 17 curated color palettes alongside each world's default. Turn on Autoplay to move through the worlds available to you. On Apple Vision Pro, explore and tune the art in a spatial window. Pro also lets you save and recall your own Rooms. Oscilluma runs as an app you open. It does not replace the Apple TV system screen saver. The visuals move independently; music and sound response are not included.

Screenshots

Fireplacebo4 screens
Oscilluma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fireplacebo at none against Oscilluma's 1. Fireplacebo also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Oscilluma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fireplacebo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fireplacebo versus Oscilluma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireplaceboOscilluma
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHerbert DombrowskiPETALUMAPALMER LLC

In-app purchases

None

Fireplacebo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Oscilluma

One-time1
  • Oscilluma Pro — Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Fireplacebo free?
Fireplacebo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oscilluma free?
Oscilluma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fireplacebo or Oscilluma have ads?
Neither Fireplacebo nor Oscilluma shows ads.

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