Comparison

ARvid Augmented Reality vs Firelight

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

Head to head
About

ARvid Augmented Reality

Create immersive augmented reality scenes by placing 3D animated objects and your own imported models into your real world. Record videos and photos of your creations to share with others, or paint and type in 3D space.

Highlights
  • Add 3D animated objects
  • Import custom 3D models
  • Paint and type in 3D
  • Record AR videos and photos
  • Share scenes on social media
  • Place photos in AR
Features
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Place 3D animated objects in your real world and take videos to share with friends. Create your own augmented reality scenes and share them with anyone. Features: + Add 3D realistic models from : + Wildlife Pack + Cats & Dogs Pack + Dinosaurs Pack + Aquatic Pack + Role Play Pack + Sci Fi Pack + Human anatomy pack + Space Pack + Plants Pack + Food Pack + Music Instruments Pack + 360 Pack + Magic Pack + Vehicles Pack + Monuments Pack + Horror Pack + Pyro Pack + Fracture Pack +Share your scenes with anyone. + Import your own 3D models and upload them to the cloud. + Place your photos in AR + Choose from a range of brushes and colors to paint in 3D by moving your device + Type anything you want in 3D and place your text and/or animated emojis all around you + Take videos and photos of your scenes + Supports landscape and portrait + Share your videos and photos on your favorite social media platforms If you choose to purchase ARvid Pro, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Current ARvid Pro subscription price starts at $9.99 USD/month and a 12-month package is available. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy Policy and terms & and conditions : https://arvid.app/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Firelight

Experience a realistic pixelated fireplace on your device. Interact with the flames by blowing, touching, or shaking your phone, and choose from five color themes and customizable settings. Enjoy ambient fire sounds to complete the immersive experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive flame physics
  • Blow to disturb flame
  • Touch to interact
  • Shake for storm effect
  • Five color themes
  • Customizable flame speed and height
  • Ambient fireplace sound
Features
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It's 11 PM. The room is dark. You set your phone on the nightstand, tap the screen, and a fire begins to glow — tiny embers first, then rising flames, flickering across a grid of luminous dots like a miniature LED fireplace. Up close, you see the individual dots. From across the room, it's indistinguishable from a real flame. Blow to Disturb Lean in and blow. The microphone picks up your breath and the flame bends, flickers wildly, dims toward extinction — then slowly, gently recovers. It feels alive. Touch to Push Drag your finger through the flame. It parts like water, leaving a dark trail that fills back in as the fire reclaims its space. The embers at the base flare bright where you touch, like poking hot coals with a stick. Shake to Storm Give your phone a shake. The flame erupts into chaos — violent gusts tear through it, the fire scatters and fights to survive. Stop shaking and watch it slowly find its calm again. Flip to Suffocate Turn your phone face-down. The fire senses it's been cut off from air and gradually chokes out, dimming to nothing. Flip it back, and the flame reignites from the embers. Five Color Themes Classic warm orange. Eerie green. Deep purple. Cool cyan. And a stunning rainbow mode where the flame shifts through the entire spectrum from left to right — even the embers glow in matching hues. Tuned to Your Taste Adjust flame speed from a slow, meditative sway to a lively crackle. Set the height from a subtle glow to towering flames that climb past the top of your screen. Choose your LED dot size — small and dense for detail, large and bold for that chunky pixel-art look. Real Fireplace Sound A warm, crackling fire audio loop plays in the background, completing the illusion. Toggle it off for silent ambiance. Your Settings, Everywhere All preferences sync to iCloud. Uninstall, reinstall, switch devices — your fire is exactly how you left it. No ads. No subscriptions. No data collection. Just fire. Light it up. Breathe. Let the world slow down.

Screenshots

ARvid Augmented Reality4 screens
Firelight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ARvid Augmented Reality at Free against Firelight's $9.99. ARvid Augmented Reality also leads on ratings volume (7.9K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Firelight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, 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

ARvid Augmented Reality is free to download; Firelight costs $9.99 up front. ARvid Augmented Reality sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Firelight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Firelight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ARvid Augmented Reality has 7.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of ARvid Augmented Reality's written reviews are positive against 100% of Firelight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARvid Augmented Reality ships an update every 5 weeks, Firelight every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ARvid Augmented Reality versus Firelight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARvid Augmented RealityFirelight
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.6 (7.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElie F. Gebran想 李

Customer experience

ARvid Augmented Reality

All ratings7,855 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.4%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral10.6%
Negative18.4%

Firelight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ARvid Augmented Reality

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty importing custom 3D models
  • Recording issues with shaky/glitchy video
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free content options
  • Ability to control/animate models
  • Improved camera integration
  • Customization options for models
  • Support for user-created 3D models

Firelight

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

ARvid Augmented Reality

Subscriptions4
  • Import Pro 1 month$9.991 Month
  • ARvid Pro 1 Month$9.991 Month
  • Import Pro 12 months$19.991 Year
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  • ARvid Pro 1 Year$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • All Packs$19.99
None

Firelight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARvid Augmented Reality free?
ARvid Augmented Reality is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Firelight free?
Firelight costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ARvid Augmented Reality or Firelight?
Firelight is rated higher. ARvid Augmented Reality averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7.9K ratings, while Firelight averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ARvid Augmented Reality or Firelight have ads?
Neither ARvid Augmented Reality nor Firelight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARvid Augmented Reality or Firelight?
ARvid Augmented Reality ships an update every 5 weeks, and Firelight every 2 months. Most recently, ARvid Augmented Reality was updated on October 24, 2026 and Firelight on October 25, 2026.

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