Fireworks vs AR Bobbles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fireworks
Create custom fireworks displays with text and characters. Input your message, launch fireworks, and share your creations. Make the text frame invisible for a unique visual experience.
- Launch fireworks with text
- Customizable text frames
- Shareable capture screens
- Fireworks emoticons
- Invisible text frame option
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Fireworks app that launches favorite characters Tell your thoughts with fireworks! Share the capture screen to everyone! For the operation, enter characters in the frame at the bottom of the screen. Pushing fire button will fire fireworks. You can also make the frame of the text invisible. It is fun to set some characters and let someone shoot you. ! Fireworks Emoticons may be interesting too! (^ ^)!
AR Bobbles
Experience Augmented Reality by bringing custom bobbleheads to life. Place virtual characters, from athletes to celebrities, in your real-world environment.
- Augmented Reality integration
- Bring virtual characters to life
- Custom bobblehead creation
- Place characters in real-world environments
- Athlete and celebrity models
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Using the power of Augmented Reality, bring your favorite athlete, celebrity, or even your own custom bobblehead to life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fireworks at 5.0 against AR Bobbles's 4.2. AR Bobbles's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Fireworks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AR Bobbles has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fireworks ships an update every 19 months, AR Bobbles monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fireworks | AR Bobbles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kume toru | brandVR |
Customer experience
Fireworks
AR Bobbles
In-app purchases
Fireworks
No in-app purchases
AR Bobbles
No in-app purchases
