Idle Fireworks vs Punkster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Fireworks
Launch beautiful fireworks and experience a sense of calm. This simulation game offers a relaxing escape, playable offline during downtime like meetings or classes.
- Launch beautiful fireworks
- Relaxing simulation
- Free to play
- No internet required
- Play offline
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Let 's launch beautiful fireworks and be healed! - Free to play - No internet connection required - Play in a boring meeting or class
Punkster
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Punkster is a music guessing game built for people who know their way around punk, hardcore, emo, post-hardcore, heavy rock, and scene-adjacent classics. It is made for the kind of night where deep cuts matter, release years spark arguments, and somebody always swears they know the intro in the first two seconds. Play in three ways: - Scan Mode: scan a Punkster QR card and let the track start instantly - Random Mode: pick a surprise track from the in-app catalog without scanning a card - Quiz Mode: judge claims about a song's year, artist, or title in a ten-track solo session How it works: - In Scan and Random, guess the artist, title, and release year - Slide to reveal the answer in Punkster's full-screen style - In Quiz, swipe no or yes, see the real song facts, and start the next track - Finish ten Quiz tracks to see your score, best streak, and high score What makes Punkster different: - built around punk, hardcore, emo, post-hardcore, and heavy rock energy - great for players with deep scene knowledge, not just mainstream chart memory - fast round flow for parties, birthdays, and pre-drinks - dramatic reveal countdown for the payoff moment - works with physical QR cards, spontaneous Random rounds, or a focused solo Quiz Features: - fast QR card scanning - Random Mode for spontaneous rounds - ten-track true-or-false Quiz with a persistent high score - dramatic reveal countdown - one-phone party setup - built-in in-app playback from the current standalone catalog Important: - camera access is used for QR card scanning - Random and Quiz modes can be used without physical cards - works on launch without another app installed - no additional music app is required to start playing Punkster is for loud rooms, strong opinions, obscure intros, and the special kind of joy that comes from knowing exactly when that record came out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Punkster at none against Idle Fireworks's shown. Punkster also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Idle Fireworks's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.
Idle Fireworks ships an update every 2 months, Punkster every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Fireworks | Punkster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (74 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HENN Inc. | Jakob Hormann |
In-app purchases
Idle Fireworks
No in-app purchases
Punkster
No in-app purchases









