Comparison

コラボカフェ vs Distributed Fire

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

Head to head
About

コラボカフェ

Discover limited-time collaboration events for anime, manga, games, and more. Find details on cafes, exhibitions, merchandise, and other pop-up experiences across Japan. Stay updated with daily hot information and personalize your feed with favorite series.

Highlights
  • Collaboration cafe event listings
  • Exhibitions, merchandise, and live event info
  • Article bookmarking
  • Topic and comment features
  • Search by keyword, region, and date
  • Personalized feed for favorite series
  • Event genre categorization
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Collaboration cafes, pop-up stores and limited-edition merchandise for anime, manga, games and voice actors across Japan — new events posted every day. Follow the titles you love, and only their news reaches you. Save an event you like and it goes straight onto your calendar. ■ Follow your favorites Follow a title and we'll send you a push notification when something happens: - a new collaboration is announced - reservations or sales open - the event starts Notifications can be turned on and off per title, and you can reorder your list so your favorite comes first. ■ Want-to-go list and calendar Save an event and its dates appear on the in-app calendar. Add it to your phone's calendar in one tap. For releases and application deadlines, reminders arrive the day before and on the day. ■ Several ways to search - By title (Japanese syllabary filter and keyword search) - By category (collab cafes, pop-up stores, exhibitions, theme parks, goods, lottery prizes and more) - By area (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and elsewhere) - By keyword Permanent shops are listed too, not just limited-time events. ■ Your visit log Mark events as visited and look back on your history by title and by month. ■ Merchandise in context When official merchandise is available for an article, it appears right there. Tap through to Anime Store.jp for details. ■ Japanese, English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese Visiting Japan? Articles that have been translated are shown in your language. ■ No account needed to browse Reading requires no sign-up. Create an account with email, Apple or Google only when you want to follow titles, save events or keep a visit log. Operated by CollaboCafe Inc. Website: https://collabo-cafe.com Terms: https://collabo-cafe.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://collabo-cafe.com/privacy-policy-app

About

Distributed Fire

Experience a unique digital artwork that you can collect and share. Light a flame from an exhibition to take it home, and then share it with others through the app. See how your artwork spreads on a dynamic map.

Highlights
  • Collect digital artwork flames
  • Share flames with other users
  • View flame spread on a map
  • Interactive exhibition experience
  • Take artwork home
Features
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This app can be used at the following exhibitions: - teamLab Planets (Toyosu, Tokyo) - teamLab Ruins and Heritage Rinkan Spa & Tea Ceremony (Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu) --- Distributed Fire is an artwork that can be shared between people. You can also receive this artwork from specified works and bring it home with you. Light the Flame When you approach the flame of an artwork, your flame will ignite and you can take the artwork home with you. Share the Flame If you approach other people with this app, you can share your flame with them. See the Map of the Flame The flames that are shared and spread, as well as the flames shared and spread by you, are displayed on the map in the app.

Screenshots

コラボカフェ4 screens
Distributed Fire3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: コラボカフェ at 5.0 against Distributed Fire's 3.6. コラボカフェ also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Distributed Fire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

コラボカフェ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Distributed Fire has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of コラボカフェ's written reviews are positive against 25% of Distributed Fire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

コラボカフェ ships an update every 2 days, Distributed Fire every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
コラボカフェ versus Distributed Fire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterコラボカフェDistributed Fire
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.6 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews31.1% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings320 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB88 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer株式会社コラボカフェteamLab Inc.

Customer experience

コラボカフェ

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive31.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative57.8%

Distributed Fire

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative68.8%

In-app purchases

None

コラボカフェ

No in-app purchases

None

Distributed Fire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is コラボカフェ free?
コラボカフェ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Distributed Fire free?
Distributed Fire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, コラボカフェ or Distributed Fire?
コラボカフェ is rated higher. コラボカフェ averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Distributed Fire averages 3.6 from 20 ratings.
Do コラボカフェ or Distributed Fire have ads?
コラボカフェ shows ads; Distributed Fire does not.
Which is updated more often, コラボカフェ or Distributed Fire?
コラボカフェ ships an update every 2 days, and Distributed Fire every 3 months. Most recently, コラボカフェ was updated on October 13, 2026 and Distributed Fire on October 2, 2026.

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