Chill Zones vs subflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chill Zones
Transform your Apple TV into a personalized display with custom video screensavers. Import your own videos, including personal footage or promotional content, to loop endlessly. Your videos are stored privately in iCloud and accessible only from your account.
- Custom video screensavers
- Import any video
- No ads
- Private iCloud storage
- Video overview before upload
- Fireplace/aquarium screensavers
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Create screensavers for your Apple TV. Import your own videos to play them in the Apple TV version of Chill Zones. It is that easy. No account registration required. Videos are stored securely in your private iCloud and are accessible only from the same account on the Apple TV as was used to upload them. Chill Zones is free and without any ads. Features: *Create custom video screensavers *Import any video as looped screensaver *No ads *Stored privately in your iCloud *Quick video overview before upload (to verify resolution, size) *More video screensavers for your Apple TV *You can even create custom fireplace or aquarium screensaver :-) *Loop promotional videos in your store *Also works great to play your own drone footage Chill Zones is free and does not contain any ads. If you like the app, please consider giving it a rating or better yet write a review or tell your friends! Thanks.
subflow
Create dynamic music visualizations for any setting. Control modes, speed, and beat patterns with intuitive screen gestures. Advanced users can leverage UDP and OS2L for complex control with DJ software.
- Gesture-based control for modes, speed, and beats
- Beat pattern customization
- UDP command sequencing
- OS2L integration with DJ software
- Color customization via long press
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Crisp visualizations for your music stage or living room. Tap left or right edge of screen to change modes. Vertical swipes change speed. Tap the upper half of the screen several times to set a beat pattern. Tap the lower half to cancel or to add single beats. Horizontal swipes fine-tune the beat alignment. Long press will change color. You can also send more complex command sequences over UDP, and you can control via OS2L using most DJ software. See http://subflow.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: subflow at every 6 days against Chill Zones's every 6 weeks. Chill Zones's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (76% vs 67%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Chill Zones holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Chill Zones's written reviews are positive against 67% of subflow's.
Chill Zones ships an update every 6 weeks, subflow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chill Zones | subflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (53 ratings) — better | 4.3 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Filip Nemecek | Ello Skelling Productions |
Customer experience
Chill Zones
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In-app purchases
Chill Zones
No in-app purchases
subflow
No in-app purchases
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