Ringing Room vs SAFFIRE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ringing Room
This application provides a virtual space for bell ringers to connect and practice together online. Users can create their own virtual bell towers or join existing ones, with features for ringing bells, making calls, and assigning roles. It offers a collaborative environment for practicing bell ringing techniques.
- Create virtual bell towers
- Join existing towers
- Ring bells virtually
- Make calls within towers
- Assign ringers to bells
- Switch between hand and tower bells
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Ringing Room is an online platform that allows bell ringers to ring together online. With this app you can make your own tower, or join other people's towers. Once inside a tower, you can: • Ring the bells! • Make calls • Assign ringers to bells • Change the tower size • Switch between hand bells and tower bells • Send messages to the other ringers • Control Wheatley Features coming soon: • Ability to change tower settings • User account settings
SAFFIRE
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The SAFFIRE app allows you to participate in a public virtual mass choir workshop with the BBC Singers. This virtual choir workshop offers you a rare opportunity to sing as part of the BBC singers and immerse yourself in the BBC Maida Vale studio. You can join the BBC singers live from your home on your mobile phone or tablet. The BBC Singers will be in their home studio at BBC Maida Vale. During the one hour workshop you will rehearse a newly commissioned piece with the BBC Singers that will be recorded by the app at the end of the session. You will be able to upload your singing recording at the end of the session and it will become part of the BBC Singers' Centenary Concert at The Barbican in October 2024. To take part in the virtual choir workshop on 21st May sign up at https://saffire.york.ac.uk/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SAFFIRE at daily against Ringing Room's every 18 months. SAFFIRE also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ringing Room ships an update every 18 months, SAFFIRE daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ringing Room | SAFFIRE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Goodship | University of York |
In-app purchases
Ringing Room
No in-app purchases
SAFFIRE
No in-app purchases
