The Bondfire vs MLOAD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Bondfire
This app transforms your phone into a virtual centerpiece to foster conversation and connection among friends and family. It creates a growing 3D campfire experience, encouraging shared stories and bringing warmth to gatherings, whether in person or remote.
- Virtual centerpiece for conversations
- 3D log stacking campfire
- Growing fire visual
- Remote user voice participation
- Facilitates family connections
- Manages screen time during meals
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Our ancestors gathered around bonfires. It was a place to come together and exchange stories, play music and share knowledge that laid the foundations for our cultures. The Bondfire app pays homage to that, enabling friends and families to unite over the festive season whether physically together or apart. Our collective appetite for screen time means the art of conversation is being lost, which is especially evident during the holidays. The Bondfire app has been designed to manage screen time around the dinner table by turning your phone into a rich virtual centrepiece for sparking great conversations. Start a Bondfire and share the unique code with your loved ones. Each phone becomes a 3D log to stack together creating a fire that grows bigger and brighter as each new person joins to the comforting sound of crackling flames, evoking the warmth of a real fire. The Bondfire experience provides a visually inviting new way to facilitate connections and bring magic and delight to families this holiday season, while voice capabilities enable remote users to join the conversation from afar.
MLOAD
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MLoad allows visually and hearing-impaired people to access accessibility content so they can follow and enjoy movies currently in theaters, festivals, TV shows, or series on streaming apps. You must download the accessibility content in advance according to your needs, and during the screening, MLoad will use ambient sound to synchronize and present the accessibility features simultaneously with the displayed content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Bondfire at every 3 days against MLOAD's every 2 weeks. The Bondfire also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). 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.
The Bondfire ships an update every 3 days, MLOAD every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Bondfire | MLOAD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AKQA Limited | MAV Comunicacao Acessivel Sem Barreiras LTDA |
In-app purchases
The Bondfire
No in-app purchases
MLOAD
No in-app purchases
