Flame Services Browser vs Ceiling Fan Balancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flame Services Browser
Discover and interact with services on your local wireless network. This utility lists available Bonjour (ZeroConf) services, displays their details, and allows you to launch compatible applications directly from the service listing.
- Discover Bonjour/ZeroConf services
- Browse services by server
- View detailed service information
- Copy service details
- Launch compatible applications
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Flame is a browser for Bonjour (also known as ZeroConf) network services. It lists the services advertised on your wireless network and you can browse them by server. When selecting a service, its advertised details are displayed. You can copy any of the service details by long-pressing a row. If an application on your iPhone or iPod touch can handle any of the advertised services, a command to open it right away is provided.
Ceiling Fan Balancer
Eliminate ceiling fan wobble with this app. It uses your phone's camera to measure wobble strength and guide you in placing weights for a balanced fan. Fix wobbles quickly and easily without guesswork.
- Dynamic wobble balancing
- Phone camera wobble detection
- Weight placement calculation
- Blade-specific wobble recording
- Real-time wobble strength
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No guessing. No trial and error. Fix the wobble quickly and easily! Dynamically balance your ceiling fan using your phone. This app determines which blades and where to place weights to offset the wobble. Preparation: •Clean fan. •Tighten all screws. Instructions: •Draw a dot on masking tape and place it on the fan. •Number the blades. •Hold phone under the fan and record the wobble. Check Wobble: •Simply point the camera at the dot to get the wobble strength in realtime. Balance Fan: •Place a clip on each blade. Record the wobble of each blade. The best position to place counterweights is calculated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flame Services Browser at Free against Ceiling Fan Balancer's $2.99. Flame Services Browser also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and device support (3 vs 1). Ceiling Fan Balancer's advantage is ratings volume (128 vs 17) and iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.1). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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
Flame Services Browser is free to download; Ceiling Fan Balancer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flame Services Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ceiling Fan Balancer has 128 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Flame Services Browser's written reviews are positive against 81% of Ceiling Fan Balancer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flame Services Browser ships an update every 6 months, Ceiling Fan Balancer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Services Browser | Ceiling Fan Balancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | 4.2 (128 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 128 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Insam | pseudomath LLC |
Customer experience
Flame Services Browser
Ceiling Fan Balancer
Bugs and requests
Flame Services Browser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ceiling Fan Balancer
Reported bugs
10 issues- App fails to detect blade movement on vaulted ceilings
- Camera dot recognition fails with certain tape colors
- App freezes on blade measurement stage
- Incompatible with iPhone 14 and iPad 10.6
- Front camera not activating on some devices
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- App crashes or doesn't progress past first blade
- Inconsistent wobble readings between runs
- Blade numbering direction confusion causes incorrect results
- Weight placement recommendations fall on motor housing instead of blade
- App unable to recognize fan on iPad devices
Requested features
10 requests- Support for 2-blade and 10+ blade fans
- Clarification on distance measurements (center vs blade tip)
- Follow-up adjustment recommendations without full restart
- Zoom functionality for camera view
- Auto-advance between blade measurements
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- Support for fans with rotating housing
- Better UX flow between weight placement steps
- Logging feature to track weight positions and wobble scores
- Optional single-clip/weight balancing mode
- Improved English translation in app text
In-app purchases
Flame Services Browser
No in-app purchases
Ceiling Fan Balancer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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