Comparison

Blower vs The Top Notch

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

Head to head
About

Blower

Simulate blowing air from your device's speaker to interact with virtual flames. Features include blowing out candles, making flames dance to music, and controlling them with your voice. Optimize airflow for the best experience.

Highlights
  • Blow out candles and lighter flames
  • Flames dance to music beat
  • Control flames with voice
  • Automatic gun mode for flame shiver
  • Optimize airflow with built-in tuner
  • Interactive touch rotor with sparks
  • Birthday iMessage Stickerpack
Features
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"It blows air!", CNN --- Unlock the new mind-blowing feature on your iPhone and iPad: Blow out candle or lighter flames, let flames dance to the music beat, or control flames with your voice! Blower uses secret hardware features of your device, check below for the Blower Power. • "Believe it or not, it blows air!" , Gizmodo • Knocked Ellen Degeneres right out of her chair during her TV talkshow! • "a one-of-a-kind application that pushes the iPhone’s functionality and awesomeness even further", krapps.com • Ranked overall #1 in 20+ countries in the App Store • 40+ YouTube movies of users all around the world • "This is both totally stupid and incredibly brilliant", youtube comment by "mambokurtz" Try it yourself and be amazed... Start your Blower and feel the air flowing from the speaker opening. Fun party trick examples: • BLOW mode: blow out candles and lighter flames • BEAT mode: let flames dance to the music beat, or control flames with your voice! • GUN mode: let flames shiver with automatic gun mode • TUNER mode: adjust the blower engine to optimize air flow on your device • Touch the blower rotor: drive it yourself and see the sparks • Birthday iMessage Stickerpack Curious? Watch the blower in action on BlowerApp.com, or search for "iPhone blower" on YouTube. Have fun, Qneo BLOWER POWER For maximum blowing power, remove protective covers/casings that could block the air flow, use maximum audio volume, optimize with the built-in tuner, and ensure no dust has accumulated in your speaker opening. You can verify the cool air flow by holding the speaker opening close to your mouth. When blowing out candles, don't burn your device!

About

The Top Notch

Personalize your iPhone's notch with unique and stylish wallpapers. Choose from avant-garde, vintage, or lovely styles to make your device stand out. Enjoy simple operation and frequent updates with new templates.

Highlights
  • Original notch templates
  • Exquisite wallpaper polishing
  • Avant-garde, vintage, and lovely styles
  • Ear and city series wallpapers
  • Simple operation
  • Quick updates with new templates
Features
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Top Notch is a beautifying application of the iPhone's notch. 【Features】 1. Original template, exquisite polishing. Make your iPhone X notch free to personalize; 2. The choice of wallpapers is not vulgar. Style of avant-garde wind,vintage style and lovely wind; "Ear series" and "city series" are the classic ones, which are the "great love" of countless users. 3. Simple operation, easy to handle. 4. Update quickly and be enthusiastic. More updated and wonderful templates and wallpaper images have been included in the upcoming update plan. Hope that our enthusiasm can pass to you in this winter.When light the phone screen, smile could be the shortest distance between you and us. Thank you.

Screenshots

Blower4 screens
The Top Notch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Top Notch at 100% against Blower's 53%. The Top Notch also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Blower's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 22). On update cadence, ads, device support 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

Blower costs $1.99 and The Top Notch $0.99 up front. The Top Notch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Top Notch holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blower has 1.3K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Blower's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Top Notch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blower ships an update every 9 months, The Top Notch every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Blower versus The Top Notch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlowerThe Top Notch
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (1.3K ratings)4.9 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQneoZane Inc.

Customer experience

Blower

All ratings1,339 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews344 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative41.3%

The Top Notch

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Blower

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Damages phone speakers
  • Automatically sets volume to max

Requested features

3 requests
  • More powerful air flow
  • Additional modes or features
  • Volume control options

The Top Notch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Blower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Top Notch

One-time1
  • unlock all templatesFree

Questions

Is Blower free?
Blower costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Top Notch free?
The Top Notch costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blower or The Top Notch?
The Top Notch is rated higher. Blower averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while The Top Notch averages 4.9 from 22 ratings.
Do Blower or The Top Notch have ads?
Neither Blower nor The Top Notch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blower or The Top Notch?
Blower ships an update every 9 months, and The Top Notch every 8 months. Most recently, Blower was updated on October 17, 2026 and The Top Notch on October 17, 2026.

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