Comparison

Miracle Modus vs ElfYourself®

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

Head to head
About

Miracle Modus

This app provides a calming visual and auditory experience with hypnotic rainbows and soft bells. Designed to help mitigate sensory overload, it features mathematically patterned lights and interactive modes. Users can customize the experience by disabling unwanted modes and adjusting sounds.

Highlights
  • Hypnotic rainbow lights
  • Soft bell sounds
  • Mathematically patterned visuals
  • Interactive display modes
  • Customizable sound and mode settings
  • Performance benchmarking
Features
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"It goes ding and you feel better." -- Jesse H., noted fantasy author and spouse The Miracle Modus is a source of hypnotic rainbows and soft bells. I'm autistic, and I wrote this because I wanted something to mitigate sensory overload. I find mathematically-patterned rainbow lights very soothing. After I showed it to a couple of friends and they had similar experiences, I decided to publish it. The first time you open the app, it will make a bit of noise and draw a bunch of lines, squares, and hexes. Once it's done this it should have a guess as to how fast your device is, and be able to perform decently. This is a little unreliable still; improvements are planned. More testimonials from users: "I can stop watching this whenever I want to, I just don't want to right now." -- Magical Princess Lory, webcomic artist "It changed my life and perception. Whether it was for the best remains to be seen." -- brightwave, app developer "I was so overloaded my face went numb and I couldn't get up off the couch, so he showed me the app and said to give it a try, and I felt relaxed for the first time in days. If you are stuck on the couch whimpering, try to slide this app under your prostrate face as soon as possible." -- Luka D., webcomic artist "It's so cool I can't even look at it." - Lerg, app developer USAGE: Watch the pretty lights. Want different pretty lights? Tap in any corner, then tap the arrows to change modes. Most modes are at least a little interactive, but sometimes it is pretty subtle. After you've explored a bit, you may find you prefer some modes, or don't like some of them. We've thought of that! SETTINGS: Tap in any corner, then tap on the gear to bring up the settings page. This allows you to change (or disable) the sounds, enable or disable modes so you only see your favorites, or re-run the benchmark phase if you think it got bogus results. SUPPORT: See the support page. Feel free to email suggestions for display modes you'd like to see, as I enjoy writing new display modes. If you wish to report the app being slow or erratic, be sure to tell me what device you've got, and what it's doing. KNOWN ISSUES: Performance is not as reliable as I'd like. PRICING: The app is free. It used to have a donation feature, but it wasn't worth the effort of maintaining. ABOUT THE NAME: The name "Miracle Modus" is used by kind permission of Andrew Hussie. It is a reference to a device in his webcomic "Homestuck".

About

ElfYourself®

Personalize holiday videos by adding your face to dancing elves. Create custom videos with up to five faces and choose from various dances. Share your festive creations as greetings or on social media.

Highlights
  • Personalized elf dance videos
  • Add up to 5 faces
  • Dozens of dance options
  • Automatic video creation
  • Social media sharing
  • Send holiday greetings
Features
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The most popular app of the Holiday Season 14 years running is back with great new dances and features! This holiday tradition lets you "Elf Yourself" and star in dozens of personalized videos with your face on dancing elves. Add up to 5 faces, then select a dance and the app automatically creates your video! Share your dancing skills on social media - or message a super fun holiday greeting to your friends and family. It's as easy as pie! ElfYourself is FREE to download and enjoy, some dances are free, but most require purchase to unlock. You can purchase dances individually or get our Season Pass to access all content and remove ads for 12 months! Subscription Details Choose our Season Pass to subscribe for 12 months. Your iTunes account will be charged the listed annual fee until you cancel. Cancellation is easy through your iTunes settings. When you confirm your purchase, payment will be charged through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Don't want to auto-renew? Manage your account and renewal settings in your user Account Settings. Cancel your subscription anytime through your Account Settings. No cancellation fee. Privacy Policy: https://www.elfyourself.com/?page=privacy Terms of Use: https://www.elfyourself.com/?page=tos Happy Elfing!

Screenshots

Miracle Modus3 screens
ElfYourself®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Miracle Modus at none against ElfYourself®'s shown. Miracle Modus also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 66%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ElfYourself®'s advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 28) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Miracle Modus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ElfYourself® sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ElfYourself® holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ElfYourself® has 28K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Miracle Modus's written reviews are positive against 66% of ElfYourself®'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Miracle Modus ships an update every 2 months, ElfYourself® every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Miracle Modus versus ElfYourself®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiracle ModusElfYourself®
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (28 ratings)4.8 (28K ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews — better65.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2828K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeebs, LLCMagic Mirror LLC

Customer experience

Miracle Modus

All ratings28 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%

ElfYourself®

All ratings27,820 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews1,149 reviews
Positive65.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative24.9%

Bugs and requests

Miracle Modus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ElfYourself®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos not saving properly
  • Black screen issue on certain devices
  • Purchased content disappearing

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free dances and songs
  • Ability to change elf outfits
  • Easier sharing options
  • Improved video quality for paid version

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Miracle Modus

One-time2
  • Thanks!$0.99
  • Many Thanks!$4.99
9 purchases

ElfYourself®

Subscriptions1
  • ElfYourself® Season Pass 2020$6.991 Year
One-time8
  • Disco Dance$0.99
  • 80s Dance$0.99
  • Classic Dance$0.99
Show 5 more
  • HipHop Dance$0.99
  • All Dances$4.99
  • All Dances2 variants$5.99
  • All Dances$6.99
  • All Dances$7.99

Questions

Is Miracle Modus free?
Miracle Modus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ElfYourself® free?
ElfYourself® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Miracle Modus or ElfYourself®?
ElfYourself® is rated higher. Miracle Modus averages 4.5 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while ElfYourself® averages 4.8 from 28K ratings.
Do Miracle Modus or ElfYourself® have ads?
ElfYourself® shows ads; Miracle Modus does not.
Which is updated more often, Miracle Modus or ElfYourself®?
Miracle Modus ships an update every 2 months, and ElfYourself® every 3 weeks. Most recently, Miracle Modus was updated on November 1, 2026 and ElfYourself® on November 12, 2026.

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