Phira vs xuTry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phira
A community-driven rhythm game inspired by Phigros, built using Rust. It offers a unique gameplay experience with more content, including competitive events and a story mode, planned for future updates.
- Community-driven gameplay
- Inspired by Phigros
- Developed with Rust
- Competitive events (coming soon)
- Official charts (coming soon)
- Story mode (coming soon)
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Phira is a non-commercial community-driven rhythm game, inspired by Phigros, developed with Rust. More contents (competitive events, official charts and story mode) coming soon!
xuTry
A rhythm game where players tap notes in time with music to achieve high scores. It features unique Furry character designs and offers a mix of free and paid songs to play along with.
- Rhythm-based gameplay
- Tap notes to music
- High score challenges
- Unique Furry character designs
- Large selection of free songs
- Paid song options
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Welcome to xuTry, an innovative emergence-style rhythm game. Tap the notes as they continuously emerge in sync with the music, and achieve the highest score by staying perfectly on rhythm. Improve your reaction speed and accuracy with every song, challenge yourself, and push your limits. Featuring a unique cast of characters, you can bring your favorite companion into every performance. xuTry offers a large collection of free songs alongside premium tracks, with even more content waiting to be discovered. Entropy no longer stands still. Their time has been defined by another timeline. Like intertwining threads, two streams of time weave together, and the world has been reconnected. A new era is about to begin. A new journey lies beneath your feet. They buried this world— or perhaps, His time. xuTry
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Phira at every 2 months against xuTry's every 23 months. Phira also leads on ratings volume (847 vs 3) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). xuTry's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (80% vs 70%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
xuTry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phira has 847 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Phira's written reviews are positive against 80% of xuTry's.
Phira ships an update every 2 months, xuTry every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phira | xuTry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (847 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 847 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 371 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 知远 李 | StarEcho (Sichuan) Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Phira
xuTry
Bugs and requests
Phira
Reported bugs
3 issues- TOS and privacy policy not loading properly
- Issues with clearing cache and updating user info
- Inability to download songs or access certain features
Requested features
3 requests- Update the app to the latest version
- Add support for more languages
- Improve performance optimization
xuTry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phira
No in-app purchases
xuTry
No in-app purchases
