Comparison

UT Fireplace vs Pookie

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

Head to head
About

UT Fireplace

Features
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Union Technology Fireplace gives you the possibility to control a chimney by connecting to the FA100 system. You can set room temperature, threshold and fan speed to create your own comfort space conveniently from this app. (The FA100 is sold separately)

About

Pookie

This app provides a private digital space for couples to strengthen their connection. Engage in shared virtual activities like raising a pet or plant, send intimate messages, and track important dates. It also offers date ideas and fun quizzes to foster intimacy.

Highlights
  • Raise a virtual pet together
  • Grow a virtual plant as a couple
  • Send private love notes and doodles
  • Secure photo vault for couple memories
  • Share and view mood updates
  • Track important dates and anniversaries
  • Browse and suggest date ideas
  • Engage in weekly quizzes
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Pookie is an app for couples, built so the two of you have somewhere that belongs only to you. You raise a pet together, send each other notes and doodles that land straight on the home screen, play games across two phones, and build up a record of your relationship that nobody else gets to see. Whether you live together or a few time zones apart, it gives you a reason to check in on each other every day. RAISE A PET TOGETHER You start with an egg, hatch it and name it between you, choosing from twelve pets that include dogs, cats, pandas, penguins, capybaras and a dragon. Keeping it fed, watered and played with is a shared job, and the small care games you do it through change every time so it never turns into a chore. GROW A PLANT Alongside the pet there is a plant that begins as a seedling and only thrives if you both remember it. Pick a monstera, cactus, aloe, sunflower, lily or bush, and put it in whichever pot suits the two of you. PLAY TOGETHER FROM ANYWHERE Fourteen games made for two, from Draw Something and Ludo through to Snakes & Ladders, Pool, Battleships, Connect 4 and Wavelength, all played at your own pace across two phones rather than crowded around one. There is a fresh daily challenge every morning as well, and the two of you keep score. NOTES, DOODLES AND MOODS Write your partner a note or draw them something silly, and it turns up on their home screen without them having to open anything. You can share how you are feeling whenever the mood takes you, and they can answer it, so the small stuff that usually goes unsaid has somewhere to go. WIDGETS THAT KEEP THEM CLOSE Ten home screen widgets, covering their latest doodle, their mood, your pet and plant, how many days you have been together, their local time, the distance between you, your streak, what is coming up and your horoscope for the day. A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE There is a photo vault behind a passcode that only you two can open, and a journal where you can write entries, attach photos and pin where you were, until the map fills up with everywhere you have been together. QUESTIONS AND CHECK-INS More than 10,000 questions, from easy openers to the ones you have been putting off, plus daily and monthly check-ins that you each answer on your own before comparing what the other one said. LEVELS, STREAKS AND HEARTS Everything you do together earns XP, so caring for the pet, sending a note or answering a question all move you up. Leveling up pays out hearts, which you spend on new pets, plants, pots, beds and backgrounds. FREE Your pet and plant, messages and doodles with fourteen days of history, the photo vault, moods and replies, important dates, the journal, widgets, the daily challenge, check-ins, levels, streaks and daily rewards. PREMIUM One subscription covers both of you, so your partner gets everything free. It adds all 10,000+ questions, online games, the shared whiteboard, your daily couples horoscope, exclusive pets and plants, every widget and double XP on everything you do. Hearts come from leveling up and daily rewards, and you can buy them separately if you would rather unlock things sooner. Whatever happens inside Pookie stays between you and your partner. There are no ads and nothing is sold on. https://pookie-app.com/privacy https://pookie-app.com/terms

Screenshots

UT Fireplace3 screens
Pookie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UT Fireplace at none against Pookie's 6. UT Fireplace also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Pookie sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. UT Fireplace asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UT Fireplace versus Pookie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUT FireplacePookie
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—1.4K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB187 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUnion Technology S.r.l.TYLER JAMES ROBINSON VOSS

In-app purchases

None

UT Fireplace

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Pookie

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Hearts$0.99
  • 300 Hearts$1.99
  • 1000 Hearts$5.99

Questions

Is UT Fireplace free?
UT Fireplace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pookie free?
Pookie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do UT Fireplace or Pookie have ads?
Neither UT Fireplace nor Pookie shows ads.

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