Comparison

Meve vs 星火

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

Head to head
About

Meve

Enhance your daily life with practical widgets for tracking time, jotting notes, managing goals, and exploring. Discover fun tools for entertainment and interaction.

Highlights
  • Count-up and count-down timers
  • Quick note-taking
  • Life bucket list and goals
  • Travel compass
  • Fun tools (e.g., cyber wooden fish, cat simulator)
Features
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Practical widgets. Life RPG. 1. Time memorial, stopwatch and countdown, full of a sense of ritual 2. Life bucket list, annual flags 3. Meve Jarvis, enabling Siri to connect to custom AI models 4. Travel compass, explore the world around you 5. Desktop notes, quick and handy recording 6. Fun tools, such as: cyber electronic wooden fish to accumulate merit, cat language to interact with pets, and more Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

星火

Features
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独自生活,也给牵挂留一个平安信号。 星火是一款轻量的平安确认与紧急联络辅助工具。按自己的生活节奏设置守护周期,长按完成一次平安确认;如果超过预设时间仍未确认,系统会按设置向紧急联系人的邮箱发送提醒与预留信息。 你可以用星火: • 设置守护周期,在截止前收到本地提醒。 • 预留紧急联系人的邮箱,以及需要转达的留言。 • 开启步数守护,在活动达到设定条件时自动确认平安。 • 通过小组件和快捷指令完成平安确认。 • 按需要暂停或恢复守护,并查看确认记录。 • 自主选择位置相关设置与首页展示内容。 适合独居、异地生活、日常通勤和出差等场景。不要求家人每天陪你打卡,也不需要一直打开应用。 请先核对联系人邮箱,并允许所需通知权限。提醒与同步会受到网络、系统权限及后台运行条件影响。星火提供日常安全辅助,不提供短信通知、自动报警或专业救援服务。

Screenshots

Meve3 screens
星火3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Meve at Free against 星火's $0.99. Meve also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 星火's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads 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

Meve is free to download; 星火 costs $0.99 up front. Meve sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. 星火 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meve ships an update every 5 days, 星火 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Meve versus 星火: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeve星火
PriceFree — better$0.99
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer圣臣 刘Changsha Xiangling Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Meve

Subscriptions1
  • Annual VIP$0.991 Year
One-time4
  • Unlock the function of this module4 variants$0.99
  • Unlock this widget3 variants$0.99
  • Function unlocking$1.99
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  • Permanent VIP$2.99
None

星火

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meve free?
Meve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 星火 free?
星火 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meve or 星火 have ads?
Neither Meve nor 星火 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meve or 星火?
Meve ships an update every 5 days, and 星火 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Meve was updated on October 30, 2026 and 星火 on October 31, 2026.

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