sfare vs Physarum Ambient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
sfare
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Experience motion as art. Anytime, anywhere. sfare creates mesmerizing generative light worlds that evolve organically in real time. Color, symmetry, and flowing forms come together into an atmosphere that calms, centers, and inspires. Built with uncompromising performance, sfare delivers fluid animation, crisp detail, and a look that never feels loud or intrusive. Perfect for breaks, meditation, creative sessions, or simply switching off when your mind wonβt slow down. Endless variation. Pure visual atmosphere in your hand.
Physarum Ambient
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Physarum turns the emergent behaviour of slime mold into living, breathing art. Thousands of agents lay down and follow trails, and from those simple rules intricate, ever-shifting patterns emerge. Shape them with a full parameter editor, let them react to music through your microphone, and capture stills, videos, or Live Photos. On Apple TV, Physarum becomes a lean-back ambient display you steer from the couch or mirror live from your phone. - Full authoring editor: tune agents, sensing, deposition, decay, colour, post-FX - Audio-reactive: the visuals pulse and bloom to sound - Capture: high-res stills, video clips, Live Photos - Apple TV ambient mode with phone control - Curated presets to start from; save your own
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: sfare at 15.6 against Physarum Ambient's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | sfare | Physarum Ambient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | appricot | Johannes Kaindl |
In-app purchases
sfare
No in-app purchases
Physarum Ambient
No in-app purchases
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