Comparison

sfare vs Physarum Ambient

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

Head to head
About

sfare

Features
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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 won’t slow down. Endless variation. Pure visual atmosphere in your hand.

About

Physarum Ambient

Features
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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

Screenshots

sfare4 screens
Physarum Ambient4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 4 level
sfare versus Physarum Ambient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersfarePhysarum Ambient
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size139 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperappricotJohannes Kaindl

In-app purchases

None

sfare

No in-app purchases

None

Physarum Ambient

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sfare free?
sfare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Physarum Ambient free?
Physarum Ambient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do sfare or Physarum Ambient have ads?
Neither sfare nor Physarum Ambient shows ads.

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