Driftly Night vs Physarum Ambient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Driftly Night
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Make room for a quieter moment. Driftly Night turns your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV into a living canvas of light, color, and slow motion. Set it beside your bed, keep it on your desk, or fill a larger screen with a gentle atmosphere. DISCOVER LIVING VISUALS Watch koi glide, rain trace a window, luminous blossoms unfold, and ribbons flow. Explore abstract light, opal-like cells, colorful gardens, and little animated companions that reward an unhurried look. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Choose a favorite visual, adjust brightness and animation speed, and save named scenes for moments you want to return to. Mark favorites and let Auto Drift move between visuals at your chosen interval. SETTLE IN Use the sleep timer when it is time for the visuals to rest, or add a clock for a quiet nightstand display. Simple controls blend into the atmosphere so the visuals have room to breathe. FROM A SMALL SCREEN TO YOUR ROOM Enjoy Driftly Night on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Favorites can sync through iCloud, and the Apple TV remote guide helps you find your way around. A little color. A slower pace. A space to unwind.
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: Physarum Ambient at 17.0 against Driftly Night's 26.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Driftly Night | Physarum Ambient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Don Noel | Johannes Kaindl |
In-app purchases
Driftly Night
No in-app purchases
Physarum Ambient
No in-app purchases
Questions
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