Comparison

Lumen Noise vs Zixia Browser

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

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About

Lumen Noise

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Turn any Apple screen into a calm ambient clock. Lumen Noise blends time, weather, motion, and natural sound into a quiet visual space for focus, rest, and everyday atmosphere. Whether it is sitting on your desk, beside your bed, or on the TV across the room, Lumen creates a glanceable display that feels alive without demanding attention. Choose between elegant clock scenes, including a soft reflective time view and a Liquid Glass-inspired display with local weather. Gentle animated backgrounds shift with time and conditions, while ambient sounds help shape the mood around you. **Features** - Beautiful full-screen ambient clock displays - Local weather shown at a glance - Dynamic visual themes that respond to time and weather - Natural ambient sounds including rain, ocean, forest, wind, and fire - Designed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV - Simple controls for switching scenes and soundscapes - A calm, distraction-free interface made for focus, rest, and display use Lumen Noise is not another timer, productivity tracker, or dashboard. It is a quieter way to keep time visible while making your space feel softer.

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Zixia Browser

Features
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Play classic Flash games, open your own retro game files, read EPUB and TXT books and listen with text-to-speech. Zixia combines a browser, Flash (SWF) playback, a retro game emulator, a customizable reader, user scripts, video speed controls and optional AI tools on iPhone and iPad. PLAY CLASSIC FLASH GAMES Web pages with SWF games and animations play right in the browser, powered by Ruffle, an open-source Flash Player emulator. Landscape games can turn the screen and fill it. Play with the on-screen virtual controller, a keyboard or a game controller, and adjust the speed of HTML5 and Flash games. Compatibility varies by game and website. PLAY RETRO GAMES YOU OWN Open NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance game files that you download or import yourself. Use three save slots, portrait or landscape layouts, and an on-screen controller with custom layouts and turbo buttons. No games are included. READ YOUR OWN BOOKS Import EPUB and TXT books, organize your bookshelf and return to your saved reading position. Adjust fonts, spacing, margins and backgrounds. Find text, browse chapters, add bookmarks and choose your preferred page-turn style. LISTEN WITH TEXT-TO-SPEECH Listen to books and supported web pages with system voices. Choose a voice, adjust the speaking rate and set a sleep timer. Voice availability depends on the voices installed on your device. CUSTOMIZE WEBSITES WITH USER SCRIPTS Install, inspect, edit and manage JavaScript user scripts. Enable scripts for selected sites and preview source code before installation. CONTROL WEB VIDEO SPEED Adjust playback speed on supported HTML5 videos. Available speeds and behavior depend on the website, player and WebKit support. USE YOUR OWN AI PROVIDER Connect a compatible AI service using your API endpoint, model and API key. Summarize web pages, ask follow-up questions and review claims for potential red flags and suggested checks with your chosen model. AI tools require your own provider configuration and an internet connection. Relevant page content is sent to the provider you select. Provider terms and charges may apply. API keys are stored in the system Keychain. BROWSE WITH PRACTICAL TOOLS Use tabs, bookmarks, downloads, find in page and night mode. Reduce ads and tracking requests with built-in filters, custom rules and subscription lists. Regular and private browsing use separate website data stores. Website compatibility varies.

Screenshots

Lumen Noise4 screens
Zixia Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Lumen Noise at 5 against Zixia Browser's 3. Zixia Browser's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumen Noise ships an update every 3 weeks, Zixia Browser fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Lumen Noise versus Zixia Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumen NoiseZixia Browser
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB48 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHongbo JiNAIHANG ZHOU

In-app purchases

None

Lumen Noise

No in-app purchases

None

Zixia Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumen Noise free?
Lumen Noise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zixia Browser free?
Zixia Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lumen Noise or Zixia Browser have ads?
Neither Lumen Noise nor Zixia Browser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumen Noise or Zixia Browser?
Lumen Noise ships an update every 3 weeks, and Zixia Browser fortnightly. Most recently, Lumen Noise was updated on November 5, 2026 and Zixia Browser on November 6, 2026.

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