Comparison

Squishy vs Calm Glitter Jar

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

Head to head
About

Squishy

Engage in a tactile and auditory experience by tapping, squishing, and popping various fruits. Earn points to unlock new fruits and enjoy unique sounds and haptic feedback for each one. This app offers a simple, satisfying way to relax and de-stress.

Highlights
  • Tap, hold, and drag fruit interactions
  • iPhone haptics for tactile feedback
  • Unique haptic feel per fruit
  • Pressure-building squish mechanics
  • ASMR-style sounds
  • Unlockable fruit shelf
  • Daily fruit challenges
Features
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Squishy is an oddly satisfying fruit ASMR toy for your iPhone. Tap, hold, drag, pop, press, and burst your way through a shelf of juicy fruit. Each fruit has its own sound, visual style, and haptic feel, turning your iPhone into a tiny tactile squish machine. Start with simple fruit, earn Squish Points, unlock new favourites, and discover premium fruit with richer feedback. Hold to build pressure, release in the Perfect Zone, or push it too far and feel the messy over-pressure burst. Squishy is simple on purpose: open the app, tap the fruit, feel the squish. Features include: • Tap, hold, and drag fruit • iPhone haptics for tactile feedback • Unique haptic feel for each fruit • Pressure-building squish interactions • Perfect Zone feedback • Juicy particle effects • ASMR-style squish, pop, crunch, and burst sounds • Unlockable fruit shelf • Squish Points • Daily fruit challenge • Vibration and Vibration Intensity controls • Record Mode for cleaner screen recording • Optional one-time premium fruit unlocks • No account required Launch fruit includes banana, strawberry, orange, apple, peach, kiwi, pineapple, watermelon, mango, and coconut. Squishy does not require a camera, microphone, contacts, location, or account. It is just fruit, sound, haptics, and deeply unnecessary satisfaction. Tap the fruit. Hold for pressure. Release for the squish.

About

Calm Glitter Jar

A digital sensory experience designed for relaxation and mindfulness. Shake, stir, and watch the glitter settle to unlock charms and discover a peaceful escape. Enjoy a customizable, ad-free environment for moments of calm.

Highlights
  • Shake and stir digital glitter
  • Collect 33 illustrated charms
  • Unlock 9 glitter colors
  • Customize glitter amount and flake size
  • Choose between midnight and daylight themes
  • Zen mode for full-screen immersion
  • Gentle harp score or ad-free silence
Features
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Glitter Jar is a pocket of quiet: a glass jar full of glitter that you stir, shake, and then simply watch. Trace a finger across the glass to stir. Give your phone a real shake to slosh everything up. Then comes the good part — be still. The flecks drift, sparkle, and settle, and the jar quietly notices your calm. There is no score, no streak, no timer, and nothing to fail. As the glitter settles, charms unlock on their own unhurried schedule. • 33 illustrated jewel-enamel charms to collect, common to ultra rare • 9 glitter colors, granted at milestones along the way • and the collection is said to hold a secret… Set the glitter amount and flake size, add water for a slower, dreamier fall, choose how much it twinkles, and pick your mood: a midnight theme washed in indigo and stars, or a daylight theme in blush and lavender — each with its own matching art. When you want nothing but jar, zen mode fills the screen edge to edge. Underneath it all, a gentle harp score rises and falls with the glitter — or switch it off and let the sparkle keep its own quiet. Calm by construction. • no ads, no accounts, no notifications • charms and colors unlock just by watching the glitter settle • your jar lives on your device — nothing about you is collected or sent anywhere Reach for it as a fidget for restless hands, a wind-down before sleep, or a small ritual between one thing and the next. Every shake ends the same way: slowly, gently, and with a little more unlocked. Complete and quiet by design. Open the lid whenever you need a moment.

Screenshots

Squishy4 screens
Calm Glitter Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Calm Glitter Jar at free with in-app purchases against Squishy's paid. Calm Glitter Jar also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Squishy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Calm Glitter Jar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Squishy against 5.0 for Calm Glitter Jar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Squishy versus Calm Glitter Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquishyCalm Glitter Jar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas RichardsonGroundmass

Customer experience

Squishy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calm Glitter Jar

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Squishy

One-time3
  • Pineapple Unlock$0.99
  • Juicy Pack 1$2.99
  • Full Fruit Shelf$4.99
4 purchases

Calm Glitter Jar

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Halloween Charms$2.99
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  • Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Squishy free?
Squishy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calm Glitter Jar free?
Calm Glitter Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Squishy or Calm Glitter Jar?
Squishy and Calm Glitter Jar are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Squishy or Calm Glitter Jar have ads?
Neither Squishy nor Calm Glitter Jar shows ads.

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