FireflyForestTrail vs Fireflies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
FireflyForestTrail
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Firefly Forest is a mystic firefly catching game set in a glowing dark forest. Your lantern emits a colored light โ tap the color chips at the bottom to switch between Gold, Green, and Blue, then tap or drag in the forest arena to move your lantern and catch fireflies of the matching color. Any firefly within your 42pt catch radius that matches your lantern color is caught automatically as you move. Each of 50 Areas places up to 34 fireflies in the arena, bouncing off the edges. Catch the target number before the countdown runs out to clear the area. The first two areas use only Gold and Green lights; starting at Area 3, all three colors appear. Occasionally a rare golden firefly glows brighter โ catching it with your Gold light awards 50 bonus points. Features: - 3-color lantern switch: tap color chips to match Gold, Green, or Blue fireflies. - Catch radius of 42pt โ move your lantern to catch all matching fireflies within range. - Combo system: 2.5-second window, +5 points per extra consecutive same-color catch. - Rare golden firefly: appears from Area 3 with 8% spawn rate, +50 bonus points. - Progressive difficulty: firefly count scales from 12 to 34; time starts at 55s and decreases with area level (minimum 25s). - 50 Areas unlock locally, sorted across 4 pages in the Areas screen. - Offline single-player with no ads, no login, and no in-app purchases.
Fireflies
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Fireflies is a game that uses one gentle tap. Fireflies drift quietly across a dark field. You get a single tap โ that's all that's needed โ and wherever you place it, a glow of light expands outward. Every bloom that encounters another firefly causes a new bloom to emerge. Then you sit back and watch a cascade ripple across the screen. There's no timer. No lives. No score multiplier to optimize, no daily streak to protect, nothing chasing you. Place your tap well and a good chain reaction becomes a great one. Didn't catch enough? You simply try again. THREE WAYS TO PLAY โข Classic โ a full twelve-level run. The board stays sparse, but the target climbs from catching one firefly out of five to fifty-five out of sixty, so the late levels ask for a near-perfect chain. Miss and you retry that level with no penalty beyond another go. โข Practice โ pick any single level and play it on its own, as many times as you like. Each level remembers your best score. โข Custom โ choose anywhere from five to a hundred fireflies and just chase one enormous cascade. No target, no fail state. MADE TO BE CALM Every sound is synthesized in the app โ soft mallet chimes that climb the scale as your chain gets longer, and a sparse generative music box between them that never plays the same phrase twice. A big cascade earns a low swell and a gentle haptic bloom. It all obeys your silent switch, and each of music, effects and haptics can be turned off on its own. Hold your finger down before you commit and a ghost ring shows exactly how far your bloom will reach. Comet trails behind each firefly show where it's heading, because a bloom lingers at full size for over a second โ where they will be matters more than where they are. WHAT'S NOT IN IT No ads, of any kind, ever. No tracking, no analytics, no accounts, no sign-in. Nothing is collected about you because nothing about you is ever sent anywhere โ the game has no network code at all. It's free, and there is no paid version, no unlock, no currency and no boosters. There's a tip jar tucked away in Settings. It buys nothing at all, and the game will never mention it again. Fireflies is a hobby project made by one person, for the pleasure of watching lights spread across a dark screen. I hope it's a calm few minutes in your day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FireflyForestTrail at none against Fireflies's 1. FireflyForestTrail also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Fireflies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FireflyForestTrail asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | FireflyForestTrail | Fireflies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evans Omondi | Alexander Potapov |
In-app purchases
FireflyForestTrail
No in-app purchases
Fireflies
- Leave a Tip$0.99
Questions
Is FireflyForestTrail free?
Is Fireflies free?
Do FireflyForestTrail or Fireflies have ads?
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