Comparison

Wavelark vs Sparkchime

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

Head to head
About

Wavelark

Engage with a unique puzzle game where you tap to send rings of light through five distinct skies, each with its own quiet rule. Solve short, readable puzzles without timers or pressure, and receive a shareable digital art card upon completion.

Highlights
  • Five unique puzzle skies
  • Code-generated interactive art
  • Shareable digital art cards
  • Offline gameplay
  • No timers or failure states
  • Customizable audio and haptics
Features
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Five skies are listening. Tap, and a ring of halftone light leaves your finger and travels up. When it reaches a receiver, the receiver charges; charge one twice and it answers with a gold ring of its own. That is the whole verb. Everything else is the sky. Each of the five skies adds one quiet rule: - The Courtyard - clouds absorb what you send. - The Wind - the wind carries every wave sideways. Aim upwind. - The Night - the receivers are hidden until a wave strikes them. - The Harbor - the water mirrors your wave back at the sky. - The Chorus - only the chorus can reach the great eye. You get a small budget of taps per sky, so a sky is a short, readable puzzle rather than a test of speed. There is no timer and nothing to fail loudly at. A run takes about ten minutes. When you finish, the app draws you a card - live, by the same renderer that drew the sky you just played - and you can keep it, share it, or save it to Photos. Also inside: - An atlas of the five skies, with your best run for each and single-sky replay. - A gallery of the cards you kept. - Music, sound and haptics each with their own switch. Made to be quiet: - The game itself plays offline; the network is used for ads and attribution. - No account and no sign-in. Free, with no in-app purchases. - Ad supported: one interstitial after a full five-sky run, never during play. - Your runs, cards and settings stay on this device. The advertising and attribution SDKs collect device identifiers and ad data - see the privacy policy. The music is written for this app and synthesized live as you play, so no two runs sound quite the same. The scenery is AI-generated and was reviewed by hand; everything interactive - the waves, the receivers, the rings, the card - is drawn by code at runtime.

About

Sparkchime

Create dazzling pixel fireworks displays on your screen. Tap to launch rockets, play a musical chime keyboard with letter keys, and record your own shows. Enjoy various skylines and burst shapes for a unique visual and auditory experience.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-launch fireworks
  • 26-key chime keyboard
  • Record and replay shows
  • Multiple burst shapes
  • Three selectable skylines
  • Offline play
Features
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Sparkchime turns your screen into a small pixel city at night and hands you the fireworks. Tap anywhere in the sky and a rocket climbs to that spot and bursts. Open the KEYS panel and the 26 letters become a glockenspiel: each key fires its own colour, its own shape and its own note, so quick typing becomes a chain of light and sound. Pick star, ring, flower or heart bursts, call down a shower of fourteen rockets at once, or let AUTO run a show while you watch. Hit REC, put on a performance, hit STOP, and it is saved to MY SHOWS for replay any time. Three skylines (Midnight City, Harbor Dusk, Hill Village) change the mood, six small achievements mark your milestones, and a share button hands a screenshot of your best burst to the system share sheet. Everything you hear is synthesised live on the device. There are no audio files to download and no account to create, and the fireworks work even when you are offline. WHAT YOU GET • Tap-to-launch fireworks with four burst shapes • A 26-key chime keyboard: one letter, one colour, one note • Shower and AUTO modes for hands-off displays • Record and replay your own shows • Three night skylines to choose from • Six achievements to unlock • Optional haptics, music and sound toggles • English and Simplified Chinese • Free to play, no purchases, supported by an occasional ad Made for idle minutes, late nights and small hands. Light the night.

Screenshots

Wavelark4 screens
Sparkchime4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wavelark and Sparkchime both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Wavelark's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sparkchime's. Wavelark also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). Sparkchime's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 7). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wavelark holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Wavelark's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sparkchime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wavelark ships an update every 2 days, Sparkchime every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wavelark versus Sparkchime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavelarkSparkchime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better4.3 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings726 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB260 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZeren Briskzafer karan

Customer experience

Wavelark

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sparkchime

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wavelark

No in-app purchases

None

Sparkchime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wavelark free?
Wavelark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sparkchime free?
Sparkchime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wavelark or Sparkchime?
Wavelark is rated higher. Wavelark averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Sparkchime averages 4.3 from 26 ratings.
Do Wavelark or Sparkchime have ads?
Both Wavelark and Sparkchime show ads.
Which is updated more often, Wavelark or Sparkchime?
Wavelark ships an update every 2 days, and Sparkchime every 4 days. Most recently, Wavelark was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sparkchime on October 24, 2026.

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