It is an ad-free, crackling, cozy-looking HD fireplace. I appreciate the humorous reviews for it but ultimately I’d say the purpose of the app is really just for a nice fireplace sound (to fall asleep to) and maybe a screensaver? I don’t know what else anyone would use this for, but it’s nice. Maybe on Christmas morning if you live in an apartment or house without a fireplace you could play this app with the volume up and separately have Siri play some Christmas songs on Apple Music. Drink hot cocoa to complete the scene.

This little app has helped so much with my anxiety during this horrible year. I hope to someday purchase the full app since it is so inexpensive, but for right now, this basic version helps with my anxiety and depression tremendously. I like to put it on with just the fire noise and pretty music on my iPad so it sounds like I’m sitting outside by the fire listening to pretty music. I use it everyday as I work from home.

If I can’t airplay to tv - what is the purpose, it isn’t like I have time to stand around holding it. And if relaxing, still don’t want to hold, drift to sleep and drop iPad. Not very realistic of a actual fire either. Real fire has embers that glow and the fire changes and you get loud snaps and then just little crackles. I think this, like so many, are synthetically created. Why can’t someone create a really nice app from a “live” fire - fireplace, wood stove, bonfire, fire pit...with the sound and that works with Apple TV. Also on the wood stove, use the various beautiful and different wood stoves - that have the large window glasses.

Use this app every day! It is so soothing and love the visuals and the sounds!! It’s actually better looking and sounding than the “real” picture fireplace apps! It reminds you of the perfect fireplace you can imagine- and that’s just the “basic” one! You can expand and get a beautiful ruggedly soothing stone fireplace or an elegant richly imbued castle like fireplace. All are wonderful and wrap you up in that fireplace atmosphere you crave!