Candle Blow Counter
Blow into your microphone and watch onscreen birthday candles flicker out one by one, ending in a confetti cheer. No microphone? Tap each candle instead. Great birthday party warm-up.
Built by the AbraCalc team
How to play
- Set how many candles you want and tap Light candles to place them on the cake.
- Tap any lit candle to blow it out — tap mode works immediately, with no microphone required.
- For the real thing, tap Turn on microphone and blow steadily; each sustained blow (distinct from talking) flickers out the next candle, and audio never leaves your device.
- Put out the last candle by tap or by breath to trigger the confetti and cheer, then tap Reset to relight the cake.
Set how many candles are on the cake, tap Light candles, and start blowing them out — tapping a candle works right away, no microphone needed. For extra magic, turn on your microphone and blow for real: the tool listens for a sustained blow rather than ordinary talking or background noise, so each proper breath flickers out the next flame until the whole cake goes dark in a burst of confetti and cheering. Microphone audio is processed live in your browser only and never leaves your device — nothing is recorded, saved, or sent anywhere, and if the mic is unavailable or blocked you simply keep tapping instead. Handy for a screen-based warm-up before the real cake comes out, or for candle-blowing practice anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
- Does the microphone recording get saved or uploaded anywhere?
- No. The microphone signal is analyzed live in your browser to detect a blow only — nothing is ever recorded, stored, or sent to any server, and turning off the mic or closing the tab stops all access immediately.
- How does it tell the difference between blowing and talking?
- The detector looks for a loud burst that stays sustained for roughly a quarter second. Talking is naturally short and choppy, so it rarely holds that steady sustained level the way a real blow does.
- What happens if my browser blocks microphone access?
- Nothing breaks — the tool shows a friendly message, never an alert popup, and tap-to-blow keeps working exactly as before, since tapping candles is the default mode whether or not the mic was ever turned on.