If you are looking to get a fireplace for your apartment however can not afford a real fireplace, the next best thing would be to get a gas fireplace; With a gas fireplace you can get a similar feel as a real fireplace with the gas flame that comes up with it, and it is a pretty red flame which can be quite hypnotic & great all together.
In my opinion it is much better than an electric fireplace because with an electric fireplace it is much more extravagant than a gas fireplace.
And also with an electric fireplace you can not get a flame. It is more or less just an overly big heating system that is shaped like & resembles a fireplace. And to me I suppose that is weak & a real waste of time & money to get one of those things, and but with a gas fireplace you can get that for more than half the price of an electric fireplace & it gives much more delight & great feeling to your apartment in my humble & most even-handed opinion on it all. I will never get rid of the gas fireplace I had purchased, but the only way I might is if I happened to buy a condo that is older & has a real authentic fireplace in it. Having a gas fireplace is the next best thing to having a real authentic real fireplace. And that is the way I feel & the opinion I will stick with no matter what anyone else has to say about the whole thing to me.