Comparison

Fire Burst! vs Gravity Cascade

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

Head to head
About

Fire Burst!

Engage in fast-paced arcade action by shooting down incoming numbered balls. Utilize powerful bomb and cannon upgrades to clear waves. Level up your ship and enhance its capabilities to survive the onslaught.

Highlights
  • Rapid fire shooting
  • Bomb and cannon power-ups
  • Ship upgrades
  • Leveling system
  • Fast-paced gameplay
Features
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The numbers are coming for you! Shoot them down with rapid fire power. Use special bomb and cannon modification power-ups. Level up and upgrade your ship. Fire away!

About

Gravity Cascade

Control celestial bodies with real-time physics, magnetic polarity, and explosive events. Drop, merge, and evolve cosmic objects while strategically managing gravity and avoiding galactic overflow.

Highlights
  • Tilt to control gravity
  • Magnetic polarity system
  • Black hole gravity wells
  • Antimatter explosions
  • Unstable orbs
  • Combo multipliers
Features
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Gravity Cascade: The Ultimate Cosmic Drop & Merge Most merge games are simple: drop an item, watch it combine. Gravity Cascade takes the genre to an entirely new dimension. Control the universe with real-time physics, magnetic polarity, and explosive astronomical events! Drop, merge, and evolve celestial bodies—from tiny stardust fragments to massive gas giants and radiant stars. But the cosmos is chaotic. You’ll need strategy, quick reflexes, and the power of physics to keep your galaxy from overflowing. What Makes Gravity Cascade Unique: • Tilt to Control Gravity: Use your device's accelerometer to manipulate gravity! Tilt your phone to shift celestial bodies and create massive combo chains. • Magnetic Polarity System: Not all bodies are created equal. Positive and negative charges add a new layer of strategy. Opposite charges attract and merge, while identical charges repel each other! • Black Hole Gravity Wells: Forge a Black Hole and watch the laws of physics bend. Black holes exert actual gravitational pull, drawing nearby planets into their orbit. • Antimatter Explosions: Drop volatile Antimatter to trigger massive explosions, clearing out clustered planets and spawning bouncy force pads to save you from overflowing! • Unstable Orbs: Watch out for pulsating, unstable bodies that can force-drop without warning, demanding lightning-fast reflexes! • Combo Multipliers: Chain together strategic merges within a tight time window to multiply your score exponentially. Do you have what it takes to master the physics of the universe? Drop in and start your cascade today!

Screenshots

Fire Burst!4 screens
Gravity Cascade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gravity Cascade at 5.0 against Fire Burst!'s 4.2. Gravity Cascade also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Fire Burst!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (357 vs 1). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Fire Burst! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gravity Cascade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravity Cascade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fire Burst! has 357 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fire Burst! versus Gravity Cascade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFire Burst!Gravity Cascade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (357 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings357 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBabil StudiosMarc L. Melcher

Customer experience

Fire Burst!

All ratings358 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral6.1%
Negative84.8%

Gravity Cascade

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fire Burst!

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • High score won’t update on Game Center
  • App is unstable
  • Dark screen
  • Game is unplayable, screen stays black
  • Ship is invisible
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  • Game crashes every couple of minutes
  • Game freezes when score gets high
  • Score goes to negative
  • Ship speed side to side different than finger
  • Game increases target durability as player upgrades
  • Balls get more powerful as ship gets powerful

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make circles shrink and not move
  • Keep interest going with improvements

Gravity Cascade

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fire Burst!

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99
None

Gravity Cascade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fire Burst! free?
Fire Burst! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gravity Cascade free?
Gravity Cascade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fire Burst! or Gravity Cascade?
Gravity Cascade is rated higher. Fire Burst! averages 4.2 out of 5 from 357 ratings, while Gravity Cascade averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fire Burst! or Gravity Cascade have ads?
Gravity Cascade shows ads; Fire Burst! does not.
Which is updated more often, Fire Burst! or Gravity Cascade?
Fire Burst! ships an update monthly, and Gravity Cascade monthly. Most recently, Fire Burst! was updated on October 29, 2026 and Gravity Cascade on October 22, 2026.

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