Hurricane Outbreak vs Wildfire Rescue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hurricane Outbreak
Simulate and grow a hurricane, navigating warm waters to gain abilities. Cause destruction in thousands of simulated cities across various regions. Experience realistic hurricane behavior with unique upgrades for a different gameplay experience each time.
- Hurricane growth simulation
- Skill and ability acquisition
- City destruction
- Thousands of simulated cities
- Realistic hurricane behavior
- Unique upgrades
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Grow your hurricane by navigating warm waters, acquire skills and abilities. Cause destruction and death in cities along the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and United States Eastern Sea Board regions. Features thousands of simulated cities, 22 unique upgrades and realistic hurricane behavior that will make every play through different. How much destruction can you cause?
Wildfire Rescue
Navigate through a forest, cutting down trees to reach a wildfire base and extinguish the flames. A simple yet engaging game focused on reaching objectives.
- Cut through forests
- Reach wildfire base
- Extinguish fires
- Objective-based gameplay
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Cut through the forest to get to the wildfire base and put it out!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hurricane Outbreak at 48% against Wildfire Rescue's 0%. Hurricane Outbreak also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.2) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 5). Wildfire Rescue's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Hurricane Outbreak sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Wildfire Rescue asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hurricane Outbreak holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hurricane Outbreak has 3.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Hurricane Outbreak's written reviews are positive against 0% of Wildfire Rescue's.
Hurricane Outbreak ships an update every 9 days, Wildfire Rescue daily. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hurricane Outbreak | Wildfire Rescue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.7K ratings) — better | 1.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nostrovia, LLC | h8games |
Customer experience
Hurricane Outbreak
Wildfire Rescue
Bugs and requests
Hurricane Outbreak
Reported bugs
4 issues- Leech and land creature abilities not working
- Quests not registering progress correctly
- Upgrades not persisting after closing the app
- Incorrect city/country information on the map
Requested features
5 requests- Add more locations and continents
- Implement a true free play mode
- Allow customization of hurricanes
- Improve tutorial and instructions
- Provide an option to disable upgrades
Wildfire Rescue
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hurricane Outbreak
- 200 Point Booster$1.99
- Global Warming Scenario$2.99
- 500 Point Booster$2.99
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- Premium$4.99
Wildfire Rescue
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hurricane Outbreak free?
Is Wildfire Rescue free?
Which has better reviews, Hurricane Outbreak or Wildfire Rescue?
Do Hurricane Outbreak or Wildfire Rescue have ads?
Which is updated more often, Hurricane Outbreak or Wildfire Rescue?
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