Firefighter vs Fire Captain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefighter
Lead a team of firefighters in this idle simulation game to rescue people, pets, and belongings from burning buildings. Earn money from missions to upgrade your team and equipment, experiencing the thrill of being a hero with engaging gameplay and lively graphics.
- Manage firefighter team
- Rescue people and pets
- Put out fires with specialized tools
- Upgrade fire trucks and hire firefighters
- Casual and easy gameplay
- 3D graphics and animations
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Idle Firefighter is an easy-to-play idle game where you can be a hero. In this game, you will act as a captain of a firefighter group, your duty is to lead your team to save people's lives in rescue missions. Your mission is to manage your team of firefighters to save people, pets and their belongings from the burning house. The game will make you feel fun and excited with its difficult rescue missions. Let’s make a lot of money from the missions and upgrade the firefighter team to become skillful. Once you have played this game, you will definitely be attracted by the unique features and lively graphics. Interesting missions are waiting for you. Download the game now and have fun! What will you have to do? - Manage your firefighter team to rescue people and their pets from dangerous fires - Rescue burned items and remove them from the burned area - Put out fire using specialized tools of firefighters such as water cannon, water trucks - Enjoy the fun of being a hero and save the citizens from dangerous areas Features of Idle Firefighter: - Casual and easy gameplay - Amazing animations and 3D graphics - Upgrade the fire truck, hire more fire fighter - The character action and emotion is fun and lively
Fire Captain
Lead a team of firefighters, doctors, and engineers in this casual strategy game. Build your base, recruit specialized personnel, and tackle exciting missions across various maps. Strategize your approach to overcome challenges and achieve success.
- Base building
- Hire firefighters, doctors, engineers
- Handle exciting missions
- Multiple maps and missions
- Recruit different heroes
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Fire Captain is a Casual Strategy game. In this game, you are acting as a fire captain, you build your base, hire more firefighters, doctor, engineers to work together to handle exciting missions! It offers: *Lots of different missions and maps *Many different heros
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fire Captain at 4.2 against Firefighter's 3.4. Fire Captain also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 8). Firefighter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Fire Captain sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Firefighter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fire Captain holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fire Captain has 72 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Firefighter's written reviews are positive against 26% of Fire Captain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Firefighter ships an update fortnightly, Fire Captain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefighter | Fire Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) | 4.2 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 25.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 533 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEXT SOLUTIONS JOINT STOCK COMPANY | Fuzhou Lingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Firefighter
Fire Captain
Bugs and requests
Firefighter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fire Captain
Reported bugs
49 issues- Game stops at level 16
- Game will not load
- Maritime training drill rescue boat doesn't show up
- Boat unavailable in drill
- Helipad built but no aircraft
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- Unable to load boat in mission 15
- Video button for rewards doesn't work
- Game broken and closes app at level 17
- Stuck on first boat mission, click target off-screen
- Glitch in level 15
- Firefighters run through building instead of around
- Doctor goes to opposite side of building in level 6
- AI pathways cannot maneuver around building
- People walk through walls and get stuck
- Medic goes wrong trajectory and gets stuck
- Rescuer gets stuck in door frame in mission 14
- Second fire kills everyone by approaching it
- Cannot put fire out in level 14 without damage
- Cannot carry person in first room of level 14
- Stuck on level 11, character running in place exiting motel room
- Bed tracking issue, not going around to get asset
- Cannot access one of the assets in level 10
- Door in mission 14 in wrong place, units run in but not out
- Game bugs out at a certain point
- Shows close-up of firehouse but does nothing else
- Freezing at level 8, trucks don't come
- Game gets stuck a few levels after level 5 fix
- Game crashes and glitches after level 8
- Captain walks across bed instead of around and gets stuck on desk in level 5
- Captain glitches and walks on bed to get asset but can't get it in level 5
- Captain can't collect asset on mission 5 nightstand, gets stuck
- Asset in bedroom not letting player pick it up, glitched on bed in level 5
- Player gets stuck on invisible box at level 5
- Character gets stuck in level five trying to get asset by the bed on nightstand
- Bug prevents clearing of assets on level 5
- Stuck on level 5, get stuck on invisible barriers
- Captain character gets stuck on nightstand asset in level 5
- Firefighter gets stuck on bed trying to recover asset in mission 5
- Firefighter gets stuck retrieving assets by the bed in mission 5
- Firefighter climbs over bed and gets stuck in level 5
- Captain got stuck on bed in level 5
- Fireman get stuck trying to get money off dresser beside bed in level 5
- Glitch in level five, runs on bed then stands there
- Captain tries to recover asset in bedroom but gets stuck on bed in level 5
- Character keeps glitching and can't reach asset in level 4
- Cannot get one of the assets in the 5th mission
- Firefighters get stuck in invisible walls or run through walls in mission 5
- Captain gets stuck on bed trying to get money from bedside table in mission 5
- Lags and unable to complete missions
Requested features
4 requests- Make more levels
- Fix bugs before release
- Improve AI pathfinding
- More extinguishers for fires
In-app purchases
Firefighter
No in-app purchases
Fire Captain
- A Couple of Gems$0.99
- New Player Package$1.99
- A Handful of Gems$2.99
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- ToolPackage$3.99
- Growth Rewards VIP$4.99
- A Pile of Gems$4.99
- VehiclePackage$8.99
- A Sack of Gems$9.99
- ToolPackageUsualPrice$12.99
- VehiclePackageUsualPrice$29.99
Questions
Is Firefighter free?
Is Fire Captain free?
Which has better reviews, Firefighter or Fire Captain?
Do Firefighter or Fire Captain have ads?
Which is updated more often, Firefighter or Fire Captain?
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