Comparison

Water vs Fire vs Fire Captain

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

Head to head
About

Water vs Fire

Engage in a fun, intuitive game where you upgrade water powers and canister capacity to extinguish fires. Enjoy satisfying sounds and haptic feedback with simple controls.

Highlights
  • Satisfying sound & haptic feedback
  • Super fun gameplay
  • Easy intuitive controls
  • Release to shoot mechanic
  • Upgrade water power
  • Upgrade canister amount
Features
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Damp down the fire! And Have fun! Upgrade your Water Power and your Amount of Canister. - Satisfying + sound & haptic - Super fun - Easy intuitive controls - Release to shoot

About

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.

Highlights
  • Base building
  • Hire firefighters, doctors, engineers
  • Handle exciting missions
  • Multiple maps and missions
  • Recruit different heroes
Features
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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

Screenshots

Water vs Fire4 screens
Fire Captain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Water vs Fire at 5.0 against Fire Captain's 4.2. Water vs Fire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Fire Captain's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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 Captain sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Water vs Fire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Water vs Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fire Captain has 72 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Water vs Fire ships an update every 2 weeks, Fire Captain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Water vs Fire versus Fire Captain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWater vs FireFire Captain
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.2 (72 ratings)
Positive reviews—25.9% of reviews
Number of ratings372 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB533 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRike GamesFuzhou Lingyuan Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Water vs Fire

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fire Captain

All ratings70 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral38.9%
Negative35.2%

Bugs and requests

Water vs Fire

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

None

Water vs Fire

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Fire Captain

One-time10
  • 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 Water vs Fire free?
Water vs Fire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fire Captain free?
Fire Captain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Water vs Fire or Fire Captain?
Water vs Fire is rated higher. Water vs Fire averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Fire Captain averages 4.2 from 72 ratings.
Do Water vs Fire or Fire Captain have ads?
Both Water vs Fire and Fire Captain show ads.
Which is updated more often, Water vs Fire or Fire Captain?
Water vs Fire ships an update every 2 weeks, and Fire Captain weekly. Most recently, Water vs Fire was updated on October 20, 2026 and Fire Captain on October 21, 2026.

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