Comparison

Dissolve vs Bullet Hell Heroes

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

Head to head
About

Dissolve

Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.

Highlights
  • Infinite enemy waves
  • Permanent power-ups
  • Transforming background visuals
  • Single-finger swipe controls
  • Haptic feedback
  • Unlockable ships
  • Upgradeable power-up drops
Features
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates

About

Bullet Hell Heroes

Experience a challenging vertical scrolling shooter that blends classic arcade action with RPG elements. Choose from 25 unique heroes and master intricate bullet patterns to defeat over 100 enemy types and formidable bosses. Customize difficulty and enjoy endless replayability.

Highlights
  • 25 unique heroes with special abilities
  • Adjustable difficulty modes
  • Over 100 enemy types with complex patterns
  • Boss battles with intricate bullet patterns
  • Intuitive touch controls for movement and abilities
Features
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Are you a tired unchallenging arcade space shooter and alien shooter games? Try Bullet Hell Heroes! It is a challenging, free, vertical scrolling shooting game that combines the best elements of Touhou, alien shooter, space shooting, Shmup and RPG games! Bullet Hell Heroes is a fantastic option if you're a fan of classic retro arcade shooting like space-shooter, airplane games or alien-shooter games. It is an excellent choice if you love vertical shooting games like of the STG and Shmup genre, or if you enjoy the unique style of Touhou games. Features: · It's not an easy space shooter or an unchallenging alien shooter. With no stamina limitations, you can keep challenging yourself until you conquer the game. · Play as one of 25 different heroes, each with unique abilities like jumping, time manipulation, and teleportation. · Tailor the difficulty to your liking with Easy, Normal, Hard, Maniac, and Lunatic modes, and face off against formidable bosses, memorizing intricate bullet patterns to emerge victorious. · Encounter over 100 types of enemies, including dragons, slimes, ghosts, and orcs, all with challenging bullet patterns. Playing bullet hell heroes is simple! · Move and shoot bullets by touching and dragging! · Touch the screen with another finger to activate special abilities!

Screenshots

Dissolve4 screens
Bullet Hell Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bullet Hell Heroes at 9.0 against Dissolve's 13.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Bullet Hell Heroes sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Dissolve against 4.7 for Bullet Hell Heroes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118 and 119 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Dissolve's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bullet Hell Heroes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dissolve ships an update fortnightly, Bullet Hell Heroes every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dissolve versus Bullet Hell Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDissolveBullet Hell Heroes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (118 ratings)4.7 (119 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings118119 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size400 MB110 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperBabyStar GamesNanami Shindi

Customer experience

Dissolve

All ratings107 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.0%

Bullet Hell Heroes

All ratings98 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%

Bugs and requests

Dissolve

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bullet Hell Heroes

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Store shows network error
  • Progress lost when switching devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a joystick option
  • More weekly rewards
  • More difference between character powers

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dissolve

One-time2
  • 5000 Diamonds$0.99
  • 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
9 purchases

Bullet Hell Heroes

One-time9
  • Andrius$1.99
  • Gold!$1.99
  • Fria$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Almant$1.99
  • Erinoa$1.99
  • Hero+12 variants$1.99
  • Genba$1.99
  • Erase all ads$1.99
  • Unlock all heroes$7.99

Questions

Is Dissolve free?
Dissolve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bullet Hell Heroes free?
Bullet Hell Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dissolve or Bullet Hell Heroes?
Bullet Hell Heroes is rated higher. Dissolve averages 4.6 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while Bullet Hell Heroes averages 4.7 from 119 ratings.
Do Dissolve or Bullet Hell Heroes have ads?
Both Dissolve and Bullet Hell Heroes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dissolve or Bullet Hell Heroes?
Dissolve ships an update fortnightly, and Bullet Hell Heroes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dissolve was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bullet Hell Heroes on November 3, 2026.

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