Comparison

Bullet Hell Heroes vs Gigabull

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

Head to head
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!

About

Gigabull

Embark on a retro-style space shooter adventure synchronized to an original soundtrack. Reclaim sacred thumb drives containing songs from a debut album to defeat a nefarious villain and save your home planet.

Highlights
  • Retro-style pixel art
  • Original soundtrack synchronization
  • Bullet hell gameplay
  • Space shooter adventure
  • Planet reclamation mission
  • Hand-crafted enemies and backgrounds
Features
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Gigabull is unveiling one song/month from their debut album, Ox Send, each paired with a level in their video game. In this adventure, Gigabull, the band's namesake and the universe's most nefarious horned villain, has seized 10 sacred thumb drives. Each drive contains a piece of the cacophonous puzzle to defeat him: a song from the album. Your mission: reclaim them all. Take on the role of a G.N.A.R. (Gigabull Nebula Attack Reserve) pilot, fighting through the lunar system to reclaim your home planet from Gigabull. Become immersed in hand-crafted pixel art enemies and backgrounds synchronized to the original soundtrack. Become a legendary pilot in this retro-style, bullet hell space shooter.

Screenshots

Bullet Hell Heroes4 screens
Gigabull4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gigabull at none against Bullet Hell Heroes's shown. Gigabull also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Bullet Hell Heroes's advantage is ratings volume (112 vs 32) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Bullet Hell Heroes sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Gigabull sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gigabull holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 112 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Bullet Hell Heroes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gigabull's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bullet Hell Heroes ships an update every 2 weeks, Gigabull weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bullet Hell Heroes versus Gigabull: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBullet Hell HeroesGigabull
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (112 ratings)5.0 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings112 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB181 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNanami ShindiGnarhard

Customer experience

Bullet Hell Heroes

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

Gigabull

All ratings32 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Bullet Hell Heroes

One-time12
  • Andrius$1.99
  • Gold!$1.99
  • Fria$1.99
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  • Serena$1.99
  • Almant$1.99
  • Erinoa$1.99
  • Hero+12 variants$1.99
  • Luliela$1.99
  • Genba$1.99
  • Elba$1.99
  • Erase all ads$1.99
  • Unlock all heroes$7.99
3 purchases

Gigabull

One-time3
  • Arcade Audio Mode$4.99
  • Remove Revive Ads$4.99
  • Ox Send$9.99

Questions

Is Bullet Hell Heroes free?
Bullet Hell Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gigabull free?
Gigabull is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bullet Hell Heroes or Gigabull?
Gigabull is rated higher. Bullet Hell Heroes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 112 ratings, while Gigabull averages 5.0 from 32 ratings.
Do Bullet Hell Heroes or Gigabull have ads?
Bullet Hell Heroes shows ads; Gigabull does not.
Which is updated more often, Bullet Hell Heroes or Gigabull?
Bullet Hell Heroes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Gigabull weekly. Most recently, Bullet Hell Heroes was updated on October 13, 2026 and Gigabull on October 14, 2026.

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