Fairy Defence vs DANMAKU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fairy Defence
A simple and exhilarating mini-action game. Experience satisfying gameplay with easy controls. Perfect for quick gaming sessions.
- Simple controls
- Exhilarating gameplay
- Mini-action format
- Satisfying experience
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シンプルで爽快なミニアクションゲームです。
DANMAKU
Engage in intense bullet-hell combat across 8 stages with 16 unique bosses. Choose from 8 distinct ships, each with unique abilities and flight patterns, and customize your loadout with 5 weapon types and 4 armor options. Every run offers a new challenge and the opportunity to level up your pilot.
- 8 stages with 3 difficulty levels
- 16 unique bosses and mid-bosses
- 5 distinct weapon types
- 4 armor types with trade-offs
- 8 customizable ships
- Pilot leveling system
- Graze and bomb mechanics
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DANMAKU Shooting - STELLAR FORCE 8 stages, 16 bosses. Every run you fly a different ship. ◆ 8 Stages, 3 Difficulties Route → mid-boss → route → boss. About 13 minutes a run. Clear NORMAL to open HARD, clear HARD to open LUNATIC. Higher difficulties give bosses more bullet patterns — and pay more coins. ◆ 16 Bosses One boss and one mid-boss per stage. You never fight the same one twice. ◆ 5 Weapons — not better and worse, but good at different things Vulcan / Spread / Laser / Homing / Reflect. Laser struggles on the route; Spread struggles on bosses. "Next run I'll take this one" is the reason to go again. ◆ 4 Armors — every one costs you something Heavy gives +3 HP and slows you down. Phase takes 2 HP away and pays you more the closer you fly to bullets. ◆ 3 Companions Gunner, shield, medic. Buy them, take up to two along. ◆ Pilot Level It always goes up when you play. A run you lose is not a run wasted. ◆ Graze and Bombs Skim a bullet and the coins climb. When there's no way through, bomb it. ◆ 8 Ships A small hitbox, more firepower, an extra bomb. They differ in how they fly, not just how they look.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fairy Defence at none against DANMAKU's 1. Fairy Defence also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). DANMAKU's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. DANMAKU sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fairy Defence asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fairy Defence against 5.0 for DANMAKU. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Fairy Defence ships an update every 4 months, DANMAKU fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fairy Defence | DANMAKU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Makoto Umeda | MIZOU, CO., LTD. |
In-app purchases
Fairy Defence
No in-app purchases
DANMAKU
- Supporter Pack$4.99
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