PewPew vs Bullet Hell Heroes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PewPew
Experience intense, retro-style multidirectional shooting with massive enemy counts and a high frame rate. Choose from five distinct game modes, including Pandemonium, Dodge This, Assault, Chromatic Conflict, and Asteroids. Compete on online leaderboards and unlock new ships.
- Multidirectional shooting
- Retro graphics
- High frame rate
- Five game modes
- Online leaderboards
- Unlockable ships
- Game controller support
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PewPew is a multidirectional shoot them up akin to Geometry Wars. Expect retro graphics, megatons of enemies, and a frame rate rarely achieved by other games. On the other hand, don't expect a story: this game is for serious gamers. There are FIVE different game modes: • Pandemonium: Some enemies explode when they die, and the other spin maniacally everywhere. Hide from the explosions or deftly go through them. • Dodge this: As you collect boxes, there are more and more enemies moving around. Naturally, you have to dodge them all. • Assault: You fight against waves of enemies. Spoiler: at the end, they win and you die. • Chromatic Conflict (NSF color blinds): Enemies of different color appear. You can only destroy the ones that are the same color as your ship. • Asteroids: Need I say more? Features: ⁂ High frame-rate (honestly, this is what defines this game) ⁂ Finely tuned game-play (oh, and this too) ⁂ Online leader boards ⁂ Online replays ⁂ Some sweet music ⁂ Unlockable ships ⁂ Support Game Controller ⁂ No ads, no analytics. nada.
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PewPew at none against Bullet Hell Heroes's 13. PewPew also leads on ads (none vs shown). Bullet Hell Heroes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). 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
Both are free to download. Bullet Hell Heroes sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. PewPew asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bullet Hell Heroes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 112 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of PewPew's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bullet Hell Heroes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PewPew ships an update every 5 months, Bullet Hell Heroes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PewPew | Bullet Hell Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (67 ratings) | 4.7 (112 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better | 88.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 | 112 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jean-Francois Geyelin | Nanami Shindi |
Customer experience
PewPew
Bullet Hell Heroes
Bugs and requests
PewPew
Reported bugs
2 issues- High score data loss after updates
- Unresponsive controls on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and enemy types
- Multiplayer support
- Ability to disable background music
- Offline/campaign mode
Bullet Hell Heroes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PewPew
No in-app purchases
Bullet Hell Heroes
- 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
Questions
Is PewPew free?
Is Bullet Hell Heroes free?
Which has better reviews, PewPew or Bullet Hell Heroes?
Do PewPew or Bullet Hell Heroes have ads?
Which is updated more often, PewPew or Bullet Hell Heroes?
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