Levers vs Fairy Fire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Levers
A physics simulation game where you must balance objects on hangers to prevent them from falling into the water. Tilt your device to adjust the balance and strategically place items to overcome challenges.
- Physics simulation
- Balancing objects
- Tilt controls
- Interactive elements
- Challenging puzzles
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"A beautiful and mesmerizing piece of interactive art and physics simulation, Levers will calm you while it challenges you to keep everything it throws as you in delicate balance." - JayIsGames.com --- The classic balancing game from Vectorpark, now for iPhone and iPad. The goal of Levers is simple: keep all the objects out of the water... - Balance the hangers and objects... - Tilt your phone to help keep them dry... - Some objects interact with each other, so examine each one closely... - You'll run out of hooks, the game can still be won... --- Try the free flash version at http://leversgame.com.
Fairy Fire
Engage in retro arcade action as you defend fairy pals from evil creatures in this fast-paced side-scroller. Collect power-ups and gems to upgrade your abilities and advance through waves of enemies or play in an endless arcade mode.
- Retro arcade action
- Side-scrolling gameplay
- Waves of evil creatures
- Upgrade items and power-ups
- Two game modes: floor-by-floor and endless
- Collect gems for upgrades
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Fairy Fire - Defender of the Fairies Up for some retro arcade action? Extra weapons, upgrades, smart bombs etc. are your favorite tools? Then this great arcade clone is for you! Survive waves of evil creatures in this fantastic, fast paced side scroller. The plot: Defend your fairy pals against the evil! Fight through waves of evil creatures and finally meet the mother of evil and free the fairies - forever... Pick up the fairies and escort them to the warp-hole. Watch out for the snatchers, they are trying to abduct your fairy pals. Advance to the next wave by rescuing all fairies and eliminating all enemies by the end of the timer. Two game modes - Advance floor by floor by defeating the boss of each floor. - Arcade ‘endless’ mode. Collect gems to buy great upgrade items - get additional fire power with the ‘FairyFire’ upgrade ( also protects the fairy from dying ) - increase the number of collectable fairies with the ‘FairyCarry’ upgrade - speed up the wizard and make him fast like a flash - increase the shot frequency with the ‘FirePower’ upgrade - get a ‘GemMagnet’ to ease the pickup of gems Collectable upgrades: - Smart bomb ( black scroll ): kill all enemies on the screen - Invincible ( golden scroll ): kamikaze can be fun - Time Bender ( hourglass ): slow down the enemies for easy killing - Helper ( purple potion ): adds a protecting item to the wizard; it kills enemies - Extra Live ( green potion ) - Fire Power ( magic lamp ): adds serious ( flame thrower like ) fire power to the wizard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fairy Fire at 5.0 against Levers's 4.3. Levers's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 37 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). On price, ads, 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
Levers costs $0.99 and Fairy Fire $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fairy Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Levers has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Levers's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fairy Fire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Levers ships an update every 5 months, Fairy Fire every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Levers | Fairy Fire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vectorpark | Stefan Preuss |
Customer experience
Levers
Fairy Fire
Bugs and requests
Levers
Reported bugs
7 issues- Birds interfere at critical moments causing failure
- Giant head placement issue - no space available
- Snowman hat disappears when dropped
- Game doesn't progress after balancing final items
- Items difficult to retrieve from water
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- Price inconsistency across regions/time
- No obvious game ending or completion state
Requested features
12 requests- Save/pause game progress feature
- Reset button to restart gameplay
- Additional levels or content
- Instructions or tutorial guide
- Toggle option for bird mechanics
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- Background music compatibility
- Mute/audio off option
- More challenging difficulty levels
- Multiplayer or competitive modes
- Menu screen
- Help or hints system
- Different themed variations
Fairy Fire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Levers
No in-app purchases
Fairy Fire
No in-app purchases
