Comparison

Fingerzilla vs Fairy Fire

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

Head to head
About

Fingerzilla

Unleash destructive power with a giant finger to demolish cities, vehicles, and people. Enjoy high-resolution graphics, multiplayer battles, and gameplay-enhancing boosts. Collect items, unlock new levels, and compete with friends for ultimate destruction.

Highlights
  • High-resolution graphics
  • Multiplayer support
  • Gameplay boosts
  • Collectible items
  • New levels and mini-games
  • Social sharing and leaderboards
Features
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Fingerzilla is a fast-paced, explosive game of utter destruction. Using your own finger(zilla), rain fiery chaos down upon buildings, cars, and people. The interface is simple, but the joy of squashing your boss is priceless! We just had our 4 MILLIONTH player download the game! Download Fingerzilla yourself for: - Improved graphics! All buildings, victims, and landscapes have been lovingly rendered in high-res for you to destroy. We also have all-new victims to squish! - Multiplayer Support! Play head-to-head against friends anywhere with Game Center, or locally over Wi-Fi/Bluetooth. Any map you've unlocked can be played head-to-head, plus we have a new set of Multiplayer maps with modified rules and visuals! - Gameplay Boosts! We've added over a dozen boosts to take your gameplay to the next level. Extend mission times for extra smashing power; spill out more people to squish; add unique and named buildings with special abilities, and a bunch more! - Collections! All buildings now have a chance to spit out collectible items (like a soda bottle or an SUV). Collect these and trade them in for bonus score, free tokens, and free boosts! - Universal App -- Fingerzilla runs on the iPhones and iPads of all sizes! - New Levels -- new places to destroy, and new unique building variations to crush. - Mini-Games & Bonus Missions -- Play "Fingers vs. Zombies" or spend time crushing cars on the 101! - Compete and share with friends -- when your friends play, you'll get a bonus! You'll also see your best score on each level, and scores of other players that you're beating! - Game Center! Compete with Leaderboards and Achievements versus the world! - Squish Your Friends! Turn on the Names Pack, and squish all your Facebook friends, or colleagues from your contacts. - Game Enhancements -- in addition to the Mutation Pack, you can add bonus-bearing victims, level upgrades, and more! - Unique buildings and vehicles -- add on skyscrapers, boats, new houses, taxis, city hall, and other buildings, each with unique behavior (factories explode, towers flood out executives, etc.) - Great performance on all devices -- get 60FPS smooth animation on all recent phones, iPods and tablets. ===== As always, please write us at support@inertsoap.com if you have any problems and we'll get them fixed!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Fingerzilla4 screens
Fairy Fire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fairy Fire at none against Fingerzilla's 7. Fairy Fire also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Fingerzilla's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Fingerzilla costs $1.99 and Fairy Fire $0.99 up front. Fingerzilla sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Fairy Fire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fairy Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingerzilla has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Fingerzilla'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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingerzilla ships an update every 2 months, Fairy Fire every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Fingerzilla versus Fairy Fire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingerzillaFairy Fire
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (27 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 37 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB28 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperThomas RicketStefan Preuss

Customer experience

Fingerzilla

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1,182 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral18.2%
Negative18.9%

Fairy Fire

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Fingerzilla

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on level selection
  • Destruction not registering properly
  • Scrolling issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Zoom in/out functionality
  • More levels and city variety
  • Endless/sandbox mode
  • Level editor
  • Improved performance

Fairy Fire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Fingerzilla

One-time7
  • Mutation Pack$0.99
  • Level Pack$0.99
  • Stop Time$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Name Pack$0.99
  • handful of tokens$0.99
  • bucketful of tokens$1.99
  • truckload of tokens$2.99
None

Fairy Fire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingerzilla free?
Fingerzilla costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Fairy Fire free?
Fairy Fire costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fingerzilla or Fairy Fire?
Fairy Fire is rated higher. Fingerzilla averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Fairy Fire averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Fingerzilla or Fairy Fire have ads?
Neither Fingerzilla nor Fairy Fire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingerzilla or Fairy Fire?
Fingerzilla ships an update every 2 months, and Fairy Fire every 37 months. Most recently, Fingerzilla was updated on October 27, 2026 and Fairy Fire on October 24, 2026.

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