Subway Surfers vs Fire Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subway Surfers
Embark on an exhilarating endless running adventure, dodging trains and outsmarting a persistent guard. Utilize hoverboards, jetpacks, and acrobatic moves to achieve high scores and compete with friends in this visually vibrant game.
- Endless running gameplay
- Dodge oncoming trains
- Grind on trains
- Hoverboard surfing
- Paint-powered jetpack
- Fast swipe acrobatics
- Challenge friends
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DASH as fast as you can! DODGE the oncoming trains! Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Guard and his dog. - Grind trains with your cool crew! - Colorful and vivid HD graphics! - Hoverboard Surfing! - Paint powered jetpack! - Lightning fast swipe acrobatics! - Challenge and help your friends! Join the App Store's most daring chase! A Universal App with HD optimized graphics for retina resolution. Originally co-developed by SYBO and Kiloo.
Fire Hero
Stretch a stair to rescue dogs from a burning building. Be precise with your stair length to avoid falling. Challenge your friends to achieve the highest score.
- Stretch stairs to reach safe floors
- Rescue dogs from burning buildings
- Precise stair length mechanics
- Score-based challenges
- Simple touch-and-hold controls
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Stretch the stair in order to reach and climb to the safe floor to recuse the dogs in burning building. Be careful! If the stair is too long or too short, you will fall down! ----------------------------------------- How to play: - Touch and hold to stretch the stair. - Release your finger. ----------------------------------------- How many score could you get? Have fun and challenge your friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fire Hero at none against Subway Surfers's 10. Fire Hero also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Subway Surfers's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.9M vs 3). On price, ads 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. Subway Surfers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Fire Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fire Hero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fire Hero's.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Fire Hero every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Fire Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 394 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | Khang Le |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Fire Hero
Bugs and requests
Subway Surfers
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes after updates
- Disappearing high scores and progress
- Unresponsive controls during gameplay
- Ads that redirect to App Store unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save progress across devices
- More customization options for characters
- Difficulty settings or modes
- Multiplayer/competitive features
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
Fire Hero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Subway Surfers
- 7,500 Coins$0.99
- 12 500 Coins$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
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- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- 45,000 Coins$4.99
- Double Coins$4.99
- 65 000 Coins$4.99
- 25 Keys$4.99
- 40 Keys$4.99
- Key Pack 1$4.99
Fire Hero
No in-app purchases
