Comparison

Deep Moon vs Emberline

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

Head to head
About

Deep Moon

Experience 80's style arcade action in this retro space shooter. Pilot a stolen enemy ship, battle challenging foes, and destroy the reactor core of a distant base. Escape is your ultimate goal in this fast-paced mission.

Highlights
  • Retro 80's arcade style
  • Fast-paced action
  • Challenging enemies
  • Simple controls
  • Space combat gameplay
  • Reactor core destruction mission
Features
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A Retro Style Space Arcade Game. Quick Action, challenging enemies and simple controls take you back to the arcade games of the 80's. You are an undercover agent on a distant enemy base. After stealing an enemy ship, your mission is to find and destroy the reactor core. Escape is optional but preferred. Good luck!!!

About

Emberline

Features
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Emberline: Block Puzzle is an ember-chain block puzzle. Place pieces on an 8×8 board and clear lines — but here, clears catch fire. Every cleared line ignites embers, embers chain into cascading waves, and a full Heat meter arms the Inferno: one detonation that clears the entire board. • Blaze: endless mode — place, chain, and chase your best score • Expeditions: 80 handcrafted levels across 10 fire worlds, each guarding a relic • Daily Blaze: one shared board a day, the same worldwide — keep your streak alive • Game Center leaderboards, achievements, and friend challenges • No account and no sign-up — plays offline, at your own pace • Free with occasional interstitials; a single one-time purchase removes ads Clears catch fire. Fire spreads.

Screenshots

Deep Moon4 screens
Emberline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deep Moon at none against Emberline's 2. Deep Moon also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Emberline's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Emberline sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Deep Moon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Moon ships an update every 2 months, Emberline daily. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Deep Moon versus Emberline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep MoonEmberline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB8 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developerandrew bellJoseph Leporati

In-app purchases

None

Deep Moon

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Emberline

One-time2
  • 5 Revives$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Deep Moon free?
Deep Moon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emberline free?
Emberline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deep Moon or Emberline have ads?
Both Deep Moon and Emberline show ads.
Which is updated more often, Deep Moon or Emberline?
Deep Moon ships an update every 2 months, and Emberline daily. Most recently, Deep Moon was updated on September 8, 2026 and Emberline on September 7, 2026.

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