Comparison

LostSquadron vs Hold Fire

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

Head to head
About

LostSquadron

Features
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Classic fighter jet shooting game. Shoot the enemies, upgrade your plane and your weapons, and play through the fun levels of Lost Squadron!

About

Hold Fire

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Hold Fire is an offline turret defense game where you pull the trigger yourself: a roguelike tower defense shooter you can play with no wifi and no internet. Part defense game, part shooting game, all strategy. Hold your finger down: the cannon aims, heats up and fires. Between waves, place your turrets. Then do it again, a hundred times, all the way to the Leviathan. ā–ø TWO GAMES IN ONE Turrets hold the lane while you cover what they cannot see: the jammer they ignore, the runner that outruns them, the flyer no mortar will ever catch. They will never be enough on their own. ā–ø 100 WAVES, 10 SECTORS Ten lanes, ten field rules, ten bosses. A brand new enemy type every ten waves, and a boss that pushes to the extreme whatever it just taught you. Twenty-two foes in all, from the Grunt to the Leviathan. ā–ø AIM FOR THE CORES Yellow weak points take triple damage. One placed shot beats ten sprayed ones, and the cannon overheats if you never let go. ā–ø 5 TURRETS, 7 UPGRADES Gatling, mortar, flak, tesla, missile launcher: each covers what the others let through. In the workshop: caliber, rate of fire, cooling, optics, piercing, volley and a second cannon, each with its own final breakthrough. ā–ø ONE PACT PER RUN Twelve deals, only one taken, binding to the end. More damage for less range, gold for hit points. Nothing comes free. ā–ø EVERY RUN COUNTS A roguelite: waves reached earn fragments, fragments buy permanent modules. Seventeen of them: starting gold, base plating, turret blueprints, negotiated prices. The next run starts higher. ā–ø OFFLINE, NO WIFI, NO ACCOUNT Everything lives on your device: this tower defense game runs with no wifi and no internet, on a plane or underground. No sign-up, no waiting, no lives to refill. A run starts in seconds. ā–ø FREE, NO CATCH Nothing to buy. Every three waves, an ad may play during the build phase: the game is frozen while it runs, never in the middle of a wave. Another may appear between runs. After a run you can choose to watch a video to double your fragments or restart from the wave you fell on. No ad ever makes your cannon stronger. ā–ø WHO IS IT FOR? Tower defense fans who want to aim for themselves, players looking for an offline shooting game with real strategy, and roguelike lovers who like a defeat that makes the next run stronger. Neon retro art, darksynth soundtrack. English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. Hold the line.

Screenshots

LostSquadron4 screens
Hold Fire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LostSquadron at none against Hold Fire's shown. Hold Fire's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LostSquadron ships an update every 3 months, Hold Fire every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
LostSquadron versus Hold Fire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLostSquadronHold Fire
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLycheeApps Inc.Nicolas Zanette

In-app purchases

None

LostSquadron

No in-app purchases

None

Hold Fire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LostSquadron free?
LostSquadron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hold Fire free?
Hold Fire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LostSquadron or Hold Fire have ads?
Hold Fire shows ads; LostSquadron does not.
Which is updated more often, LostSquadron or Hold Fire?
LostSquadron ships an update every 3 months, and Hold Fire every 3 weeks. Most recently, LostSquadron was updated on October 1, 2026 and Hold Fire on October 3, 2026.

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