GateFire vs Kartenwerk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GateFire
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Dodge, blast, and upgrade your way through an endless neon gauntlet. GateFire is a fast, one-thumb arcade shooter built for quick runs — no tutorials, no waiting, just tap in and see how long you last. YOUR SHIP FIRES ITSELF. YOU JUST HAVE TO SURVIVE. Drag anywhere to move. Your ship auto-fires at everything in its path, so your only job is positioning — weave through incoming obstacles while lining up shots on the gates worth chasing. EVERY GATE IS A CHOICE Obstacles come from the right. Upgrade gates come in pairs from the left, and you only get one: a flat stat boost or a multiplier, more damage or faster fire rate. Shoot down the gate you want before it scrolls past — the one you skip is gone for good. THE SWARM NEVER LETS UP Difficulty ramps in real time. Obstacles get faster and denser at fixed milestones, and a bouncing threat keeps you honest between waves. The longer you survive, the harder GateFire pushes back. FEATURES • One-thumb drag controls — auto-fire means you never touch a button • Risk/reward upgrade gates with real stat trade-offs • Escalating difficulty that never plateaus • Multiple selectable starfighters, picked before every run • Game Center leaderboard — climb the ranks and compare your best run • Runs built for a spare minute or ten — jump in anywhere How far can you make it before the gates run out?
Kartenwerk
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Kartenwerk is Solitaire as a clean proof sheet — calm, exact, honest. Every deal is proven solvable. No random dead ends: a solver proves a winning line exists before the deal ships. Printed on the board: “Geprüft lösbar” — verified solvable. Not a slogan, a promise. • Klondike — free, forever. • FreeCell, the full statistics archive, and the daily-sheet history — one purchase. No subscription. • Daily sheet: a fresh, verified deal every day. • Plays offline. Only the ads need a connection. • German or French deck — both included. • Built accessible: VoiceOver, reduced motion, high contrast. Free play is ad-supported: a short ad between deals, and you can watch one to open a single FreeCell deal. The one purchase removes the ads and unlocks everything. Klondike stays free either way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GateFire at none against Kartenwerk's 1. GateFire also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Kartenwerk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GateFire asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | GateFire | Kartenwerk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Santiago Morel | Mustafa Salim Erek |
In-app purchases
GateFire
No in-app purchases
Kartenwerk
- Kartenwerk — unlock everything$3.99









