Comparison

GateFire vs Afterfront Survival

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

Head to head
About

GateFire

Features
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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?

About

Afterfront Survival

Engage in fast-paced zombie lane combat with automatic firing and strategic gate choices. Craft unique loadouts, build your squad, and face diverse infected threats and bosses. Progress through levels with persistent cleared defenses and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Lane-combat shooter gameplay
  • Automatic squad firing
  • Randomized gear crafting
  • Survivor recruitment and upgrades
  • Diverse enemy types and bosses
  • Persistent cleared defenses
  • Game Center achievements and leaderboards
Features
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Afterfront Survival is a lane-combat shooter built for quick, replayable runs. Drag to steer while your squad fires automatically, fight through infected hordes, and choose gates that strengthen your survivors. CRAFT YOUR LOADOUT Unlock equipment blueprints through progression. Spend earned coins and salvage to craft weapons, armor, gadgets and support gear with randomized bonuses and drawbacks. Upgrade rarity, repair durability, and recalibrate a modifier by choosing from three new rolls. BUILD YOUR SQUAD Recruit survivors through gates and defeat checkpoint bosses for weapon upgrades, including wider volleys, longer range and homing missiles. Improve starting stats with coins retained between runs. FACE NEW THREATS Fight sprinters, armored infected, grenade throwers, mine layers, charging bombers and barricade builders. Distinct bosses bring their own attacks, and enemy pressure responds within limits as you play. BREACH THE EXTRACTION ZONE Push through map-specific military defenses, blast walls, bunkers and firing tanks. Destroyed defenses stay cleared between attempts, giving your squad a route to work toward. PLAY YOUR WAY Choose one boss upgrade for free, or optionally watch an ad to claim all three beginning in round 4. Workshop supplies also offer up to three optional daily rewards. One permanent Remove Ads purchase removes all ads and lets you claim these rewards directly, with the same progression and daily limits. No subscriptions or currency packs. Compete through Game Center achievements and leaderboards, or play without signing in.

Screenshots

GateFire3 screens
Afterfront Survival4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GateFire at none against Afterfront Survival's 1. GateFire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Afterfront Survival sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GateFire asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GateFire versus Afterfront Survival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGateFireAfterfront Survival
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB149 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSantiago MorelMediocre Game Studio LLC

In-app purchases

None

GateFire

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Afterfront Survival

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is GateFire free?
GateFire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Afterfront Survival free?
Afterfront Survival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GateFire or Afterfront Survival have ads?
Afterfront Survival shows ads; GateFire does not.

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