FlapThulhu vs Bullet Hell Heroes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlapThulhu
Navigate treacherous environments by flapping, battling monsters, and managing your sanity. Unleash eldritch powers or succumb to the madness in this action-packed game.
- Flapping mechanics
- Monster combat
- Madness management
- Eldritch dimension exploration
- Playable beast character
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Flap through the horrible gates of R'lyeh and unleash the Madness to open a portal to the eldritch dimension... or will the madness take you? New in version 2, you can now beat up lesser monsters as you fly through a disgusting cave. You can also unleash and play as a new horrible beast. Features: - Flapping - Fighting - Madness Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Flapthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl flaptagn!5687817
Bullet Hell Heroes
Experience a challenging vertical scrolling shooter that blends classic arcade action with RPG elements. Choose from 25 unique heroes and master intricate bullet patterns to defeat over 100 enemy types and formidable bosses. Customize difficulty and enjoy endless replayability.
- 25 unique heroes with special abilities
- Adjustable difficulty modes
- Over 100 enemy types with complex patterns
- Boss battles with intricate bullet patterns
- Intuitive touch controls for movement and abilities
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Are you a tired unchallenging arcade space shooter and alien shooter games? Try Bullet Hell Heroes! It is a challenging, free, vertical scrolling shooting game that combines the best elements of Touhou, alien shooter, space shooting, Shmup and RPG games! Bullet Hell Heroes is a fantastic option if you're a fan of classic retro arcade shooting like space-shooter, airplane games or alien-shooter games. It is an excellent choice if you love vertical shooting games like of the STG and Shmup genre, or if you enjoy the unique style of Touhou games. Features: · It's not an easy space shooter or an unchallenging alien shooter. With no stamina limitations, you can keep challenging yourself until you conquer the game. · Play as one of 25 different heroes, each with unique abilities like jumping, time manipulation, and teleportation. · Tailor the difficulty to your liking with Easy, Normal, Hard, Maniac, and Lunatic modes, and face off against formidable bosses, memorizing intricate bullet patterns to emerge victorious. · Encounter over 100 types of enemies, including dragons, slimes, ghosts, and orcs, all with challenging bullet patterns. Playing bullet hell heroes is simple! · Move and shoot bullets by touching and dragging! · Touch the screen with another finger to activate special abilities!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlapThulhu at none against Bullet Hell Heroes's 13. FlapThulhu also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Bullet Hell Heroes sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. FlapThulhu asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bullet Hell Heroes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 82 and 112 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of FlapThulhu's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bullet Hell Heroes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FlapThulhu ships an update every 3 weeks, Bullet Hell Heroes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlapThulhu | Bullet Hell Heroes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (82 ratings) | 4.7 (112 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.1% of reviews — better | 88.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 | 112 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Madgarden Inc | Nanami Shindi |
Customer experience
FlapThulhu
Bullet Hell Heroes
Bugs and requests
FlapThulhu
Reported bugs
8 issues- Character too big to get through spikes
- Skulls don't appear often enough
- Game stopped working with iOS 11
- Saving skulls and bought items reset
- Laggy animation causes loss
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- Frameskipping is a pain
- Game crashes when crashing
- Issue where game crashes on death
Requested features
10 requests- More uses for skulls
- Achievements or in-game awards
- Sequel
- Option to turn sound off
- More modes or creatures to unlock
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- Perks to purchase
- More characters to play as
- Change Shogoth from floating to flappy
- More exclusive content
- More music options
Bullet Hell Heroes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FlapThulhu
No in-app purchases
Bullet Hell Heroes
- Andrius$1.99
- Gold!$1.99
- Fria$1.99
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- Serena$1.99
- Almant$1.99
- Erinoa$1.99
- Hero+12 variants$1.99
- Luliela$1.99
- Genba$1.99
- Elba$1.99
- Erase all ads$1.99
- Unlock all heroes$7.99
Questions
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