Comparison

HELI HELL 2024 vs ZeroVector

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

Head to head
About

HELI HELL 2024

Pilot a helicopter through intense aerial combat, dodging bullets and destroying enemies. Upgrade weapons and customize your chopper to face waves of adversaries and massive bosses in this retro-inspired bullet hell shooter.

Highlights
  • 6 helicopters
  • 22 upgradable weapons
  • Over 50 enemy units
  • Massive bosses
  • Retro-inspired levels
  • High score competition
Features
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GET TO THE CHOPPAAAAAA! Unleash the fury of the skies in HELI HELL – the ultimate bullet hell shmup that will test your mettle and your trigger finger! Dive into a relentless arcade experience where the sky is your battlefield and danger comes from every angle. Your mission: pilot a battle-hardened helicopter through waves of relentless enemies, dodging a maelstrom of bullets and obliterating adversaries with a formidable arsenal at your fingertips. SHOW NO MERCY! FEATURES: - 6 helicopters (and more to come) - 22 upgradable weapons - Over 50 different enemy units - MASSIVE. HEAVY. BOSSES. Prepare for vertical mayhem as you ascend through retro-inspired levels, each packed with unique challenges and ruthless bosses. HELI HELL combines the nostalgia of classic shooters with the intense action of modern bullet hell games. Rack up high scores, compete with players worldwide, and etch your name in the annals of high-flying heroes. With every level, the onslaught intensifies, pushing your skills to the limit as you navigate through the chaos of non-stop bullet storms. Customize your chopper, unlock devastating weapons, and show no mercy as you blast through enemy lines. Whether you're a seasoned shmup veteran or a newcomer to the arcade shooter genre, HELI HELL offers an adrenaline-pumping, sky-dominating adventure that's not for the faint of heart. Join the aerial assault, embrace the bullet hell, and become the ultimate sky warrior in HELI HELL – where victory is only a shot away!

About

ZeroVector

Experience an endless retro arcade vertical shoot 'em up with challenging boss battles and power-up stacking. Utilize a unique REVERSAL ability to flip enemy bullets into missiles. Compete in multiplayer Conquest mode to capture sectors for your faction.

Highlights
  • Endless waves of enemies
  • Four unique boss battles
  • Collectible power-ups and upgrades
  • Stackable shields and EMP
  • REVERSAL ability to flip bullets
  • Multiplayer Conquest mode
  • Faction-based sector control
Features
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ZeroVector is an endless retro arcade vertical shoot ‘em up! Blast your way through endless waves of enemy ships seeing how long you can survive and what high score you can achieve. There are four different bosses to encounter, each with their own firing patterns and strategies to beat. Along the way you pick up and use various items like shields, EMP, bomb, and weapon upgrades. Items like shields and EMP can stack so getting two in succession gives the extra powerful deflector and EMP extend. You have a special REVERSAL ability that charges every 20 seconds. Once charged you tap with a second finger onto the screen (or double tap) and all enemy bullets flip around into seeking missiles helping you escape impossible odds and get epic clears. A multiplayer Conquest mode arrives with the 0.2 update and lets you compete against other players in three factions (red, blue, and purple) to capture and control hexagonal sectors on a global map. Achieve the high score on a sector to capture it for your faction and work together to take control of the map. Scores decay over time and sectors can be replayed to defend them and capturing surrounding sectors helps protect them. It’s an all new innovative multidimensional leaderboard system!

Screenshots

HELI HELL 20244 screens
ZeroVector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ZeroVector at none against HELI HELL 2024's shown. ZeroVector also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). HELI HELL 2024's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. HELI HELL 2024 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and ZeroVector sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for HELI HELL 2024 against 4.7 for ZeroVector. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 217 and 145 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of HELI HELL 2024's written reviews are positive against 92% of ZeroVector's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HELI HELL 2024 ships an update every 2 months, ZeroVector every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HELI HELL 2024 versus ZeroVector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHELI HELL 2024ZeroVector
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (217 ratings)4.7 (145 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.7% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings217 — better145
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size674 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNikita Efremovblackpawn.com

Customer experience

HELI HELL 2024

All ratings217 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews529 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative14.6%

ZeroVector

All ratings145 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%

Bugs and requests

HELI HELL 2024

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Restore purchases not working
  • Game progress not syncing across devices
  • Invisible mines in certain levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to customize helicopters
  • Manual firing option
  • In-game music

ZeroVector

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

HELI HELL 2024

One-time11
  • Permanent Magnet$0.99
  • Piggy bank$0.99
  • Piggy bank$1.99
Show 8 more
  • Wad of money$1.99
  • Wad of money$2.99
  • War cooperative$2.99
  • President's slush fund$3.99
  • War cooperative$4.99
  • Government support$6.99
  • President's slush fund$9.99
  • Government support$19.99
2 purchases

ZeroVector

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Buy blackpawn a taco$0.99

Questions

Is HELI HELL 2024 free?
HELI HELL 2024 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZeroVector free?
ZeroVector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HELI HELL 2024 or ZeroVector?
ZeroVector is rated higher. HELI HELL 2024 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 217 ratings, while ZeroVector averages 4.7 from 145 ratings.
Do HELI HELL 2024 or ZeroVector have ads?
HELI HELL 2024 shows ads; ZeroVector does not.
Which is updated more often, HELI HELL 2024 or ZeroVector?
HELI HELL 2024 ships an update every 2 months, and ZeroVector every 4 months. Most recently, HELI HELL 2024 was updated on October 13, 2026 and ZeroVector on October 16, 2026.

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