Comparison

Fight the Fire vs Idle Air Force Base

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

Head to head
About

Fight the Fire

Battle wildfires using helicopters and hand crews to protect homes. Progress through diverse regions, upgrade equipment, and answer fire safety quizzes. This game offers a fun, educational experience promoting wildland fire prevention awareness.

Highlights
  • Fight wildfires with helicopters
  • Deploy hand crews
  • Progress through dozens of regions
  • Upgrade firefighting equipment
  • Answer fire safety quiz questions
  • Enjoy original animation and art
Features
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The forest is ablaze, and homes are going to burn unless you Fight the Fire! Use your helicopter to drop water and deploy your hand crew to cut fire lines as you battle to keep flames away from homes. Progress through dozens of regions, upgrade your equipment, and answer challenging quiz questions to learn about fire safety. Fight the Fire is a fun, educational experience designed to spread awareness about wildland fire prevention. In Fight the Fire, you will… • Travel to dozens of regions to fight wildfires! • Upgrade your equipment to improve your firefighting ability! • Answer fun, challenging quiz questions to learn about fire safety! • Enjoy fun, original animation and art! • Become a fire prevention hero!

About

Idle Air Force Base

Build and train the ultimate Air Force in this strategic idle game. Manage rigorous training programs, deploy advanced aircraft, and engage in epic battles to conquer cities and countries worldwide.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade Air Force base
  • Train pilots and squadrons
  • Deploy fighter jets and drones
  • Engage in strategic battles
  • Conquer cities and countries
  • Unlock various aircraft
Features
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Idle Air Force Base is the most fun idle game you’ll play this year! Feel the need for speed with this really fun, strategic military game where you’ve got to build up the finest Air Force in the world, so you can do battle, take cities and conquer countries! TOP REVIEW! As one ex-USA Air Force pilot said, “I find this idle game especially amusing and fun!” TRAIN TO WIN! You are the Air Marshall and the enemy is spreading across the world. You need to train your cadets to be fully qualified pilots over a serious of rigorous and tough training areas. From practising ejector seats, to G-Force gyroscopes to bomb assembly to parachute training. Are you ready?! TIME FOR BATTLE! Once your training is complete, your squadron will be ready to unleash an attack of drones, fighter jets, airships and warplanes. You don’t need to become a tycoon or be some kind of capitalist or billionaire, just the best at training troops and a strategist for war. TOP GUNS… You have a full air force at your disposal with some awesome planes to unlock, fly and do battle with. Become a top gun with these mighty fine beasts of the sky: RQ-4 Global Hawk F-16 Fighting Falcon A-10 Thunderbolt C-130 Hercules SR-71 Blackbird F-35 Lightning II B-2 Spirit C-5 Galaxy TAKE CITIES! Compete in a series of battles and wars where you need to take out ground troops, enemy airfields, communication satellites, destroy cities and take out the capital. READY FOR ADVENTURE? Don’t bother being idle and going to the supermarket, hotel, water park, rollercoaster, just sign up to be a pilot and build your air force base to be the best in the world. Are you ready for adventure? TRAINING PROGRAMME! The Training Program ahead of you is extensive, tough, but fun! EJECTOR SEAT - Emergency! Eject, eject, eject! The last chance to save your life so make sure you’re fully trained. GYROSCOPE - Can you cope with the G-Force? Prepare your body to stay in control when you’re pulling some serious G. GYM - You gotta be fit to be in our Air Force. So work it hard in the gym to be super fit. BOMB ASSEMBLY TRAINING - There really is a right way to assemble a bomb. Learn well, or lose a few fingers. WATER SURVIVAL - It’s not just the air you need to master. Make sure your squadron knows what to do in a crash landing. PISTOL RANGE - Always be ready for hand-to-hand combat, this is war after all. DRONE FLIGHT - Learn how to have an eye in every sky with the coolest drones in the air. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE - Those planes don’t just stay in good working order by themselves. Keep your spanner handy. FREE FALLING - Who doesn’t want to fly? Get some wind in your hair and learn to control your fall. MARSHALLING - Control which planes enter and exit the barracks RAPPEL - Spring into action and with only the aid of a rope learn how to properly throw yourself out of a plane. SIMULATOR - When all the training is done, the simulator will make sure your squad is ready for the wars to come. So if you think you have what it takes to create the best air force base in the world, to unleash your awesome jets on the enemy, then download Idle Air Force Base now!

Screenshots

Fight the Fire4 screens
Idle Air Force Base4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fight the Fire at 80% against Idle Air Force Base's 37%. Fight the Fire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). Idle Air Force Base's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Fight the Fire sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Air Force Base sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Air Force Base holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Air Force Base has 20K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Fight the Fire's written reviews are positive against 37% of Idle Air Force Base's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fight the Fire ships an update every 7 months, Idle Air Force Base every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fight the Fire versus Idle Air Force Base: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFight the FireIdle Air Force Base
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (18 ratings)4.7 (20K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better36.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1820K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB274 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperZippy Brain IncIsCool Entertainment

Customer experience

Fight the Fire

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral29.4%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Idle Air Force Base

All ratings19,562 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews574 reviews
Positive36.9%
Neutral12.0%
Negative51.0%

Bugs and requests

Fight the Fire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Idle Air Force Base

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashing after short playtime
  • Incorrect plane counts in hangar
  • Inability to close war screen
  • Disappearing troops after app switch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow manual control of aircraft in battles
  • Improve offline earnings and progression
  • Add more strategic depth to war mode
  • Optimize performance on weaker devices

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Fight the Fire

One-time5
  • Faster Helicopter$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock Levels$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Supply Purchase Small$0.99
  • Supply Purchase Large$3.99
10 purchases

Idle Air Force Base

One-time10
  • Customisation Pack$2.99
  • Air Force Commander$4.99
  • Bundle of Coins$4.99
Show 7 more
  • No More Ads Special$5.99
  • Flying Ace Special$7.99
  • No More Ads!$9.99
  • Stack of coins$9.99
  • Flying Ace$9.99
  • No Ads!$9.99
  • Mountain of Coins Special$35.99

Questions

Is Fight the Fire free?
Fight the Fire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Air Force Base free?
Idle Air Force Base is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fight the Fire or Idle Air Force Base?
Idle Air Force Base is rated higher. Fight the Fire averages 3.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Idle Air Force Base averages 4.7 from 20K ratings.
Do Fight the Fire or Idle Air Force Base have ads?
Idle Air Force Base shows ads; Fight the Fire does not.
Which is updated more often, Fight the Fire or Idle Air Force Base?
Fight the Fire ships an update every 7 months, and Idle Air Force Base every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fight the Fire was updated on November 1, 2026 and Idle Air Force Base on November 11, 2026.

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