Ball King vs Fired Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball King
Experience arcade basketball with a twist, throwing quirky objects through the hoop. Compete with friends and millions of players across various game modes and unlockable environments.
- Throw unique objects
- Compete with friends
- Two exciting game modes
- Unlock new environments
- Unlock new objects to throw
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Want to feel like King? Throw ducks, frogs or even old radios through the basket and crush your friends score! Join 3 million players and compete in two exciting game modes and unlock new environments to play in and new objects to throw! No pop-up advertisements or timers stopping you from playing, just pure fun! Enjoy the game!
Fired Up
Engage in a thrilling arcade experience where you extinguish fires and rescue people. This game offers frantic action with simple one-touch controls, challenging players to save as many lives as possible.
- Extinguish fires
- Rescue people
- One-touch controls
- Frantic arcade action
- Leaderboards and achievements
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FIRE! Extinguish fires and save as many people as you can in this thrilling arcade game from the team that brought you MMM Fingers and Super Stickman Golf 3! Features: - Fun One Touch Controls - Frantic Arcade Action - Leaderboards and Achievements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ball King at 93% against Fired Up's 12%. Ball King also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (2K vs 53). Fired Up's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Ball King sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Fired Up asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ball King holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball King has 2K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Ball King's written reviews are positive against 12% of Fired Up's.
Ball King ships an update every 2 months, Fired Up weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ball King | Fired Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better | 3.7 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better | 12.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Qwiboo Ltd | Noodlecake |
Customer experience
Ball King
Fired Up
User reviews
Ball King
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and fun gameplay
- 🕹️ Addictive and engaging
- 🎨 Retro pixel art style
- 💰 Free to play with fair monetization
- ⏱️ Great time killer for short breaks
Room to improve
- 🔁 Repetitive unlocks of the same items
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🌬️ Wind mechanic can be frustrating
Fired Up
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 💡 Interesting concept
- 👍 Good when it works
Room to improve
- 广告 Relentless ads
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🕹️ Uncontrollable physics
- 🕹️ Difficult controls
- 👎 Not fun
Bugs and requests
Ball King
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashing on launch after updates
- Disappearing coins/prizes after opening gifts
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and challenges
- Ability to customize player character
- Improved progression system for unlocks
- Multiplayer or leaderboard functionality
Fired Up
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch
- App crashes when starting match
- Game crashes immediately
- App crashes on startup
- App crashes on entry
Requested features
3 requests- Remove ads
- Option to pay to remove ads
- Better character customization
In-app purchases
Ball King
- Bowling Ball$0.99
- Baseball Ball$0.99
- Burger$0.99
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- Zombie Head$0.99
- Yin Yang$0.99
- Skull$0.99
- Lucky Shamrock$0.99
- Old Radio$0.99
- Money Bag$0.99
- Lucky Dice$0.99
- Ninja$0.99
- Skeleton$0.99
- Bomb$0.99
- Yellow Duck$0.99
- Tree Frog$0.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
Fired Up
No in-app purchases
