Fairy Fire vs Pixel Asteroids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fairy Fire
Engage in retro arcade action as you defend fairy pals from evil creatures in this fast-paced side-scroller. Collect power-ups and gems to upgrade your abilities and advance through waves of enemies or play in an endless arcade mode.
- Retro arcade action
- Side-scrolling gameplay
- Waves of evil creatures
- Upgrade items and power-ups
- Two game modes: floor-by-floor and endless
- Collect gems for upgrades
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Fairy Fire - Defender of the Fairies Up for some retro arcade action? Extra weapons, upgrades, smart bombs etc. are your favorite tools? Then this great arcade clone is for you! Survive waves of evil creatures in this fantastic, fast paced side scroller. The plot: Defend your fairy pals against the evil! Fight through waves of evil creatures and finally meet the mother of evil and free the fairies - forever... Pick up the fairies and escort them to the warp-hole. Watch out for the snatchers, they are trying to abduct your fairy pals. Advance to the next wave by rescuing all fairies and eliminating all enemies by the end of the timer. Two game modes - Advance floor by floor by defeating the boss of each floor. - Arcade ‘endless’ mode. Collect gems to buy great upgrade items - get additional fire power with the ‘FairyFire’ upgrade ( also protects the fairy from dying ) - increase the number of collectable fairies with the ‘FairyCarry’ upgrade - speed up the wizard and make him fast like a flash - increase the shot frequency with the ‘FirePower’ upgrade - get a ‘GemMagnet’ to ease the pickup of gems Collectable upgrades: - Smart bomb ( black scroll ): kill all enemies on the screen - Invincible ( golden scroll ): kamikaze can be fun - Time Bender ( hourglass ): slow down the enemies for easy killing - Helper ( purple potion ): adds a protecting item to the wizard; it kills enemies - Extra Live ( green potion ) - Fire Power ( magic lamp ): adds serious ( flame thrower like ) fire power to the wizard
Pixel Asteroids
Pilot a spaceship in this retro arcade game to defend Earth from incoming asteroids. Spin, shoot, and maneuver to survive as long as possible and achieve a high score. Compete with friends and set new records in this classic space shooter.
- 360-degree spaceship control
- Asteroid shooting mechanics
- High score system
- Compete with friends
- Classic 80s pixel graphics
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Old-school 80-s pixel game. Help to save our planet Earth from an asteroid collision! Spin 360 degrees, shoot, lean and do everything possible to avoid a hit by an asteroid or any kind of space dust. Stay alive as long as possible by shooting and avoiding the asteroids. Imagine yourself a spaceship pilot and destroy all asteroids and earn as many points as possible! Set an new record , compete with friends! Enjoy and have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fairy Fire at 50% against Pixel Asteroids's 0%. Fairy Fire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Pixel Asteroids's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months). On ads 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
Pixel Asteroids is free to download; Fairy Fire costs $0.99 up front. Pixel Asteroids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fairy Fire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fairy Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Asteroids has 888 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Fairy Fire's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pixel Asteroids's.
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Pixel Asteroids every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Fairy Fire | Pixel Asteroids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (888 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 888 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Preuss | Sylok Media |
Customer experience
Fairy Fire
Pixel Asteroids
In-app purchases
Fairy Fire
No in-app purchases
Pixel Asteroids
- Disable Ads$0.99









