Comparison

Fairy Fire vs Meganoid Remaster

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Meganoid Remaster

Embark on a challenging roguelike platformer adventure where each playthrough generates unique levels. Discover items to upgrade your character's abilities and navigate a dangerous spaceship, evading security drones and uncovering hidden secrets.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated levels
  • Roguelike elements
  • Collectible items for ability upgrades
  • Hidden bonus areas
  • Hackable game world elements
  • Unlockable database
Features
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Support, tip and tricks: http://www.orangepixel.net ------------------- About the game Meganoid is a challenging platformer, generating new levels on every play session. Find many items to enhance your character and his abilities while you descend down into the Meganoid space ship. Do you rush for the exit, or do you take your time to collect everything there is, barely escaping the security drones that will hunt you down if you linger. Key features - Levels randomly generated on every game session, based on a set of templates, making the levels unique but familiar at the same time. - A platformer with “roguelike” elements. Consumables, alternate routes, procedural generation, and many devices and gadgets add depth to the challenging gameplay of the original Meganoid - A lot of collectible items that will change the main character’s abilities to navigate the world. Find a jetpack to start flying around, find anti-gravity-boots to perform double jumps, and much more. - Hidden bonus area’s to find and unlock. Often providing you with a short-cut or very rare and powerful items. - A hackable game world. Finding green key-cards allows you to modify how certain elements of the game act and respond to you. Stop rocket-launchers from working, make rockets fly less far, make destroyed robots drop extra lives. - Unlock the database with info on all the items and enemies you encounter to be better prepared on your next try. In true Meganoid tradition, you’ll die a lot in many different ways, but you’ll learn to overcome the difficulties, learn how the Meganoid world operates, and eventually get to the bottom of it!

Screenshots

Fairy Fire4 screens
Meganoid Remaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fairy Fire at 5.0 against Meganoid Remaster's 3.9. Fairy Fire also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99). Meganoid Remaster's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Fairy Fire costs $0.99 and Meganoid Remaster $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fairy Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meganoid Remaster has 15 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 44% of Meganoid Remaster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Meganoid Remaster every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fairy Fire versus Meganoid Remaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy FireMeganoid Remaster
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.9 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings315 — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB71 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperStefan PreussPascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Fairy Fire

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Meganoid Remaster

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral18.8%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

Fairy Fire

No in-app purchases

None

Meganoid Remaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fairy Fire free?
Fairy Fire costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meganoid Remaster free?
Meganoid Remaster costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fairy Fire or Meganoid Remaster?
Fairy Fire is rated higher. Fairy Fire averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Meganoid Remaster averages 3.9 from 15 ratings.
Do Fairy Fire or Meganoid Remaster have ads?
Neither Fairy Fire nor Meganoid Remaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fairy Fire or Meganoid Remaster?
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, and Meganoid Remaster every 8 days. Most recently, Fairy Fire was updated on October 24, 2026 and Meganoid Remaster on October 24, 2026.

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