Fairy Fire vs Celtreos
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
Celtreos
Experience a classic space shooter with modern features. Engage in challenging levels with randomized elements, a vast arsenal of weapons, and customizable ships. Enjoy a rich soundtrack or play your own music.
- One or two-player modes
- 30 unique songs with custom music support
- Over 12 randomized stages
- Extensive weapon and ship customization
- In-game power-ups and power-downs
- Adjustable game settings (lives, graphics, speed)
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One-player game, OR two players if you have a game controller. “Celtreos” is like the space shooters of decades past: tiny ship, big weapons, waves of foes, power-ups and obstacles. Music, Sound and Voice • 30 different songs (45 minutes of music!) • You can even play your own music and auto-next-song for key game events Stages • Over 12 stages: a city, space station, ocean and more • Horizontal scrolling but more than one “screen” of vertical space • Start from any stage you want! • Each stage ends with a challenging boss • Wall layouts and spawn patterns are partially randomized Weapon Arrays, Special Moves, Power-Ups and More • Choose from a huge arsenal of weapons and special abilities • 10 different ships to choose from • Customize ship properties, such as gun mount locations • In-game power-ups with weapons, defenses and temporary powers (like Rapid Fire) • Power-down orbs with temporary inconveniences (like Weapon Freeze) Additional Configuration Options • Set number of lives, and number of times that special abilities can be used • Set graphics quality to one of three levels, and default ship speed
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Verdict
Fairy Fire and Celtreos both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Celtreos's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fairy Fire's. Celtreos also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 37 months). Fairy Fire's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, 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
Fairy Fire costs $0.99 and Celtreos $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fairy Fire against 5.0 for Celtreos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Fairy Fire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Celtreos's.
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Celtreos monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fairy Fire | Celtreos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stefan Preuss | Kevin Grant |
Customer experience
Fairy Fire
Celtreos
In-app purchases
Fairy Fire
No in-app purchases
Celtreos
No in-app purchases









