Fairy Fire vs Bit Rocket
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
Bit Rocket
Experience a retro-style arcade game with pixel art graphics. Navigate your ship through space, avoiding asteroids with simple one-finger controls. Immerse yourself in a classic 2D space adventure.
- Retro pixel art graphics
- One-finger gameplay
- Asteroid avoidance
- 2D space experience
- Simple controls
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Retro style arcade game with pixel art graphics. Super simple, one finger gameplay. Fly through space and avoid hitting asteroids. Jump into the 2D experience of Bit Rocket today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bit Rocket at Free against Fairy Fire's $0.99. Bit Rocket also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Bit Rocket is free to download; Fairy Fire costs $0.99 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 Bit Rocket. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Bit Rocket every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fairy Fire | Bit Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 24 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Preuss | Jake Short |
Customer experience
Fairy Fire
Bit Rocket
In-app purchases
Fairy Fire
No in-app purchases
Bit Rocket
No in-app purchases
