Comparison

Fairy Fire vs SpaceShot!

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

SpaceShot!

Pilot a rocket through a meteor shower, shooting down incoming threats. Score points for each hit, but avoid letting any meteors slip past to protect your lives. Challenge yourself to achieve a new personal best.

Highlights
  • Score points for hits
  • Avoid losing lives
  • Beat high scores
  • Dual-thumb controls
  • Rocket control
  • Meteorite dodging
Features
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Score 15 points for every hit, but watch out - if a meteorite gets past you, you lose a life. Can you beat your own high score? Tip: Use both thumbs! Use one to shoot and the other to control the rocket.

Screenshots

Fairy Fire4 screens
SpaceShot!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SpaceShot! at Free against Fairy Fire's $0.99. SpaceShot! also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 37 months). Fairy Fire's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

SpaceShot! is free to download; Fairy Fire costs $0.99 up front. SpaceShot! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Fairy Fire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fairy Fire against 5.0 for SpaceShot!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, SpaceShot! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fairy Fire versus SpaceShot!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy FireSpaceShot!
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB6 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperStefan PreussMoritz Breuer

Customer experience

Fairy Fire

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

SpaceShot!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fairy Fire

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SpaceShot!

One-time3
  • Donate Espresso$2.99
  • Donate Chai Latte$3.99
  • Donate Menu$8.99

Questions

Is Fairy Fire free?
Fairy Fire costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpaceShot! free?
SpaceShot! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fairy Fire or SpaceShot!?
Fairy Fire and SpaceShot! are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fairy Fire or SpaceShot! have ads?
Neither Fairy Fire nor SpaceShot! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fairy Fire or SpaceShot!?
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, and SpaceShot! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Fairy Fire was updated on October 24, 2026 and SpaceShot! on October 8, 2026.

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