Fairy Fire vs Space Hero 50
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
Space Hero 50
Experience retro arcade gameplay as a space hero defending the galaxy. Utilize a laser rifle and super bomb to defeat waves of alien invaders. Relive the nostalgia of 80s color LCD handheld games.
- Nostalgic 80s LCD game feel
- Become a space hero
- Defeat 50 alien invasions
- Use laser rifle
- Deploy super bomb
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‘Space Hero 50’ is a game where you can feel the nostalgia of the color LCD handheld games of the 80s. In this game, you become a space hero, the guardian of the universe, and face 50 invasions of the Invaders. Use a powerful laser rifle and a super bomb that compresses the power of a black hole to defeat the invaders that invade one after another.
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Verdict
Fairy Fire and Space Hero 50 both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Space Hero 50's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fairy Fire's. Space Hero 50 also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 37 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Fairy Fire's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) 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 Space Hero 50 $2.99 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 Space Hero 50. 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 Space Hero 50's.
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Space Hero 50 every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fairy Fire | Space Hero 50 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| 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 | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stefan Preuss | gon lee |
Customer experience
Fairy Fire
Space Hero 50
In-app purchases
Fairy Fire
No in-app purchases
Space Hero 50
No in-app purchases
