Fairy Fire vs Digital Defence
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
Digital Defence
Defend a digital dimension from invading ancient civilizations in this challenging survival game. Aim carefully and dodge enemy fire to protect freedom with every bullet. Your survival is key to the digital world's future.
- Digital dimension survival
- Challenging scoring gameplay
- Enemy wave defense
- Bullet-based combat
- Ship dodging mechanics
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As the world takes on a step towards a digital age, a new dimension is born and the ancient civilization strikes fast to capture and colonize this free dimension. A hero emerges to make a last stand and every bullet counts. A digital dimension survival game and freedom depends on your abilities. Defend it to your last bullet. A challenging scoring game where enemies are coming from every direction. Watch out for their firepower and dodge their ships at all costs. Digital dimension depends on your survival.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Defence at Free against Fairy Fire's $0.99. Digital Defence also leads on update cadence (every 16 months vs every 37 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Fairy Fire's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases and device support 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
Digital Defence is free to download; Fairy Fire costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fairy Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Digital Defence every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fairy Fire | Digital Defence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 16 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stefan Preuss | Safak Yalcinkaya |
In-app purchases
Fairy Fire
No in-app purchases
Digital Defence
No in-app purchases
