Comparison

Fairy Fire vs Deep Moon

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

Deep Moon

Experience 80's style arcade action in this retro space shooter. Pilot a stolen enemy ship, battle challenging foes, and destroy the reactor core of a distant base. Escape is your ultimate goal in this fast-paced mission.

Highlights
  • Retro 80's arcade style
  • Fast-paced action
  • Challenging enemies
  • Simple controls
  • Space combat gameplay
  • Reactor core destruction mission
Features
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A Retro Style Space Arcade Game. Quick Action, challenging enemies and simple controls take you back to the arcade games of the 80's. You are an undercover agent on a distant enemy base. After stealing an enemy ship, your mission is to find and destroy the reactor core. Escape is optional but preferred. Good luck!!!

Screenshots

Fairy Fire4 screens
Deep Moon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Deep Moon at Free against Fairy Fire's $0.99. Deep Moon also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Fairy Fire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Deep Moon is free to download; Fairy Fire costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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 Deep Moon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Deep Moon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fairy Fire versus Deep Moon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy FireDeep Moon
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 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB25 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperStefan Preussandrew bell

Customer experience

Fairy Fire

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

Deep Moon

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

In-app purchases

None

Fairy Fire

No in-app purchases

None

Deep Moon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fairy Fire free?
Fairy Fire costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deep Moon free?
Deep Moon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fairy Fire or Deep Moon?
Fairy Fire and Deep Moon are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fairy Fire or Deep Moon have ads?
Deep Moon shows ads; Fairy Fire does not.
Which is updated more often, Fairy Fire or Deep Moon?
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, and Deep Moon every 2 months. Most recently, Fairy Fire was updated on September 20, 2026 and Deep Moon on September 8, 2026.

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