Comparison

Fairy Fire vs Sparkle 2

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

Sparkle 2

Guide a tiny aquatic being through evolution, exploring, eating, and fighting to become a magnificent creature. Customize your Sparkle's development by choosing its diet and DNA.

Highlights
  • Control creature evolution
  • Explore diverse environments
  • Engage in combat
  • Customize creature DNA
  • Experience multiple evolution paths
  • Play through numerous levels
Features
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„Sparkle 2: EVO is probably one of the more unique titles on the App Store”. 148Apps „It is a fantastic game with high replay value.” AppAdvice „Its luminescent aesthetic and engrossing soundtrack can easily gain a vice-like grip over your attention” SlideToPlay Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Start as a tiny aquatic being, and climb the evolutionary ladder until you become a huge, magnificent creature. Explore the abyss in search of food. Attack other species whenever you run out of other food sources. Outsmart competing Sparkles and eat more micro-elements than them in the new competitive mode. Enjoy the surreal visuals and a relaxing soundtrack of ambient music. Can you grow the biggest Sparkle in the world? Subtle, captivating, addictive. We give you control over your Sparkle's development and well-being and you have one goal - to evolve. Whilst exploring the Sparkle Void, you find various nutritious elements to eat. Sometimes you will even have to fight for food with other species. You become what you eat - you get to choose whether your sparkle becomes a fast and aggressive carnivore, a sluggish but fast-eating herbivore, or an omnivore, whose features lie somewhere in between. Insight to your Sparkle's DNA strand will give you information about the progress and will help you plan which micro-elements you want to focus on eating next. You will also get to fight giant bosses from time to time. But there’s no rush to keep the game in full swing at all times. You may as well just relax, play the game on a slow pace, explore the sparkle void, consume nutritional elements, enjoy simple and surreal surrounding and listen to the ambient music soundtrack. The choice is all yours. - Three different ways to evolve. Become a fast and aggressive carnivore, a sluggish but fast eating herbivore, or an omnivore whose features lie somewhere in between - Experience 3 + 1 stages of evolution. - Play through 12 + 3 dreamlike looking levels - Use GenLab to check your Sparkles DNA strand, your progress, status of your special skills, and plan what to eat next accordingly. - Relax with great chilled-out ambient soundtrack. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/ForeverEntert FOLLOW US ON X http://twitter.com/foreverentert WATCH US ON YOUTUBE http://youtube.com/foreverentert

Screenshots

Fairy Fire4 screens
Sparkle 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fairy Fire at 50% against Sparkle 2's 0%. Fairy Fire also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Sparkle 2's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 37 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fairy Fire costs $0.99 and Sparkle 2 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fairy Fire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Fairy Fire's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sparkle 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, Sparkle 2 daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fairy Fire versus Sparkle 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy FireSparkle 2
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB254 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperStefan PreussForever Entertainment S.A.

Customer experience

Fairy Fire

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

Sparkle 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fairy Fire

No in-app purchases

None

Sparkle 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fairy Fire free?
Fairy Fire costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sparkle 2 free?
Sparkle 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fairy Fire or Sparkle 2?
Fairy Fire is rated higher. Fairy Fire averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Sparkle 2 averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fairy Fire or Sparkle 2 have ads?
Neither Fairy Fire nor Sparkle 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fairy Fire or Sparkle 2?
Fairy Fire ships an update every 37 months, and Sparkle 2 daily. Most recently, Fairy Fire was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sparkle 2 on October 30, 2026.

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