Comparison

Fairy Fire vs 4L13N

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

4L13N

Defend Earth from an alien invasion in this arcade-style ship-shooter. Upgrade your weapons and shooting rate to vaporize the extraterrestrial swarm. Your decisions will shape the future of the planet.

Highlights
  • Arcade-style gameplay
  • Alien invasion defense
  • Ship-shooter action
  • Weapon upgrade system
  • Decision-based upgrades
Features
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Earth is being invaded by a swarm of green aliens! Can you fend off the aliens one level at a time and stop them at the source? Unlock upgrades along the way, and make the decision to upgrade to a bigger shot, or a faster shooting rate. Why not upgrade both and vaporize all the aliens on the screen? Only you can decide the future of Earth in this arcade style ship-shooter game!

Screenshots

Fairy Fire4 screens
4L13N4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fairy Fire and 4L13N both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of 4L13N's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fairy Fire's. Fairy Fire's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 4L13N $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 4L13N. 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 4L13N's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fairy Fire versus 4L13N: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairy Fire4L13N
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 37 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB569 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperStefan PreussHarrison Lacy

Customer experience

Fairy Fire

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

4L13N

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fairy Fire

No in-app purchases

None

4L13N

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fairy Fire free?
Fairy Fire costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 4L13N free?
4L13N costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fairy Fire or 4L13N?
Fairy Fire and 4L13N are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fairy Fire or 4L13N have ads?
Neither Fairy Fire nor 4L13N shows ads.

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