Comparison

Impulse One vs Highwind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Impulse One

Pilot a spaceship to rescue stranded employees from a chaotic company. Navigate challenging environments with high gravity, timed conditions, and combat.

Highlights
  • Rescue stranded employees
  • Impulse-driven spaceship piloting
  • High gravity challenges
  • Timed conditions
  • Combat with incoming fire
Features
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The soda fountains are on overload. Coffee service has been suspended. A technical state of panic exists. The employees are terrified by arbitrary design decision changes. Rescue stranded employees of the PLBM Games company and return them safely to home in your impulse-driven spaceship. This game is challenging... Can you land the spaceship safely? In high gravity? Under stressful timed conditions? In combat? With real bullets coming back at you?

About

Highwind

Control a paper plane with two buttons to shoot enemies and defend yourself. Upgrade your plane's capabilities and unlock new aircraft as you progress through randomly generated waves and different dimensions.

Highlights
  • Simple two-button controls
  • Unlockable planes with different stats
  • Upgradeable health, shield, and ammo
  • Randomly selected enemy waves
  • Multiple game styles including infinite mode
  • Minigames with unique mechanics
Features
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In Highwind you control a paper plane using only two buttons. You will destroy enemy planes and protect your own. Tapping the right side of the screen will shoot bullets and holding the left side will activate the shield. The shield blocks and reflects bullets back to your enemies. Fight different enemy planes and obstacles, each with different behavior. Travel to different dimensions and avoid obstacles on the way. As you progress through the game you will be able to purchase upgrades to your health, shield and ammo. Also, each time you beat a level you will get a power up that will help you defeat your enemies. Each time you play you will accumulate points that will unlock new planes and new game styles. Try to beat the game in each one of the different styles! Features -Simple controls: Play with only two buttons -Different game styles: Five variations of the game including an infinite mode -Minigames: Three additional sections with different mechanics -A different experience each play: Enemy waves are randomly selected from a predefined set -Upgrades and power ups: Purchase upgrades to your shield, ammo and health. Get a power up every level -Different airplanes: Unlock new airplanes with different stats

Screenshots

Impulse One3 screens
Highwind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Impulse One at Free against Highwind's $0.99. Impulse One also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Highwind's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, 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

Impulse One is free to download; Highwind costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Impulse One holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Highwind has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Impulse One's written reviews are positive against 71% of Highwind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, Highwind every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Impulse One versus Highwind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpulse OneHighwind
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB169 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperKurt DekkerSelva Interactive

Customer experience

Impulse One

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Highwind

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Impulse One

No in-app purchases

None

Highwind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Impulse One free?
Impulse One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Highwind free?
Highwind costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Impulse One or Highwind?
Impulse One is rated higher. Impulse One averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Highwind averages 4.8 from 11 ratings.
Do Impulse One or Highwind have ads?
Neither Impulse One nor Highwind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Impulse One or Highwind?
Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, and Highwind every 21 months. Most recently, Impulse One was updated on October 7, 2026 and Highwind on October 24, 2026.

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