Impulse One vs Line Tracer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impulse One
Pilot a spaceship to rescue stranded employees from a chaotic company. Navigate challenging environments with high gravity, timed conditions, and combat.
- Rescue stranded employees
- Impulse-driven spaceship piloting
- High gravity challenges
- Timed conditions
- Combat with incoming fire
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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?
Line Tracer
Guide a ball through a dynamic obstacle course by switching lanes and collecting items. Progress through levels, unlock new balls, and aim for high scores in this fast-paced, one-tap control game.
- Collect balls
- Break the line
- Switch lanes
- Avoid obstacles
- Unlock new balls
- Hit high scores
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Collect the balls and break the line to switch the lane and avoid the obstacles. Play fast in order not to fall behind! Intuitive one tap control and dynamic gameplay Progress through the levels and hit high scores to unlock new unique balls. How far can your snake go?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Impulse One at 100% against Line Tracer's 0%. Impulse One also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Line Tracer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (101 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Line Tracer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Impulse One asks for nothing beyond the download.
Impulse One holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Line Tracer has 101 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 0% of Line Tracer's.
Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, Line Tracer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impulse One | Line Tracer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kurt Dekker | ArmNomads LLC |
Customer experience
Impulse One
Line Tracer
In-app purchases
Impulse One
No in-app purchases
Line Tracer
- No Ads$1.99
