Comparison

Impulse One vs Tap or Cry

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

Tap or Cry

Punch monsters, break bones, and detonate bombs to save the world from interdimensional portals. Collect power-ups, avoid traps, and enjoy a fun, arcade-style experience with great artwork and music. Play anywhere, anytime, even offline.

Highlights
  • Punching and combat mechanics
  • Collect power-ups and weapons
  • Avoid sneaky traps
  • Intense visual effects and artwork
  • Offline play supported
  • Arcade-style gameplay
Features
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When creepy monsters start arriving through interdimensional portals you are left with one option - roll up your sleeves and get your fists ready. Break skeleton bones, punch out zombie brains and enjoy a fresh shower of teeth, debris and fire as you detonate bombs or go crazy with your iron fists. Only you can save the world by collecting all the Anti-Portal Crystals and destroy the portals once and for all. MONSTERS EVERYWHERE, INFINITE. Some monsters are easy to kill, some are way harder and some even try to avoid your punches! Stay on your fingers, be ready and see how long you can survive! COLLECT EXOTIC POWER-UPS AND WEAPONS. When things heat up, use the Slowmo-snail to cool things down, smash monsters with your iron fists, launch deadly drones or just explode everything for a short moment of peace and quiet. WATCH OUT FOR SNEAKY TRAPS. Don't just tap on everything that comes at you. You might get poisoned, electroshocked, dizzy or activate the horrible Superspeed snail. GREAT ARTWORK, MUSIC AND ATMOSPHERE. Intense visual effects, creative and cartoonish artwork and a fantastic soundtrack specificly composed for Tap or Cry. This game has a creepy, fun and arcadish atmosphere. PLAY ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME. No WiFi connection? Don't worry - Tap or Cry also works without WiFi. CREATED BY ONE GUY. That's me, Kenni. A solo game developer, living in Copenhagen. If you enjoy the game, please consider supporting it. Share it with your friends, purchase the ad-free version or just play it a lot. It all helps. Want to know more about my games and what I'm up to? Visit my website @ northmice.games, follow me on social media or sign up for my newsletter. Thanks for playing Tap or Cry and hope to see you around!

Screenshots

Impulse One3 screens
Tap or Cry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Impulse One at none against Tap or Cry's 4. Impulse One also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Tap or Cry sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Impulse One asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Impulse One against 5.0 for Tap or Cry. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, Tap or Cry every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Impulse One versus Tap or Cry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpulse OneTap or Cry
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB181 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKurt DekkerNorthmice ApS

Customer experience

Impulse One

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

Tap or Cry

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

In-app purchases

None

Impulse One

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tap or Cry

One-time4
  • Pile of coins$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Sack of coins$1.99
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  • Crate of shiny coins$2.99

Questions

Is Impulse One free?
Impulse One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tap or Cry free?
Tap or Cry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Impulse One or Tap or Cry?
Impulse One and Tap or Cry are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Impulse One or Tap or Cry have ads?
Tap or Cry shows ads; Impulse One does not.
Which is updated more often, Impulse One or Tap or Cry?
Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, and Tap or Cry every 9 months. Most recently, Impulse One was updated on October 7, 2026 and Tap or Cry on September 25, 2026.

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