Comparison

Impulse One vs Zarsthor

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

Zarsthor

Features
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Space invaders are terrorizing universe, can you become hero and save it? UFO, Aliens need your help, whole galaxy need it. This free game is Retro Arcade endless fun, various gameplay levels, various bosses, enemy, over 7 spaceships to unlock and a lot more, expect it, there is original story. Imagine you got a normal life, one day you want to change it, you are going in universe adventure, why would you do it? What can happen during that travel? Over time game will bring your answers to those questions, in-game hero made decision, to change his life, but why? Checkout original story. An arcade-machine in your pocket. Tap to test your reflex. Various gameplay levels (don't shoot to astronauts, collect something, protect, destroy meteor, and a lot more, 40+ levels) and various bosses to defeat . Open world map (with side and main missions), you decide which one you will take. Hardcore gameplay, this game is hard, it's true arcade, each second can change your life and make your ship piece of parts (there is also easy mode). Imagine tons of glow asteroids, it's just a start. Discover original galactica story in a strange universe. Discover Space Frontier No IAP And a lot more :-} This app is Free to download This is offline, not online game. Best time waster. Download me Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonislawDev Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DonislawDev-432377923770925/ Wish to help with translate game to other languages? Contact me at: donislawdev@gmail.com Special Thanks to Adam Rucki (Shephard) for making most SFX in this game Special Thanks to Marek Majewski. Special Thanks to www.gamedeveloperstudio.comC:\Users\DonislawDev\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\fk7vmmzi.default

Screenshots

Impulse One3 screens
Zarsthor3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Impulse One at 9.0 against Zarsthor's 12.0. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, Zarsthor every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Impulse One versus Zarsthor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpulse OneZarsthor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB48 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperKurt DekkerDominik Babiarz

In-app purchases

None

Impulse One

No in-app purchases

None

Zarsthor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Impulse One free?
Impulse One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zarsthor free?
Zarsthor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Impulse One or Zarsthor have ads?
Neither Impulse One nor Zarsthor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Impulse One or Zarsthor?
Impulse One ships an update every 11 months, and Zarsthor every 12 months. Most recently, Impulse One was updated on October 29, 2026 and Zarsthor on October 27, 2026.

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