polytone vs IOSU!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
polytone
Experience music like never before in this immersive first-person rhythm game. Tap on incoming musical notes in time with the beat. Discover unique visuals and curated music for a fresh rhythm gaming adventure.
- First-person perspective
- Tap on music notes
- Unique visual elements
- Curated music collections
- Immersive rhythm experience
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polytone is a rhythm game that puts you front and center in a virtual journey. Tap on the square-shape music notes as they fly towards you along the music. Unique visual elements and curated music collections are our ways to provide you a brand new rhythm game experience. Powered by "CRIWARE". CRIWARE is a trademark of CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
IOSU!
Enjoy rhythm games by playing your own beatmap files. Supports 4-key and 5x5 key modes, with more to come. Easily upload your custom beatmaps wirelessly from your PC or Mac.
- Play custom beatmap files
- 4 Keys mode
- 5x5 Keys mode
- Wireless beatmap upload
- PC/Mac file transfer
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Play rhythm game with your beatmap files. :) Currently 4 Keys mode & 5x5 Keys mode are available!! Other modes will be available soon!! How to upload Beatmap files! 1. Connect your iDevice and PC(Mac) to the same WI-FI network. 2. Open provided URL on your PC(Mac). 3. Upload your OSZ files.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: polytone at 4.9 against IOSU!'s 4.1. polytone also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 63%). IOSU!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 37) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. polytone sells 37 one-off in-app purchases. IOSU! asks for nothing beyond the download.
polytone holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 353 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of polytone's written reviews are positive against 63% of IOSU!'s.
| Parameter | polytone | IOSU! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (153 ratings) — better | 4.1 (353 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews — better | 63.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 153 | 353 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.0 GB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haonan Li | Float32 Inc |
Customer experience
polytone
IOSU!
Bugs and requests
polytone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
IOSU!
Reported bugs
9 issues- URL server returns 'no' or 'forbidden' error when uploading beatmaps
- Cannot add beatmaps after reinstalling app
- Some beatmaps fail to load completely
- Hold note patterns render incorrectly
- Notes appear late or underneath hit zone at song start
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- Inconsistent hit registration and accuracy detection
- Song deletion via website doesn't work
- App crashes or becomes unusable after certain operations
- Notch support issues on newer phones
Requested features
20 requests- Landscape mode support
- Custom scroll speed adjustment
- Skin customization and import
- Audio delay/offset adjustment
- Hit sounds
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- No-fail mode
- Song rate modifiers (1.1x, 1.2x, etc.)
- Mods system (Hard Rock, etc.)
- Standard osu! mode
- More default songs
- Score system instead of letter grades
- Haptic feedback
- Bluetooth headset delay compensation
- Global ranking system
- In-app beatmap download from osu website
- Support for simfiles
- 3-key mode
- Free play without fail condition
- Song offset feature
- Windows file upload support
In-app purchases
polytone
- Earth and Sea$0.99
- In Circles$0.99
- Passion$0.99
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- Reflex$0.99
- At the Distant World of Stars$0.99
- F*****g High (SK Remix)$0.99
- Terminal Shore$0.99
- Pixel Heart$0.99
- Eternalisms$0.99
- world electronica BOFU 2016$0.99
- Thunder$0.99
- 1nn0c3n+$0.99
- F*****g High$0.99
- Channel 88$0.99
- Brave The Elements$0.99
- Contrast$0.99
- DistorteD MoonlighT$0.99
- Next Anthem...$0.99
- Firmament$0.99
- Vainglory$0.99
- EVERYTHING$0.99
- Colosseum$0.99
- Let Me Drive$0.99
- 120 Vertices$1.00
- All Tracks ver.1.3$1.49
- All Tracks ver.1.7$1.49
- Trance Journey vol.1$1.99
- All Tracks ver.1.5$2.49
- All Tracks ver.1.9$2.49
- Selection from WAVES$2.49
- polytone Welcome Bundle 1$2.49
- polytone MusicFes$2.49
- all tracks 1.0 (iOS Special)$3.99
- 500 Vertices$4.00
- 1000 Vertices$8.00
- 2000 Vertices$16.00
- 4000 Vertices$32.00
IOSU!
No in-app purchases
