polytone vs ArcCreate
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.
ArcCreate
An open-source rhythm game where you can create, play, and share custom levels. Engage with a community of players and contribute to the game's development.
- Create custom levels
- Play community levels
- Share your creations
- Open-source development
- Community-driven
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YOU SHOULD Get ArcCreate... NOW! Welcome to ArcCreate, an open-source, community based rhythm game made by team Arcthesia. Create, play, and share your levels with the community! Disclaimer: ArcCreate is not affiliated with Arcaea or lowiro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: polytone at 4.9 against ArcCreate's 4.4. polytone also leads on ratings volume (149 vs 23). ArcCreate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 37) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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. polytone sells 37 one-off in-app purchases. ArcCreate asks for nothing beyond the download.
polytone holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: polytone has 149 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of polytone's written reviews are positive against 97% of ArcCreate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
polytone ships an update every 3 months, ArcCreate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | polytone | ArcCreate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (149 ratings) — better | 4.4 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 149 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| 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 | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haonan Li | Theresa Barker |
Customer experience
polytone
ArcCreate
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
ArcCreate
No in-app purchases
