Comparison

Hades' Star vs Pulse Dive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hades' Star

Build and expand a space empire in a persistent, evolving galaxy. Colonize planets, research technology, command fleets, and engage in diplomacy and warfare with millions of players. Participate in cooperative and competitive missions to gather resources and dominate the cosmos.

Highlights
  • Colonize and develop planets
  • Research advanced technology
  • Build and customize starship fleets
  • Engage in player diplomacy and cooperation
  • Participate in Red and Blue Star missions
  • Form Corporations for strategic gameplay
Features
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Leave your mark among millions of players in a persistent galaxy that constantly grows and evolves. Hades’ Star is a unique online space strategy game. You are in control of a growing Empire, starting with a single planet in your own corner of space. Over time, you’ll expand to own multiple outposts, command a formidable fleet, research advanced technology, participate in diverse missions and manage relationships with other players in the game. FEATURES: • Colonize numerous planets and watch them grow from lifeless rocks to central hubs of activity. • Optimize trade routes, mine resources, explore new space and defend against the indigenous, mysterious alien space race • Build combat, mining and trade ships and customize them with powerful modules • Establish diplomatic relations with other players and dictate your rules for economic and military cooperation • Work with other players in dangerous Red Stars and retrieve resources before the star goes Supernova • Compete for rewards in the intense, rapidly collapsing Blue stars • Organize with other players in Corporations and participate in highly strategic White Star missions • Play and grow at your own pace: Nobody will unfairly steal your resources while you are offline SUPPORT If you have any problem in the game, please contact us at support@hadesstar.com, or use the in-game "Contact Support" option. PRIVACY POLICY http://hadesstar.com/privacy_policy.html TERMS OF SERVICE http://hadesstar.com/terms_of_service.html Hades' Star uses Emoji provided by http://emojione.com

About

Pulse Dive

Control a pulsing orb falling through a neon abyss. Hold to expand and shatter glass, release to compress and slip through gaps. Learn astrophysics facts and take quizzes as you descend.

Highlights
  • One-thumb control
  • Expand vs. compress mechanic
  • Living neon world visuals
  • Legendary vessels to earn
  • Masterable modules
  • Global leaderboard
  • Daily astrophysics facts and quizzes
Features
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Pulse Dive - Neon Arcade Endless Faller One thumb. One rule. Fall forever. You are a pulsing orb plunging down an endless neon abyss. HOLD to expand - grow wide to ease your fall, and shatter neon glass. RELEASE to compress - go small and dense, and slip through the obsidian gaps. Get it backwards and it's over. That's the whole game, and it's harder to put down than it sounds. No timers, no forced logins, no walls. Just a clean, fast, one-handed descent tuned to run at a silky 60 frames per second. WHY YOU'LL KEEP DIVING • Pure one-thumb control anyone can pick up in a second • Expand vs. compress - a simple mechanic with real depth • A living neon world: shattering glass, obsidian apertures, violet lattices • Legendary vessels to earn - from the Astral Ray to the Celestial Koi to the Dragon • Modules to master: Quantum Shield, Time Dilation, Geodesic Snap • A global leaderboard - post your deepest dive against the world LEARN AS YOU FALL Pulse Dive is quietly a STEM game. Every day brings a new Astrophysics Fact Of The Day and a five-question Daily Quiz, drawn from a pool grounded in NASA, ESA, and textbook astrophysics. Answer three of five correctly to earn shard rewards - and pick up a little real cosmology on the way down. A Science Sources list is available in Settings for anyone who wants to check the references. PLAYS ANYWHERE Pulse Dive is fully playable offline. On a plane, on the subway, in a dead zone - the entire game, leaderboard fallback included, keeps working. Nothing to download mid-game, nothing to wait for. FAIR BY DESIGN Every upgrade, vessel, and theme can be earned by playing. Rewarded video ads are completely optional and player-initiated - watch one for bonus shards, or don't. Respects reduced-motion settings, portrait one-hand play, and your time. Grow. Compress. Descend. How deep can you go?

Screenshots

Hades' Star4 screens
Pulse Dive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pulse Dive at 5.0 against Hades' Star's 4.4. Pulse Dive also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Hades' Star's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3K vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hades' Star sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Pulse Dive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulse Dive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hades' Star has 3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hades' Star ships an update every 3 months, Pulse Dive every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hades' Star versus Pulse Dive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHades' StarPulse Dive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size379 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperParallel Space IncJean Desnoyers

Customer experience

Hades' Star

All ratings2,967 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews323 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative38.4%

Pulse Dive

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hades' Star

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login and account linking issues
  • Crashes and freezes after updates
  • Unreliable timers and resource generation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode or passive resource generation
  • More ship types and customization options
  • Improved corporation features and coordination
  • Faster-paced PvP modes and events
  • Expanded exploration and content updates

Pulse Dive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hades' Star

Subscriptions1
  • Hades' Star Platinum$9.991 Month
One-time9
  • CRYSTAL PACK - SMALL$2.99
  • STARTER PACK$4.99
  • CRYSTAL SHIPMENTS$4.99
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  • CRYSTAL PACK - MEDIUM$9.99
  • HYDROGEN TRANSMISSION$9.99
  • CRYSTAL PACK - LARGE$19.99
  • STARTER PACK 2$19.99
  • CRYSTAL PACK - HUGE$49.99
  • CRYSTAL PACK - EPIC$99.99
None

Pulse Dive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hades' Star free?
Hades' Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulse Dive free?
Pulse Dive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hades' Star or Pulse Dive?
Pulse Dive is rated higher. Hades' Star averages 4.4 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Pulse Dive averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hades' Star or Pulse Dive have ads?
Pulse Dive shows ads; Hades' Star does not.
Which is updated more often, Hades' Star or Pulse Dive?
Hades' Star ships an update every 3 months, and Pulse Dive every 4 days. Most recently, Hades' Star was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pulse Dive on November 6, 2026.

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