Comparison

Pulmonary vs Braid Anniversary Edition

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

Head to head
About

Pulmonary

A challenging puzzle game that requires players to use past information to navigate obscured paths. Test your logic and problem-solving skills in this unique experience.

Highlights
  • Obscured path navigation
  • Information-based gameplay
  • Logic puzzles
  • Problem-solving challenges
  • Unique game mechanics
Features
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A challenging puzzle game where the path in front of you is obscured. To figure out what's ahead, you'll need to use the information behind you.

About

Braid Anniversary Edition

Manipulate time to solve intricate platform puzzles in this remastered indie classic. Explore beautifully painted worlds, uncover memories, and enjoy extensive creator commentary. Assemble jigsaw pieces and overcome challenges with unique time-bending mechanics.

Highlights
  • Time manipulation mechanics
  • Subtle platform puzzles
  • Refreshed high-resolution graphics
  • Extensive creator commentary
  • Jigsaw puzzle collection
  • Haunting, evocative score
Features
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Control the flow of time to solve subtle platform puzzles in this update of the indie classic "Braid," featuring refreshed artwork and seriously in-depth creator commentary. Travel from a city house through a series of interconnected worlds where time behaves strangely, searching for an elusive Princess. Along the way you'll explore memories and regrets that still haunt you. This Anniversary Edition remaster of the award-winning platformer contains fully repainted high-resolution graphics, new sound effects and extensive audio commentary. Rewind, pause and use the strange properties of time in each world to run and jump through beautifully painted environments. Avoid hazards, unlock doors and collect jigsaw puzzle pieces to assemble. If you get hung up on a particular puzzle, feel free to move on and return later. This is the game you remember, with all the original challenges and the same haunting, evocative score — but repainted pixel by pixel so that each carefully rendered world comes to life in high resolution. New visual details, animated brushstroke effects and revamped sounds add to the immersive experience. Explore the most extensive developer commentary ever put into a game, with over 15 hours of recorded insight and conversation from developer Jonathan Blow, artist David Hellman and more members of the "Braid" creative team. Navigate it by visiting a new in-game world, which also contains new puzzles and redesigns of classic puzzles.

Screenshots

Pulmonary4 screens
Braid Anniversary Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Braid Anniversary Edition at 100% against Pulmonary's 50%. Braid Anniversary Edition also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Pulmonary's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pulmonary is free to download; Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99 up front. Pulmonary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Braid Anniversary Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Braid Anniversary Edition holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pulmonary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Braid Anniversary Edition's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pulmonary versus Braid Anniversary Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulmonaryBraid Anniversary Edition
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.4 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings311 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB2.1 GB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTommy Soereide KjaerThekla, inc.

Customer experience

Pulmonary

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Braid Anniversary Edition

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulmonary

One-time1
  • 11 New Stages$0.99
None

Braid Anniversary Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulmonary free?
Pulmonary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braid Anniversary Edition free?
Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pulmonary or Braid Anniversary Edition?
Braid Anniversary Edition is rated higher. Pulmonary averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Braid Anniversary Edition averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do Pulmonary or Braid Anniversary Edition have ads?
Neither Pulmonary nor Braid Anniversary Edition shows ads.

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