Comparison

TENS! vs PULSAR

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

Head to head
About

TENS!

Strategically place dice to make ten in this engaging puzzle adventure. Overcome obstacles and use special tiles and boosters to clear the board, beat high scores, and boost your IQ. Enjoy dynamic gameplay across diverse levels with exciting challenges.

Highlights
  • Strategic dice placement to make ten
  • Dynamic gameplay with level objectives
  • Diverse levels with various challenges
  • Special tiles like bombs
  • Powerful boosters to enhance strategy
  • Obstacles and blocker tiles
Features
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Get ready for the ultimate challenge! Journey through diverse levels, work towards objectives that keep you engaged and entertained as you strategically place dice to make ten. Crate blocks and obstacles won’t make this easy so use special tiles including bombs, and powerful boosters to clear the board. Use your intellect and efficiency to make combos, unlock new boosters, and beat high scores! The satisfying feeling of clearing a board makes Tens! the ultimate puzzle adventure to challenge your mind. Are you prepared to work smarter, not harder and give your IQ a boost? Features: Dynamic Gameplay: Match numbered tiles strategically to reach the sum of ten, each level offers a new twist through objectives. Diverse Levels: Explore a variety of stages with various challenges and objectives to keep you engaged. Special Tiles & Boosters: Encounter unique tiles such as bombs and utilise useful abilities to enhance your strategy. Exciting challenges: Face off against tricky obstacles like blocker tiles, mastering strategic tile placement.

About

PULSAR

Features
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PULSAR: Orbital Reflex is a fast, skill-based space arcade game built around timing, control, and momentum. Tap to reverse your orbit. Hold to surge faster. Thread shifting ring hazards, collect Light, and build combos as the challenge escalates. Travel through evolving cosmic sectors, complete sector objectives, face bosses and space events, collect power-ups, unlock distinctive orbs, rise through pilot ranks, and chase a new high score. Normal mode offers a fair learning curve and gradual progression, while Hard mode increases speed and density for experienced players. FEATURES • Responsive one-touch orbital controls • Normal and Hard difficulty modes • Missions, ranks, combos, Overdrive, bosses, and progression • Unlockable cosmetic orbs with distinctive visual effects • Dynamic sectors and cosmic events • Game Center integration • Left-handed control layout • Tilt-based background parallax with Reduce Motion support • Safety and accessibility settings Easy to pick up. Difficult to master. How far can you travel?

Screenshots

TENS!4 screens
PULSAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PULSAR at every 2 days against TENS!'s every 4 months. TENS!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. TENS! sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per 7 days and PULSAR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TENS! ships an update every 4 months, PULSAR every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TENS! versus PULSAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTENS!PULSAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (20K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKwalee LtdRandy Ramos

Bugs and requests

TENS!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes or resets progress
  • Coins/progress disappearing after updates
  • Rotation feature not working as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • More adventure levels
  • Ability to rotate pieces without watching ads
  • Improved save/progress tracking

PULSAR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

TENS!

Subscriptions1
  • VIP MEMBERSHIP3 Days trial$5.497 Days
One-time14
  • Offer coin pile$0.49
  • Life Pack 1$0.99
  • Small Coin Pack$0.99
Show 11 more
  • 1000 Coins$0.99
  • Numerical$0.99
  • Remove Adverts$1.99
  • Expert Mode$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Unlock Expert Mode$2.99
  • Remove Ads Discount$2.99
  • More Lives$2.99
  • No Ads + Expert Mode$2.99
  • Extra Lives$4.99
  • Medium Bundle$7.99
1 purchases

PULSAR

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is TENS! free?
TENS! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PULSAR free?
PULSAR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TENS! or PULSAR have ads?
Both TENS! and PULSAR show ads.
Which is updated more often, TENS! or PULSAR?
TENS! ships an update every 4 months, and PULSAR every 2 days. Most recently, TENS! was updated on October 25, 2026 and PULSAR on October 6, 2026.

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