Comparison

Pulsar vs Traffix 3D

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

Head to head
About

Pulsar

A minimalist arcade game where players must orbit a planet without crashing. Each completed orbit spawns a faster moon, increasing the challenge. Test your reflexes and timing in this gravity-based challenge.

Highlights
  • Orbit planets
  • Avoid collisions
  • Increasing moon speed
  • Gravity mechanics
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Pulsar (or PSR B1257+12) is a tiny game where you play as a lone moon orbiting one of three available planets. Try to rotate around the planet as many times as you can without crashing into it or leaving the orbit. Every time you complete a turn around the orbit, the planet creates a new moon that will follow the same path as the one you took. Each consecutive moon will be faster. The planet has its own gravity, so you move faster as you get closer to the planet - the same goes for other moons. Created in 48h for Slavic Game Jam 2018 which took place on July 20-22nd 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. Made by: Luke Spierewka (@Spierek), Weronika Grabowska (wrrnk @ FB), Kamila Rusiecka, Elie Abraham (@ElieAbraham64) and Paweł Laskowski (@AlterKot). Fonts used: Potra, Nasalization Special thanks: Katarzyna Kruszyńska

About

Traffix 3D

Manage traffic flow in a 3D simulation game. Tap and hold to guide cars through intersections, preventing accidents and ensuring safe passage for vehicles and pedestrians. Unlock a variety of cars and explore over 100 cities.

Highlights
  • 3D traffic simulation
  • Accident avoidance gameplay
  • Car collection mechanics
  • 100+ cities to explore
  • Unlockable vehicles
  • Tap and hold controls
Features
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If you are looking to escape from a traffic jam, what could be better than playing a traffic management simulation game? (not if you’re the driver of course: don’t play this game if you’re driving, actually!!!). Traffic can create stressful situations, but with Traffix 3D, the effect is the exact opposite: you will feel pleasure simply by tapping and holding your finger on the screen and letting the cars pass through the traffic lights. Traffix 3D is actually a game derived from a Premium title powered by Infinity Games: Traffix, but it provides new mechanics, 3D graphics, 100+ cities, dozens of new vehicles and a newly developed atmosphere inspired by the minimalism from the premium version. Unlike the Premium Version, Traffix 3D is 100% free! The goal of Traffix 3D is the same as the Premium Traffix game: Avoid accidents, but at all cost. If you let a single car crash, then you will need to restart the level. You pass the level after safely delivering to their destination a specific number of cars. In other words, you must keep both cars and pedestrians happy. Lastly, you should build your car collection! There are 3 ways to unlock cars: By getting in-app currency: You can win coins by passing the levels successfully. These coins allow you to unlock rare cars. By finding keys during the gameplay and unlocking classic cars from their garages By mysterious ways that will unlock you some Crazy Cars! You will be travelling between different cities from New York, Roma, Berlin, Palermo or Seoul. More cities will be added: Feel free to drop us an e-mail if you want your city to be featured in the game.

Screenshots

Pulsar4 screens
Traffix 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pulsar at 83% against Traffix 3D's 25%. Pulsar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Traffix 3D's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 11). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Traffix 3D sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Pulsar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulsar holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Traffix 3D has 1.4K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Pulsar's written reviews are positive against 25% of Traffix 3D's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pulsar versus Traffix 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulsarTraffix 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings) — better4.5 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better25.4% of reviews
Number of ratings111.4K — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB256 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAfterburn Lukasz SpierewkaINFINITY GAMES, LDA

Customer experience

Pulsar

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Traffix 3D

All ratings1,349 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive25.4%
Neutral14.6%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Pulsar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Traffix 3D

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game resets progress to level 1
  • Ads still shown after paying to remove them
  • Game freezes or crashes due to ads
  • Incompatibility issues with updates
  • Levels not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to replay previous levels
  • Improve rewards system for watching ads
  • Implement cloud saving to prevent lost progress
  • Add more levels and increase difficulty
  • Allow selection of multiple car skins

In-app purchases

None

Pulsar

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Traffix 3D

One-time9
  • Coin Offer 1$0.99
  • Coin Offer 2$1.99
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
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  • Coin Offer 3$4.99
  • Coin Pack 2$7.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Coin Pack 3$14.99
  • Coin Pack 4$29.99
  • Coin Pack 5$54.99

Questions

Is Pulsar free?
Pulsar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Traffix 3D free?
Traffix 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pulsar or Traffix 3D?
Pulsar is rated higher. Pulsar averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Traffix 3D averages 4.5 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Pulsar or Traffix 3D have ads?
Traffix 3D shows ads; Pulsar does not.

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