Comparison

Stack The Box 2D vs PULSE1

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

Head to head
About

Stack The Box 2D

Build the tallest tower of boxes possible in this physics-based 2D game. The higher you stack, the more challenging it becomes to maintain balance. The game ends when your tower topples.

Highlights
  • Physics-based stacking gameplay
  • 2D graphics
  • Offline play
  • Free to play
Features
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A fun 2D game in which you see how many boxes you can stack up but beware the taller your box tower the harder it gets to keep it from falling over and once your tower falls over you'll have nothing to stack your boxes on then it's game over. features - free to play - 2D graphics - No internet connection needed

About

PULSE1

This one-thumb arcade game challenges you to tap a sweeping pulse as it crosses a shrinking zone. Achieve higher tiers of heat with perfect timing, but one miss ends your run. Compete on global leaderboards and experience satisfying haptic feedback.

Highlights
  • One-finger control
  • Short, engaging runs
  • Infinitely climbing difficulty
  • Mutators for varied gameplay
  • Combo multiplier system
  • Global leaderboards
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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PULSE1 is the one-thumb arcade game you'll open "just for one run" and look up twenty minutes later. A pulse sweeps around a ring. Tap when it crosses the zone. That's it — and that's the trap. Every hit shrinks the zone, reverses the sweep, and pushes your heat higher. Every ten hits the ring SHATTERS and you climb to the next tier — Ember, Kindling, Flicker, Flame, Blaze, Wildfire, Firestorm, Inferno, Meltdown... all the way up to Supernova, and tiers nobody has named yet. One miss ends the run. But PULSE1 always tells you exactly how close you were. 2° away. 3 from your record. You know you had it. You know the next run is the one. FEATURES • One-finger play — playable with your phone flat on a table • Runs of 1–3 minutes — perfect for a queue, an elevator, an excuse • Infinite heat — the difficulty never stops climbing • Mutators — twin pulses, phantom zones, flashpoints and reversals • Solar flares — rare golden zones worth 5x sparks • Combo system — perfect taps stack multipliers up to 5x • Top 100 leaderboards — see how hot the world burned • Haptic feedback on every hit, break, and heartbreak • Free forever — no purchases, no subscriptions, no paywall. Ever.

Screenshots

Stack The Box 2D3 screens
PULSE14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stack The Box 2D at none against PULSE1's shown. Stack The Box 2D also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stack The Box 2D against 5.0 for PULSE1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack The Box 2D ships an update every 6 days, PULSE1 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stack The Box 2D versus PULSE1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack The Box 2DPULSE1
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJust Faith Studios LLCEran Gilad

Customer experience

Stack The Box 2D

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PULSE1

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

In-app purchases

None

Stack The Box 2D

No in-app purchases

None

PULSE1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stack The Box 2D free?
Stack The Box 2D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PULSE1 free?
PULSE1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stack The Box 2D or PULSE1?
Stack The Box 2D and PULSE1 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Stack The Box 2D or PULSE1 have ads?
PULSE1 shows ads; Stack The Box 2D does not.
Which is updated more often, Stack The Box 2D or PULSE1?
Stack The Box 2D ships an update every 6 days, and PULSE1 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Stack The Box 2D was updated on September 28, 2026 and PULSE1 on October 5, 2026.

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