Sinbad vs Impulse One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sinbad
Embark on a swashbuckling adventure across the seven seas as a ship captain. Explore exotic destinations, battle enemies with intuitive combat, and upgrade your ship to recover lost relics and protect the world from evil.
- Naval exploration
- Island conquest
- Enemy battles
- Treasure hunting
- Ship upgrades
- Intuitive combat system
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Set sail, conquer mysterious islands, defeat enemies and find priceless treasure! Become the ultimate hero of legend in a game inspired by Sky 1 HD's Sinbad. As Captain of your loyal crew, you must navigate the seven seas to recover lost relics that are the key to protecting the world from evil! Use treasure you find along the way to upgrade and maintain your trusty ship with new masts, sails and decorations. Be the envy of the oceans and your friends on Facebook! Swash-buckling action! Fight bandits, city guards and supernatural creatures! Strike down formidable opponents in acrobatic and dynamic swordplay using an intuitive one-touch combat control system! Exotic destinations! Explore bustling market towns, forgotten caverns, desert wastes, temple ruins and more... Sinbad is free to play, but you can choose to pay real money for some extra items, which will charge your iTunes account. You can disable in-app purchasing by adjusting your device settings.
Impulse One
Pilot a spaceship to rescue stranded employees from a chaotic company. Navigate challenging environments with high gravity, timed conditions, and combat.
- Rescue stranded employees
- Impulse-driven spaceship piloting
- High gravity challenges
- Timed conditions
- Combat with incoming fire
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The soda fountains are on overload. Coffee service has been suspended. A technical state of panic exists. The employees are terrified by arbitrary design decision changes. Rescue stranded employees of the PLBM Games company and return them safely to home in your impulse-driven spaceship. This game is challenging... Can you land the spaceship safely? In high gravity? Under stressful timed conditions? In combat? With real bullets coming back at you?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Impulse One at 100% against Sinbad's 56%. Impulse One also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Sinbad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (161 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sinbad sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Impulse One asks for nothing beyond the download.
Impulse One holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sinbad has 161 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Sinbad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Impulse One's.
Sinbad ships an update every 2 months, Impulse One every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sinbad | Impulse One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (161 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 161 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 301 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rebellion Games | Kurt Dekker |
Customer experience
Sinbad
Impulse One
In-app purchases
Sinbad
- Purse of Gems$0.99
- Purse of Coins$0.99
- Coin Doubler$1.99
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- Pouch of Gems$2.99
- Pouch of Coins$2.99
- Bag of Coins$3.99
- Bag of Gems$6.99
- Box of Coins$6.99
- Box of Gems$13.99
- Chest of Coins$13.99
Impulse One
No in-app purchases
