ArcCreate vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArcCreate
An open-source rhythm game where you can create, play, and share custom levels. Engage with a community of players and contribute to the game's development.
- Create custom levels
- Play community levels
- Share your creations
- Open-source development
- Community-driven
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YOU SHOULD Get ArcCreate... NOW! Welcome to ArcCreate, an open-source, community based rhythm game made by team Arcthesia. Create, play, and share your levels with the community! Disclaimer: ArcCreate is not affiliated with Arcaea or lowiro.
Pulse
This rhythm game turns your gameplay into music. Hit blocks to play notes and build combos to unlock richer song layers. Save and share your musical creations with friends.
- Block-smashing rhythm gameplay
- Music composition through gameplay
- Unlock song layers with combos
- Four distinct game modes
- Save and share musical runs
- Offline play
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Every game you play makes a song. Pulse is a block-smashing rhythm game where the music IS your gameplay. Every block you hit plays a note. The longer your combo, the richer your song. ▸ FOUR MODES, FOUR VIBES Old School, Chill, Lo-Fi, Chaos — each with its own audio palette and visual mood. ▸ YOUR PLAY MAKES MUSIC Block hits become melody notes. Different shapes play different instruments. The physics is the composition. ▸ COMBO STREAKS UNLOCK BAND LAYERS ×5 unlocks rhythm. ×10 unlocks groove. ×20 unlocks the full band. Skill becomes sound. ▸ SAVE & SHARE Your top 20 runs are saved as full songs in your library. Tap Share on any of them to send a link your friends can listen to. They tap, the song plays — same melody you played, same drums, same instruments. ▸ NO ADS, NO ACCOUNTS, NO TRACKING Local-first. Play offline. Sharing is opt-in. Built for iPhone. Open shared melody links to drop straight into the playback view.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pulse at 5.0 against ArcCreate's 4.4. ArcCreate's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArcCreate has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of ArcCreate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pulse's.
| Parameter | ArcCreate | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 1.5 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Theresa Barker | C4G Productions |
Customer experience
ArcCreate
Pulse
In-app purchases
ArcCreate
No in-app purchases
Pulse
No in-app purchases
