Ascending Blocks vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ascending Blocks
Control a block in this 2D infinite runner and platformer game. Your goal is to reach new heights by ascending as high as possible. Unlock various costumes to customize your gameplay experience.
- Infinite runner gameplay
- 2D platformer mechanics
- Score-based unlocking
- Unlockable costumes
- Simple block control
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Jump from platform to platform and see how high your little block can climb! Ascending Blocks is a simple, tricky endless climber in crisp black-and-white pixel art. Steer left and right, time your jumps, ride the conveyor belts and stay ahead of the fog rising up from below. + Easy controls: move and jump + Conveyor belts that push you around + Collect coins and unlock 24 costumes + A Second Chance when a run ends too soon + Game Center leaderboard: beat your friends' best + Plays in English, Spanish and Chinese Tomato Factory makes fun games for everyone: tomatofactory.com Support: support@tomatofactory.com
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 ads: Pulse at none against Ascending Blocks's shown. Ascending Blocks's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ascending Blocks against 5.0 for Pulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Ascending Blocks | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 1.5 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomato Factory | C4G Productions |
Customer experience
Ascending Blocks
Pulse
In-app purchases
Ascending Blocks
No in-app purchases
Pulse
No in-app purchases
