Comparison

Echo vs Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Echo

A tactile rhythm game that combines sound, timing, and instinct. Listen to patterns, match sounds, and sharpen your rhythm skills through thousands of handcrafted levels. Progress by earning coins and mastering complex patterns in this engaging and responsive experience.

Highlights
  • Tactile rhythm gameplay
  • Thousands of handcrafted levels
  • Focus on sound and timing
  • Offline play supported
  • No login required
  • Haptic feedback emphasis
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Welcome to Echo! Echo is a tactile rhythm game where sound, timing, and instinct come together. Listen to a rhythm pattern, feel its flow, and match the correct sound. Each level challenges your sense of timing and musical intuition, helping you sharpen your rhythm skills through play. With thousands of handcrafted levels, Echo offers a smooth difficulty curve that rewards focus, accuracy, and consistency. Earn coins, progress through levels, and experience the satisfaction of mastering increasingly complex patterns. Designed to be minimal, responsive, and deeply engaging, Echo focuses on how rhythm feels, not just how it looks. Play anytime, anywhere. Echo works amazing offline and requires no login. * Echo is mostly haptic dependent, but an alternative approach is available! It is still not a main medium of the app, and we do recommend experiencing the app with haptics if possible

About

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.

Highlights
  • Block-smashing rhythm gameplay
  • Music composition through gameplay
  • Unlock song layers with combos
  • Four distinct game modes
  • Save and share musical runs
  • Offline play
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Echo4 screens
Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pulse at none against Echo's shown. Pulse also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Echo against 5.0 for Pulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Echo versus Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoPulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB1.5 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIdan Yehuda SchechterC4G Productions

Customer experience

Echo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pulse

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echo

No in-app purchases

None

Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echo or Pulse?
Echo and Pulse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Echo or Pulse have ads?
Echo shows ads; Pulse does not.

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