Comparison

QuickDodger vs PULSE1

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

Head to head
About

QuickDodger

A fast-paced arcade survival game where players swipe to move and dodge falling obstacles. Survive for as long as possible as the game's speed and intensity increase. Utilize power-ups to aid your survival.

Highlights
  • Swipe controls for movement
  • Increasing game difficulty
  • Invisibility power-up
  • Screen-clearing explosions
  • High score tracking
  • Optional rewarded ads to continue
Features
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QuickDodger is a fast-paced arcade survival game that tests your reflexes and focus. Swipe anywhere on the screen to move your character and dodge falling obstacles for as long as possible. The longer you survive, the faster and more intense the game becomes. FEATURES: • Simple swipe controls • Increasing difficulty over time • Power-ups including invisibility and screen-clearing explosions • High score tracking • Optional rewarded ads to continue a run QuickDodger is easy to learn but challenging to master. How long can you survive?

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

QuickDodger4 screens
PULSE14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PULSE1 at every 2 weeks against QuickDodger's every 2 months. QuickDodger's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

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 QuickDodger against 5.0 for PULSE1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickDodger ships an update every 2 months, PULSE1 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
QuickDodger versus PULSE1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickDodgerPULSE1
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJaylin MurryEran Gilad

Customer experience

QuickDodger

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PULSE1

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

In-app purchases

None

QuickDodger

No in-app purchases

None

PULSE1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickDodger free?
QuickDodger 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, QuickDodger or PULSE1?
QuickDodger and PULSE1 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do QuickDodger or PULSE1 have ads?
Both QuickDodger and PULSE1 show ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickDodger or PULSE1?
QuickDodger ships an update every 2 months, and PULSE1 every 2 weeks. Most recently, QuickDodger was updated on September 23, 2026 and PULSE1 on September 18, 2026.

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