Comparison

Rise Alone vs Pulsar

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

Head to head
About

Rise Alone

Features
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Rise Alone is an action-packed hybrid-casual runner where every step makes you stronger. Grow new abilities, evolve through unique missions, defeat waves of enemies, and rise to become the ultimate survivor. In this fast-paced evolution adventure, your character gains power by collecting resources, unlocking new tentacles, and upgrading abilities that change the way you fight. Each chapter introduces new challenges, enemies, and currencies to master; pushing you to adapt, strategize, and evolve again and again. Key Features • Hybrid-Casual Evolution Gameplay – Merge action with light RPG progression. • Chapter-Based Missions – Complete and evolve missions from base → + → ++ versions. • Dynamic Enemy Types – Face new foes as you travel through evolving chapters. • Deep Upgrade System – Boost attack speed, movement, power, and more. • Fast, Satisfying Runs – Simple to start, addictive to master. • Vibrant Visuals & Smooth Controls – Designed for both casual and action-focused players. Evolve, Adapt, Dominate! Your journey doesn’t stop at one mission. As you rise through the chapters, you unlock harder enemies, better rewards, and powerful upgrades. Each evolution creates a new layer of progression and a new way to dominate the battlefield. Are you ready to rise alone?

About

Pulsar

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A logic and deduction puzzle set in space. Celestial bodies are hidden in a grid. You will never see them. You fire probes from the edges, watch what becomes of them, and work out where the bodies are. No timer. No reflexes. Reasoning only. HOW IT WORKS Tap an edge to fire a probe. It never comes out? It hit a hidden body. It exits somewhere else? It was deflected on its way past one. It returns to where it started? It was reflected. Every shot rules something out. Mark the cells you suspect, then submit your solution. WHAT MAKES PULSAR DIFFERENT You are not hunting for hidden objects. You are reconstructing their position from indirect evidence. You never see the answer. You deduce it. Three well-placed probes tell you more than ten random ones. 180 LEVELS, ONE SOLUTION EACH Orion — learn to read the trajectories. Lyra — asteroids drift between your shots. Aquila — larger grids, obstacles combined. Cygnus — mirrors bend your probes by 90°. And some grids take a meteor shower that removes entry points before your very first shot. THREE HINTS, NEVER FORCED Scanner reveals a cell. Locator reveals a body. Sweep scans a whole line. You earn them by playing, with Shards. And a free probe every day pays out Shards or a hint. No level ever requires them: everything is solvable by reasoning. YOUR PACE, ANYWHERE No timer, no countdown, nothing blinking. A level takes a few minutes. Play one before bed, or twenty on the train. 100% offline: no connection needed, ever. English, Français, Español. The obstacles are invisible. Only their effects give them away.

Screenshots

Rise Alone4 screens
Pulsar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rise Alone at none against Pulsar's 10. Rise Alone also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pulsar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Rise Alone asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Rise Alone versus Pulsar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRise AlonePulsar
PriceFreeFree
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHAPPY GAME COMPANY TEKNOLOJI ANONIM SIRKETIAMowl

In-app purchases

None

Rise Alone

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Pulsar

One-time10
  • Welcome Offer$0.99
  • 1,000 Shards$1.99
  • No Ads, Forever$2.99
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  • Orion Pack$4.99
  • 5,000 Shards$7.99
  • Lyra Pack$9.99
  • 10,000 Shards$12.99
  • Aquila Pack$19.99
  • 25,000 Shards$29.99
  • Cygnus Pack$39.99

Questions

Is Rise Alone free?
Rise Alone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulsar free?
Pulsar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rise Alone or Pulsar have ads?
Both Rise Alone and Pulsar show ads.

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