Comparison

Galaxy Age TD vs Pulse Dive

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

Head to head
About

Galaxy Age TD

Features
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GALAXY AGE TOWER DEFENCE — Protect Your World. Dominate the Universe. The galaxy is under siege. Waves of relentless alien forces are tearing through the cosmos, and your home world is their final target. Stand your ground. Build your defences. Do not let them through. From the creators at Arcade Wizz Kid comes an epic Tower Defence experience set against the infinite backdrop of space — where every decision matters, every placement counts, and every wave hits harder than the last. HARNESS THE POWER OF THE COSMOS Deploy a devastating arsenal of futuristic towers — slice through enemies with high-powered Laser Beams, obliterate formations with Rocket Artillery, disorient invaders with swirling Wormholes, and crush entire waves with the inescapable pull of Black Holes. The universe is your weapon. PROVE YOU'RE THE BEST IN THE GALAXY Climb the Global Leaderboard and compete against players from every corner of the world. Post your top scores and show the universe who's truly in command. 100+ LEVELS OF STRATEGIC SPACE DEFENCE ACTION Chart a course through over 100 handcrafted levels across the full game — each one a new challenge, a new enemy formation, and a new test of your strategic genius. ** The invasion has already begun. How long can you hold the line? **

About

Pulse Dive

Control a pulsing orb falling through a neon abyss. Hold to expand and shatter glass, release to compress and slip through gaps. Learn astrophysics facts and take quizzes as you descend.

Highlights
  • One-thumb control
  • Expand vs. compress mechanic
  • Living neon world visuals
  • Legendary vessels to earn
  • Masterable modules
  • Global leaderboard
  • Daily astrophysics facts and quizzes
Features
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Pulse Dive - Neon Arcade Endless Faller One thumb. One rule. Fall forever. You are a pulsing orb plunging down an endless neon abyss. HOLD to expand - grow wide to ease your fall, and shatter neon glass. RELEASE to compress - go small and dense, and slip through the obsidian gaps. Get it backwards and it's over. That's the whole game, and it's harder to put down than it sounds. No timers, no forced logins, no walls. Just a clean, fast, one-handed descent tuned to run at a silky 60 frames per second. WHY YOU'LL KEEP DIVING • Pure one-thumb control anyone can pick up in a second • Expand vs. compress - a simple mechanic with real depth • A living neon world: shattering glass, obsidian apertures, violet lattices • Legendary vessels to earn - from the Astral Ray to the Celestial Koi to the Dragon • Modules to master: Quantum Shield, Time Dilation, Geodesic Snap • A global leaderboard - post your deepest dive against the world LEARN AS YOU FALL Pulse Dive is quietly a STEM game. Every day brings a new Astrophysics Fact Of The Day and a five-question Daily Quiz, drawn from a pool grounded in NASA, ESA, and textbook astrophysics. Answer three of five correctly to earn shard rewards - and pick up a little real cosmology on the way down. A Science Sources list is available in Settings for anyone who wants to check the references. PLAYS ANYWHERE Pulse Dive is fully playable offline. On a plane, on the subway, in a dead zone - the entire game, leaderboard fallback included, keeps working. Nothing to download mid-game, nothing to wait for. FAIR BY DESIGN Every upgrade, vessel, and theme can be earned by playing. Rewarded video ads are completely optional and player-initiated - watch one for bonus shards, or don't. Respects reduced-motion settings, portrait one-hand play, and your time. Grow. Compress. Descend. How deep can you go?

Screenshots

Galaxy Age TD4 screens
Pulse Dive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pulse Dive at none against Galaxy Age TD's 4. Pulse Dive also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). Galaxy Age TD's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Galaxy Age TD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pulse Dive asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galaxy Age TD ships an update every 8 days, Pulse Dive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Galaxy Age TD versus Pulse Dive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalaxy Age TDPulse Dive
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArcade Wizz Kid Pty LtdJean Desnoyers

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Galaxy Age TD

One-time4
  • Unlock All Levels$1.99
  • Coin Booster$1.99
  • Tower Booster$1.99
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  • Mega Booster Pack$4.99
None

Pulse Dive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Galaxy Age TD free?
Galaxy Age TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulse Dive free?
Pulse Dive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Galaxy Age TD or Pulse Dive have ads?
Both Galaxy Age TD and Pulse Dive show ads.
Which is updated more often, Galaxy Age TD or Pulse Dive?
Galaxy Age TD ships an update every 8 days, and Pulse Dive every 4 days. Most recently, Galaxy Age TD was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pulse Dive on November 6, 2026.

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