Comparison

Star Colony vs Pulse Town

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

Head to head
About

Star Colony

Features
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Expand your colony, automate production, and build a space empire from nothing. Star Colony is an idle colony builder inspired by the satisfying progression of clicker and incremental games. Start small, earn credits, unlock powerful upgrades, and scale your colony into a massive operation across the stars. Keep tapping, keep upgrading, and keep growing while your empire generates progress over time. Features: • Fast and satisfying idle progression • Tap-to-earn gameplay with meaningful upgrades • Automation systems that grow your income • Space-themed colony building and expansion • Offline-style progress and incremental growth • Easy to learn, hard to put down

About

Pulse Town

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Once, this city never slept. Then everyone left, and they took the lights with them. All that remained was darkness and an old Energy Core sleeping at the city's heart. In the dark, a single repair robot wakes up: the Repairer. Pulse Town is a neon city builder you watch grow. The workshop makes light, the station gathers it, roads carry it to the core, and the core turns it into energy. With that energy you build new facilities, open districts and watch your city climb out of the dark. But the darkness is no accident. Every city has its own story: comic-book pages unfold one by one as the city grows, and you piece together what really happened. Every page you see is kept in your Memory album. • A comic-book story: opening, middle and Megatower pages in every city; a mystery that grows from city to city. • Easy to play: no guessing what to build; the city always shows the next step, just tap the glowing bubble. • A living city: workers, builders, drones and rivers of light flow across the screen; every district changes the skyline. • A real production chain: facilities, stations, clinics and the core; strengthen the slowest link and income jumps. • Twenty cities, four regions: from the Crimson Cathedral to the Last City, each city has its own rule, its own music and its own Megatower. Play the story to the end. • Connected cities: every Megatower boosts all your cities, and the abilities you earn work everywhere. • Even while you're away: your city keeps working offline; collect your earnings when you return. • Tap to speed up: tap empty ground and energy flows in streaks; tap a construction site and it finishes sooner. • Tactic cards: open card packs, collect cards from Common to Legendary and slot the best into your city. • The Repairer's guide: in the first minutes, everything is explained in one line, right when you need it. • Endless City and weekly events: keep growing even after the Megatower. • Speed up with daily rewards, Overload and cargo ships. The game is free to play. It contains optional in-app purchases and ads; you can remove ads with a one-time purchase.

Screenshots

Star Colony4 screens
Pulse Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Star Colony at none against Pulse Town's shown. Pulse Town's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Star Colony sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Pulse Town sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Colony ships an update every 3 weeks, Pulse Town daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Star Colony versus Pulse Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar ColonyPulse Town
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB210 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMARTIN M J LYNCHSEDAT TURK

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Star Colony

One-time4
  • 50 Gems$0.99
  • 220 Gems$3.99
  • 575 Gems$7.99
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  • 1200 Gems$14.99
10 purchases

Pulse Town

One-time10
  • First Purchase Pack$0.99
  • 80 Chips$0.99
  • Welcome Back Pack$1.99
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  • City Pack$3.99
  • Megatower Pack$4.99
  • 500 Chips$4.99
  • Monthly Chip Card$4.99
  • 1,120 Chips$9.99
  • 3,000 Chips$24.99
  • 6,400 Chips$49.99

Questions

Is Star Colony free?
Star Colony is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulse Town free?
Pulse Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Star Colony or Pulse Town have ads?
Pulse Town shows ads; Star Colony does not.
Which is updated more often, Star Colony or Pulse Town?
Star Colony ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pulse Town daily. Most recently, Star Colony was updated on November 9, 2026 and Pulse Town on November 10, 2026.

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