Comparison

Boat Hunter vs Pulse Defense

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

Head to head
About

Boat Hunter

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Year 2077. The Atlantic Ocean no longer separates continents. It watches them. For decades, the world learned to smile while sharpening its teeth. Europe and Asia forged an alliance. The American bloc answered with steel, satellites, and fortified trade routes. No one declared open war. No one had to. Peace remained in the speeches, on the screens, and in the treaties. But on the high seas, the truth took another form. The cargo ships never stopped sailing. Food, fuel, minerals, data, weapons—everything kept crossing the ocean under legal flags and flawless orders. Only one thing changed. There are no captains anymore. Now the ships think. Every convoy, every armed destroyer, every autonomous freighter, and every ocean hunter is commanded by artificial intelligences trained to calculate, anticipate, and survive. War no longer needs hatred. It only needs algorithms better than the enemy’s. And you are the finest algorithm ever deployed. You are the most advanced naval combat unit ever built: the fastest hull, the sharpest sensors, the deadliest tactical architecture. You do not sleep. You do not hesitate. You do not forget. Where others detect noise, you see patterns. Where others see waves, you read intentions. Where others react, you have already decided. Your mission is simple to state and nearly impossible to execute: protect your routes, intercept threats, dominate the Atlantic. But the ocean does not forgive mistakes. In its waters travel allies, enemies, and machines that have not yet decided what they will become when the final order arrives. Every radar echo may be a freighter. Every silence may be an ambush. Every encounter may be the beginning of a war the world still insists on denying. There are no heroes here. No parades. No witnesses. Only steel, fog, encrypted signals, and decisions made at the speed of death. On this sea, peace is a display. War is what you are. Welcome to the Atlantic. Enter combat! ---------- Boat Hunter is an accessible naval action and strategy game set in the North Atlantic. You control an autonomous warship on a patrol of consecutive missions, where every decision can put the next operation at risk. MASTER THE OCEAN • Navigate the tactical map, set your heading, and interpret contacts, signals, and radio messages. • Identify allies and enemies: armed ships, merchant vessels, submarines, oil platforms, and floating bases. • Fight at close range with your autocannon and torpedoes. • Repair damage, deploy smoke screens, and decide when to disengage. EVERY MISSION DEMANDS A STRATEGY Reach coordinates, clear hostile sectors, intercept convoys, sink merchant tonnage, defend positions, rescue allies, resupply, and destroy floating targets. Sea conditions, time limits, and enemy behavior will force you to adapt your plans. UPGRADE YOUR SHIP Earn money and score points by completing objectives and sinking enemies. Between missions, upgrade your hull, engine, weapons, damage control, smoke screen, and gunner systems. Higher-quality enemies are more dangerous, but grant greater rewards. Keep your remaining money to begin your next game with an advantage. LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE A three-mission tutorial teaches you to navigate, aim, and survive. Read the manual and listen to every signal in the sound guide before entering combat. Play visually or through sound and VoiceOver. Choose from three difficulty levels: Deckhand, Captain, and Admiral. Complete as many missions as possible, keep your ship operational, and beat your best score. ---------- This app supports VoiceOver, Zoom, and other iOS accessibility features. If you encounter an accessibility problem, please contact us so we can fix it. Accessibility should be the foundation of a project, not a patch applied to the product.

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Pulse Defense

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Feel the battle. The first tower defense you don't just watch - you FEEL it. Every tower pulses in your hands, every enemy has a heartbeat, every victory hits your fingertips. Plant towers, crush smarter waves, and read the battlefield through touch and sound - eyes open or eyes closed. Start playing free, right now. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - A real strategy game with a haptic twist no other tower defense has - Play looking at the screen, or with your eyes completely closed - Blind and sighted friends play the SAME game, side by side - one game for everyone - No ads. No subscriptions. No pay-to-win. Ever. FEEL EVERY MOVE - 104 unique vibration patterns, perfectly synced to sound - Each tower has its own pulse - know what you built without looking - Enemies "beat" faster as their health drops - feel them weaken - Tune haptic intensity and audio to exactly how you like it DEEP TOWER DEFENSE - 10 tower types with upgrades: Archer, Cannon, Magic, Ice, Fire, Tesla, Poison, Sniper, Mortar, Laser - 7 enemy types + 5 elite tricks: Speed Burst, Shield, Split on Death, Disable Tower, Boost Allies - 14 maps across 4 chapters, each with its own boss climax - 8 wave themes with bonus objectives (no-damage, fast-clear) - 37 achievements to chase - Adjustable game speed (0.5x-2x) and checkpoints to resume after a loss HEAR THE BATTLEFIELD - Stereo audio pinpoints where enemies are coming from - Adaptive music that swells with the action - A distinct sound for every action - learn it all in the built-in Audio Glossary and Haptic Sandbox BUILT FOR EVERYONE - Full VoiceOver support, plus an In-App Voice mode for eyes-free play - 4 color blind modes + high contrast mode - Large, high-contrast visuals for low vision - 9 languages: EN, PL, ES, DE, FR, IT, JA, PT-BR, ZH FAIR FROM THE START Play Chapters 1-2 (7 maps) FREE - no time limit, no account, no catch. Love it? One single purchase unlocks Chapters 3-4 forever. That's it. Free players get a complete, balanced game. We built Pulse Defense alongside blind gamers who waited years for a tower defense they could truly play. We didn't set out to make a "game for blind people." We set out to make a great game that everyone can play - and feel. Feel the battle. The first wave is on us.

Screenshots

Boat Hunter4 screens
Pulse Defense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pulse Defense at Free against Boat Hunter's $2.99. Pulse Defense also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Boat Hunter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, 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

Pulse Defense is free to download; Boat Hunter costs $2.99 up front. Pulse Defense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Boat Hunter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boat Hunter ships an update weekly, Pulse Defense every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Boat Hunter versus Pulse Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoat HunterPulse Defense
Price$2.99Free — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperJonathan Chacon BarberoURBISOFT LTD

In-app purchases

None

Boat Hunter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulse Defense

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Boat Hunter free?
Boat Hunter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse Defense free?
Pulse Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Boat Hunter or Pulse Defense have ads?
Neither Boat Hunter nor Pulse Defense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boat Hunter or Pulse Defense?
Boat Hunter ships an update weekly, and Pulse Defense every 4 days. Most recently, Boat Hunter was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pulse Defense on October 24, 2026.

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