Comparison

Pixel Pigeon vs Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Pigeon

Play as a pigeon in a stealth game where you sneak, steal, and cause mischief in various urban environments. Enjoy offline play with no ads or subscriptions, and customize your bird.

Highlights
  • Stealth gameplay
  • Offline play
  • Customizable bird
  • Multiple environments
  • Mission-based objectives
  • Shareable mugshots
Features
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You are a pigeon. Everybody on the street would rather you were somewhere else. Pixel Pigeon is a stealth game about a small grey bird with a plan. Case a place from the wires above it. Watch a shopkeeper's back, count the seconds a cat keeps its eyes shut, then drop in, take what you came for, and be three roofs away before anyone works out where the noise came from. NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM Download it once and the whole game sits on your phone. Every city, every level, every crumb. It plays exactly the same in a plane seat, in a tunnel, on the tube, in a queue at the airport, with the phone in airplane mode and nothing at all in the bars. Nothing to stream, nothing to sign into, no account to make. Open it and it is there. WHERE YOU WORK A city rooftop at dusk. A Bangkok weekend market at full volume. A cliff above the sea, an Irish bog, the great stones of the Pyramids, a neon backstreet in Hong Kong, a night train running dark. Every place has its own crowd, its own weather and its own way of catching you. WHAT YOU DO Read a street before you cross it, then take your moment Slip past cats, work a crowd, mind the wires, ride the wind Peck, poop, topple, and generally make yourself the problem Take the day's jobs, one of which names the exact piece of mischief it wants Keep a case file of what you have pulled off in every place Get booked: pull your pigeon's mugshot and charge sheet, then share it Kit out your bird and make the nest your own Play the golf tour through Venice, the Pyramids and Bangkok THE STREET ANSWERS BACK Lamps, statues, market stalls, temple bowls: touch almost anything and something has a word to say about it. Knock one thing over and the street notices. Keep going and it starts looking for you. Some of the faces turn up again in the next city, and they remember you. BUY IT ONCE Start free. One purchase opens the rest of the game and it stays yours. No subscriptions, no ads, no timers counting down while you wait, nothing that needs a connection. A wry little story about making it through, one feather at a time. Privacy Policy: https://dro1d.org/pixelpigeon.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pulse

Features
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Pulse is minimalist pinball for iPhone. Clean tables. Quiet focus. Rules with real depth under the surface. Start on PULSE, the free table. Learn the shots, the modes, and how the table wants to be played. When you want more, unlock THE VAULT and THE ABYSS on their own, or unlock every premium table at once. WHY PULSE • Minimal look, serious pinball logic • Three distinct tables with their own feel • Built for short sessions and long ones • Plays on your device. No account required • Analytics stay on device TABLES • PULSE: included free • THE VAULT: premium table • THE ABYSS: premium table Unlock THE VAULT or THE ABYSS individually, or unlock both with the bundle. Family Sharing is supported where available. Pinball without the noise. Just you, the ball, and the table.

Screenshots

Pixel Pigeon4 screens
Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pulse at every 3 days against Pixel Pigeon's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel Pigeon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pulse sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Pigeon ships an update weekly, Pulse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Pixel Pigeon versus Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel PigeonPulse
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1818.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDRO1D LABS LIMITEDNiv Nisanov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Pigeon

One-time1
  • Pixel Pigeon Lifetime Access$1.99
3 purchases

Pulse

One-time3
  • Unlock THE VAULT$1.99
  • Unlock THE ABYSS$1.99
  • Unlock All Tables$2.99

Questions

Is Pixel Pigeon free?
Pixel Pigeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixel Pigeon or Pulse have ads?
Neither Pixel Pigeon nor Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Pigeon or Pulse?
Pixel Pigeon ships an update weekly, and Pulse every 3 days. Most recently, Pixel Pigeon was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pulse on October 26, 2026.

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