Unknown Pleasure vs PartyPulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unknown Pleasure
A music player that visualizes your audio with a design inspired by a famous album cover. Easily navigate tracks with intuitive gestures. Requires downloaded music files without DRM.
- Audio visualization
- Album cover inspired design
- Swipe to change songs
- Double-tap to pause
- Select music via swipe down
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This is a music player with an audio visualization inspired by the iconic cover for Joy Division's album Unknown Pleasures. * Swipe left or right to switch songs. * Double-tap to pause. * Swipe down to select the music to play. In order to visualize music tracks, they must be downloaded to the device (not in iCloud) and must not have DRM.
PartyPulse
Transform your space into a dynamic light show that reacts to ambient music. Customize colors, shapes, and movements to set the perfect party mood. Extend the experience by mirroring to a larger screen.
- Music-reactive light show
- Customizable colors, shapes, and movements
- Camera integration for custom images
- AirPlay and video cable support for larger displays
- Ambient music detection
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Get your party pulsing with this new app from Stratospherix. PartyPulse responds to the music that your iPad or iPhone hears and converts it into a multi-coloured light show. Select colours, shapes and movement styles to match the mood, turn the lights down and the music up. Use the camera to create new images for the show. The best bit is that you can AirPlay to AppleTV or connect your iPad to a TV via a video cable to make the effect go large, dimming the screen on the device to keep the party going longer. Have ideas for new shapes and options? Let us know via @stratospherix or support@stratospherix.com. Note that PartyPulse listens for ambient music for its light show - you’ll need something else to play music on!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Unknown Pleasure at 4.1 against PartyPulse's 3.6. Unknown Pleasure also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 9.2). PartyPulse's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Unknown Pleasure holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Unknown Pleasure's written reviews are positive against 56% of PartyPulse's.
| Parameter | Unknown Pleasure | PartyPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 9.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milk LLC | Stratospherix Ltd |
Customer experience
Unknown Pleasure
PartyPulse
In-app purchases
Unknown Pleasure
No in-app purchases
PartyPulse
No in-app purchases
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