# iPulse - Monitor Your Device — Keep an eye on your system

> Real-time device performance monitoring tool for iOS and iPadOS. (iPhone/iPad app by The Iconfactory.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipulse-monitor-your-device/id6474695786 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Iconfactory](https://appshunter.io/developer/281795483)
- Category: Developer Tools, Utilities
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 29 App Store ratings · 9 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-03-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipulse-monitor-your-device/id6474695786/reviews.md

## What is iPulse?

iPulse has been monitoring Macs for over 20 years. Now this essential developer tool is available for the first time on iOS and iPadOS.

Your processors, network, memory, and storage space are constantly monitored and can be displayed in a convenient picture in picture view. It's like you're watching a movie of what's going on inside your device!

There are even sound effects for the movie: when configurable thresholds are exceeded, you'll hear an alert and know to check things out.

And it's all done with minimal impact on your device performance and battery life.

iPulse displays the following information:

• Efficiency core usage
• Performance core usage
• Graphics core usage
• Download throughput
• Upload throughput
• System memory usage
• App memory usage
• Compressed memory usage
• Internal and external storage usage

Whether you're a power user or a developer wanting to profile an app, iPulse is an essential tool to have on your device.

## Key features

- Real-time processor monitoring
- Network throughput display
- Memory usage breakdown
- Storage space monitoring
- Configurable sound alerts
- Picture-in-picture view

## Chart rankings

- #69 in Top Paid · Developer Tools (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (9 of 9)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ipulse-monitor-your-device/id6474695786/reviews.md

### 5/5 — ありそうでなかったアプリ

*2024-11-23*

PiPを利用してCPU使用率などを確認できるアプリです。
昨今は高画質なゲームが増え、端末単位で最適化されず任意の画質設定をするアプリが多くなりましたが、本アプリを利用する事で用途に合わせて調整しやすくなります。
普段利用するアプリでバッテリー持ちや発熱が気になる方は、本アプリを見ながら調整してみるのは如何でしょうか。

### 5/5 — A peek inside the "black box" iPad

*2024-04-07*

Finally, a simple and elegant app to monitor what's happening in my iPad when it gets warm, or the internet seems slow, or just to reassure me everything is working right.

### 4/5 — Wonderful

*2024-03-27*

This app is wonderful because I couldn't check the GPU usage in other apps. As for improvements, please make it possible to choose the visibility of specific items. For example, I don't need the storage, so I want to hide it. Also, I would like it to support live activities.

### 5/5 — Simply perfect.

*2024-03-19*

Or perfectly simple? Both.

### 5/5 — Works as advertised

*2024-03-16*

Only real suggestion I have is tweaking the storage indicator. Possibly color coding the cache files versus app files and documents? Or the internal and external storage as you call it?

I read your feedback in another review about freeing up the cache storage. I have an iPhone 13 Pro, I don’t see the freeing of resources in my camera app. 

Storage is definitely a mystery with iOS. The model Settings values always seem to lag what is really going on. Anything you can provide is helpful. 

Otherwise the memory and core tracking provides a good insight on how these apps consume resources. Thank you!

### 5/5 — Works Exactly As Advertised, Excellent Design

*2024-03-15*

While not necessarily an app I’ll use every day, it is something that come in handy for troubleshooting or testing. The idea to pipe the display through a picture-in-picture video is clever and I appreciate the little design touches. I can’t wait to see how this app will improve over time!

### 5/5 — Inspired implementation

*2024-03-14*

Using picture-in-picture for the floating gauge box is inspired, and I had to reward it. I would love to see more utility apps adopt this method. Usage has been great. I figured out why this one game bogs down; it maxes out the efficiency cores, no pick up by the perf cores. I confirmed Handoff is indeed handing off audio streaming activity to my AirPlay 2 receiver. Very useful tool to have at the ready.

### 4/5 — Simple and  clean, though with a Storage bug

*2024-03-14*

It works as described, but Storage shows 100% full even though I have 700GB free. 🤔 For reference, I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max with 1TB

**Developer response:** iPulse provides an alternate view of your storage: the storage display you’re used to seeing in Settings > General > Storage does not include cached data used by iCloud, iMessage, Camera, and other apps.

iPulse shows you how much actual space is currently being used on the device and will likely be higher than what you are used to seeing. Many people have asked about the discrepancy because they have no idea why it would be different. Neither did we at first!

We chose this approach because knowing the true status can be important: reclaiming space can be a bottleneck for all kinds of things.

If you want to reclaim space in caches manually, you try some of these things:

• If you have an iPhone with 4k 30 ProRes, the Free Resources button in the Camera app can reclaim a large amount of space.

• In the Files app, you can use "Remove Download" on large files to have them offloaded from the device (they will remain in iCloud if you need them again).

### 5/5 — Works

*2024-03-14*

No ads or other crapware

## Frequently asked questions about iPulse

### What information does iPulse display?

iPulse displays detailed information including efficiency, performance, and graphics core usage, download and upload throughput, system, app, and compressed memory usage, as well as internal and external storage usage.

### Does iPulse have ads?

No, iPulse is ad-free. It is a paid application that provides a focused experience without advertisements.

### What devices does iPulse support?

iPulse is available for iPhone and iPad devices, offering its monitoring capabilities across Apple's mobile ecosystem.

### How often is iPulse updated?

The latest version, 1.1, was released on April 2, 2024, indicating active development and support for the application.

### What is the price of iPulse?

iPulse is available for a one-time purchase of $9.99.

### Is iPulse suitable for users who are not developers?

Yes, while it's an essential developer tool, iPulse is also beneficial for power users who want to understand their device's internal workings and performance.

### What is the user sentiment for iPulse?

iPulse has received excellent feedback, boasting a 4.9-star rating from 24 user reviews.

### Does iPulse impact device performance or battery life?

The application is designed to have minimal impact on your device's performance and battery life, ensuring it doesn't hinder your daily usage.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-05-08

• Compatibility with iOS 26 and Liquid Glass
• Fixed a potential issue reporting CPU usage

### 1.1 — 2024-04-02

• Cache usage (purgeable space) is now displayed in the Storage gauge [Yay everyone!]
• Added setting to show usage percentage as total space or purgeable space ("Match Storage in Settings")
• Elevated thermal states are shown on the efficiency core graph (which are typically used to reduce heat) [Yay Troy!]
• Performance cores are no longer shown if the device does not have them
• Fixed crash when adding or removing an external storage device
• Fixed a leak in kernel memory

### 1.0.1 — 2024-03-15

• Fixed a crash on older devices without performance cores (such as iPads running iPadOS 16)
• Older devices without performance cores will always show 0% in that bar - we'll improve this in a future release
• Audio alert for storage is now turned off by default
• Added note to storage help about why it differs from Settings
• Tweaked app icon because of course we did

### 1.0 — 2024-03-12

No release notes.

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