Brightspace Pulse vs TouchNet 360u
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brightspace Pulse
Stay connected with your courses on the go. Visualize upcoming deadlines, manage your time effectively, and receive real-time updates on course activities. Access course content offline and participate in discussions.
- Visualize upcoming dates and deadlines
- Receive push notifications for course updates
- Offline access to course content
- Participate in Activity Feed discussions
- Seamless browser login to D2L Brightspace
- Apple Continuity support
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Stay connected to learning anytime, anywhere with Brightspace Pulse. Brightspace Pulse gives learners and their authorized parents and guardians a convenient way to follow coursework, deadlines, progress, and important updates. Learners can: - Access their course content - View important dates and deadlines across their courses - Manage upcoming and overdue coursework - Receive notifications for Announcements, Grades, Quizzes, Assignments, Activity Feed posts, and more - Access supported course content offline, including video and audio - Participate in Activity Feed discussions - Open Brightspace in a browser to complete additional activities Parents and guardians can: - View upcoming and overdue work, grades, shared Portfolio items, and classroom updates - Receive notifications about quizzes and assignments with upcoming due dates - Follow multiple learners from one account, when supported by their school or organization Features vary by role and by your institution or organization’s Brightspace configuration. An account provided by your school, district, or organization is required. Parent and guardian access must be enabled by the learner’s school or organization. NOTE: iPhone, iPad, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.
TouchNet 360u
This app provides a unified platform for campus life, integrating student ID, payment processing, and access control. Students can manage their accounts, access campus facilities, and view important information like dining menus and event schedules.
- Virtual student ID
- Secure payment system
- Campus facility access
- OneCard account management
- Transaction history
- Campus information hub
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TouchNet Mobile is your single point of access to campus life, combining student ID functionality with electronic payment processing and access control to enhance the whole student experience. TouchNet Mobile is a unique, mobile-based technology from TouchNet that enables campus administrators to offer students a single point of access to campus life. It serves as a secure payment system for campus services, goods and activities, as a virtual ID card, and gives students access to events, buildings, libraries, and other campus facilities using pin codes, passwords and geo-fencing. Students can also manage their OneCard account with features such as deactivating their card, checking their balance, report on transaction history and more. With configurable icons, campus information such as athletic events, dining menus, bus schedules and more are readily available within TouchNet Mobile. Participating TouchNet Mobile terminals can include vending machines, photocopiers, laundry controllers, print stations, financial terminals, dining point of sale terminals, event, activity, access terminals and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brightspace Pulse at 4.8 against TouchNet 360u's 2.0. Brightspace Pulse also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 5%) and ratings volume (273K vs 150). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Brightspace Pulse holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brightspace Pulse has 273K ratings behind it against 150, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Brightspace Pulse's written reviews are positive against 5% of TouchNet 360u's.
Brightspace Pulse ships an update fortnightly, TouchNet 360u every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brightspace Pulse | TouchNet 360u |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (273K ratings) — better | 2.0 (150 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews — better | 5.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 273K — better | 150 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D2L Corporation | TouchNet Information Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Brightspace Pulse
TouchNet 360u
User reviews
Brightspace Pulse
From 273K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Makes taking online courses easier
- 👍 Easy to access course content
- 👍 Convenient for studying on the go
- 🚀 Helpful for staying organized
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant log-out issues
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications and content loading
- 🔍 Limited functionality compared to website
- 🔍 Lacks key features like file downloads
TouchNet 360u
From 150 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Virtual ID card access
- 👍 Easy meal plan balance check
- 👍 New UI is great (recent review)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely slow performance
- 🐛 Cannot use on different devices
- 🐛 Horrible password reset process
- 🐛 Dysfunctional and buggy
- 🐛 Login issues (account in use)
Bugs and requests
Brightspace Pulse
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent log-out problems
- Inability to load course content
- Notifications not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Allow file downloads and exports
- Improve notification reliability
- Optimize for tablet/iPad use
- Add more customization options
TouchNet 360u
Reported bugs
35 issues- App is extremely slow
- Cannot use on a different device
- Hidden external website for password reset
- Account in use by another device error
- App won't update
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- Cannot upload/take picture for student ID
- App kept crashing
- App does not work
- Data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format
- Unable to deregister from broken phone
- Password reset requires contacting one web without account
- Error when trying to login
- App hasn’t worked all year
- Suppressing students from accessing basic needs
- Rarely able to use for benefits (bus rides)
- Log in once after uninstall, then requires re-registration
- Stuck loading at login
- App freezes
- Cannot upload ID photo
- App froze on first try, now won't let login
- Cannot upload picture for ID
- Student account already assigned error
- Mobile device already registered error
- App closes when searching for school
- Device was already registered then crashes
- Cannot check balance
- Account already assigned error after first use
- Major school not appearing
- Not working on new device
- Cannot add to Apple Wallet
- Option to add to Apple Wallet not there
- Fails to find school
- Fail to connect every time
- Incompatible with Apple Wallet
- Bug prevents 2-step authentication for Apple Wallet
Requested features
9 requests- Add ID to Apple Wallet
- Fix login issues after reinstall
- Improve password reset process
- Allow use on different devices
- Fix ID photo upload
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- Make app more user-friendly
- Allow deregistering from old phones
- Fix UDID registration issues
- Improve app stability
In-app purchases
Brightspace Pulse
No in-app purchases
TouchNet 360u
No in-app purchases
Questions
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