Comparison

Brightspace Pulse vs PhoneIoT

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

PhoneIoT

This app connects to a block-based programming environment, enabling remote access to your device's sensors and display. Students can create interactive projects, like using their device as a remote control for robots.

Highlights
  • Connects to NetsBlox educational programming environment
  • Remotely access iOS device sensors
  • Control device display from code
  • Create engaging programming projects
  • Enable device as robot remote control
Features
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PhoneIoT allows you to connect to NetsBlox (https://editor.netsblox.org/?), a block-based educational programming environment, and remotely access your iOS device's sensors and display from code. Along with some of the other distributed computing services available through NetsBlox, this allows students to create highly engaging projects, such as turning your iOS device into an accelerometer-enabled remote control driving a virtual or physical robot rolling around on the ground (via the pre-existing RoboScape service on NetsBlox).

Screenshots

Brightspace Pulse4 screens
PhoneIoT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhoneIoT at 100% against Brightspace Pulse's 36%. PhoneIoT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Brightspace Pulse's advantage is ratings volume (263K vs 4) and chart position (#31 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhoneIoT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brightspace Pulse has 263K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Brightspace Pulse's written reviews are positive against 100% of PhoneIoT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Brightspace Pulse versus PhoneIoT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrightspace PulsePhoneIoT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (263K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings263K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperD2L CorporationDevin Jean

Customer experience

Brightspace Pulse

All ratings263,432 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews948 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative52.8%

PhoneIoT

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PhoneIoT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Brightspace Pulse

No in-app purchases

None

PhoneIoT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brightspace Pulse free?
Brightspace Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PhoneIoT free?
PhoneIoT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brightspace Pulse or PhoneIoT?
PhoneIoT is rated higher. Brightspace Pulse averages 4.8 out of 5 from 263K ratings, while PhoneIoT averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Brightspace Pulse or PhoneIoT have ads?
Neither Brightspace Pulse nor PhoneIoT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brightspace Pulse or PhoneIoT?
Brightspace Pulse ships an update every 2 weeks, and PhoneIoT every 2 weeks. Most recently, Brightspace Pulse was updated on September 24, 2026 and PhoneIoT on July 23, 2026.

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