Comparison

Anuga vs Global Pulses

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

Head to head
About

Anuga

Navigate the world's largest food and beverage industry event with this interactive guide. Discover exhibitors, products, and event schedules, and plan your visit efficiently. Connect with industry professionals and stay updated on important changes.

Highlights
  • Exhibitor and product directory
  • Interactive floor plans
  • Visit planning with favorites and notes
  • Event program information
  • Real-time notifications
  • Networking features for contact exchange
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Your mobile guide to Anuga 2025 Ready for the world's biggest and most international event in the food and beverage industry? The Anuga app is your interactive event guide for Anuga 2025 - from 4 to 8 October in Cologne. It puts the entire trade fair experience at your fingertips: from hall plans and exhibitor information to event highlights - everything smartly networked and at a glance. What can you expect? Ten trade fairs under one roof, concentrated innovative power and international trends that will shape the flavours of the future. Anuga brings the industry together - for real encounters, new impulses and lasting business connections. Make your trade fair experience smart, personal and efficient - with the Anuga app. EXHIBITOR | PRODUCTS | INFORMATIONS The app offers a detailed exhibitor and product directory as well as a floor plan with all exhibitors' stands. Find information about the program or for arrival and departure, as well as accommodation in Cologne. PLAN YOU VISIT Find exhibitors by name, country and product groups and plan your visits with favourites, contacts, appointments and notes. Get information about the program. Keep track of interesting program dates with favourites to program dates. NOTIFICATIONS Get notification for short-term program changes and other short-term organizational changes directly to your device. NETWORKING Networking allows exhibitors and visitors to exchange contact information in the app before, during and after the event. DATA PROTECTION The Mobile Guide requires appropriate permissions for "Add to address book" and "Add to Calendar" and will ask for that first time you use these functions. Contact data and appointments are stored at any time only local on your device. HELP & SUPPORT Send email for support to anuga@visitor.koelnmesse.de. IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE INSTALLATION After installation the app will once download compressed data for exhibitors, extract and import them. Please make sure you have an adequate Internet connection and have some patience during this first import. This procedure can take up to one minute for the first time and should not be interrupted.

About

Global Pulses

Features
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Global Pulses is your ticket to stay updated with the latest trends and updates in the Pulses Industry. Get your favourite articles and tweets all in one place along with real time notifications for article updates based on your topic preferences. Browse our rich directory of fellow GPC Members and participate in group or individual discussions to expand your knowledge and grow your network. Interested in an upcoming GPC Conference? Register for it through our easy one-tap solution and enjoy all the perks of the Conference as if you were physically there! View the live Conference as it's happening, ask your questions live, as the Speaker is taking them, and more importantly, find out who else is attending this Conference and network with them.

Screenshots

Anuga4 screens
Global Pulses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Global Pulses at 15.0 against Anuga's 17.7. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anuga ships an update every 4 weeks, Global Pulses monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Anuga versus Global Pulses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnugaGlobal Pulses
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.715.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB85 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKoelnmesse GmbHInternational Pulse Trade And Industry Confederation

In-app purchases

None

Anuga

No in-app purchases

None

Global Pulses

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anuga free?
Anuga is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Global Pulses free?
Global Pulses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Anuga or Global Pulses have ads?
Neither Anuga nor Global Pulses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anuga or Global Pulses?
Anuga ships an update every 4 weeks, and Global Pulses monthly. Most recently, Anuga was updated on November 2, 2026 and Global Pulses on November 7, 2026.

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