Comparison

Costlocker vs Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Costlocker

Features
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Track your time on the go with Costlocker — the simple way to log hours for your projects and clients, right from your iPhone and Apple Watch. Costlocker keeps your tracked time in sync across your devices, so you can start a timer on your watch, check it on your phone, and pick up where you left off. To turn your tracked time into project costs and profitability, you need a free or paid Costlocker account — the full evaluation lives in the Costlocker web app. In the app you can: • Track time for projects and clients — start and stop in one tap • Add, edit, and delete time entries manually • See today's entries with daily totals • Quick-start your favorite assignments • Follow your running timer with Live Activity and home screen widgets • Track right from your wrist with the Apple Watch app • Switch between multiple companies in seconds Time tracking is the first step. To see the costs and profits generated from your tracked time, open Costlocker in your web browser: create project budgets, track expenses, and monitor the profitability of your projects, clients, and employees.

About

Pulse

Features
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Pulse is an app for event attendees and event organizers of event management platform Happenee. It helps visitors find all important information like the Program of their happenings, allows to communicate with organizers, vote in realtime, find the way to your events, and other important details about the happening. It also keeps you always up to date about the event. ABOUT HAPPENEE Our mission at Happenee is to make organizing and attending events a breeze. We're a growing event management platform used by many of the largest companies in Czech Republic and Central Europe. More information at https://www.happenee.com

Screenshots

Costlocker4 screens
Pulse3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Costlocker at every 6 weeks against Pulse's every 7 months. Pulse's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Costlocker ships an update every 6 weeks, Pulse every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Costlocker versus Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCostlockerPulse
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCostlocker s.r.o.Happenee s.r.o.

In-app purchases

None

Costlocker

No in-app purchases

None

Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Costlocker free?
Costlocker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Costlocker or Pulse have ads?
Neither Costlocker nor Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Costlocker or Pulse?
Costlocker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pulse every 7 months. Most recently, Costlocker was updated on October 8, 2026 and Pulse on September 30, 2026.

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