Comparison

Prevent vs PULSE for Research

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

Head to head
About

Prevent

This app pairs with a special mouthguard to monitor head impacts in real-time. It provides detailed data on acceleration, direction, and load for each impact, helping teams and parents assess player safety and identify athletes needing evaluation.

Highlights
  • Real-time head impact data
  • Linear and rotational acceleration tracking
  • Impact direction and location analysis
  • Impact Load measurement
  • Player and team data views
  • Live alerts for high-magnitude impacts
Features
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The Prevent mobile app pairs with the Prevent Biometrics impact monitor mouthguard. The Prevent system provides near real-time, accurate head impact data to help teams make the right call about player safety. The Prevent app is designed for sideline monitoring of head impacts for the whole team, and is typically used by athletic trainers, coaches and athlete parents. For every head impact, see five key impact characteristics: * Linear acceleration of the head * Rotational acceleration of the head * Direction of the impact * Location on the head of the impact * Impact Load (a composite measure factoring impact count and magnitude) View head impact data on a player or team basis, and over the timeframe of a day, week or sports season. Introduce actionable, objective data into the process of identifying athletes needing sideline evaluation. The Prevent app provides live alerts of high magnitude head impacts. See athletes with high head impact exposure and instruct them on safer playing technique. Stand for smart play. The Prevent system helps you understand head impacts across the team and organization and be a leader in improving sports safety, performance and growing the game. This app requires at least one Prevent Impact Monitor Mouthguard to operate. Learn more at preventbiometrics.com or contact sales@preventbiometrics.com.

About

PULSE for Research

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Pulse for Research created by the Duke Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation and designed to study wearable data such as Heart rate, Step count, and Sleep. With your help our aim is study how the data collected by wearables could be used to help predict and track health outcomes. While participating enjoy tracking your daily energy levels and look forward to more activities to come in the future.

Screenshots

Prevent4 screens
PULSE for Research3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PULSE for Research at daily against Prevent's monthly. 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

Prevent ships an update monthly, PULSE for Research daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Prevent versus PULSE for Research: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreventPULSE for Research
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrevent Biometrics, IncDuke University

In-app purchases

None

Prevent

No in-app purchases

None

PULSE for Research

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prevent free?
Prevent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PULSE for Research free?
PULSE for Research is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prevent or PULSE for Research have ads?
Neither Prevent nor PULSE for Research shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prevent or PULSE for Research?
Prevent ships an update monthly, and PULSE for Research daily. Most recently, Prevent was updated on October 2, 2026 and PULSE for Research on October 10, 2026.

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