Glass Card vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glass Card
Access digital discount cards to save money on purchases. Support local businesses and community groups through your spending. Enjoy exclusive deals and offers.
- Digital discount cards
- Save money
- Support local businesses
- Community group support
- Exclusive deals
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Glass Card is your digital discount card! Save money while supporting local businesses and community groups.
Pulse
Access discounted rates on a wide range of everyday services, from beauty treatments and massages to pet care. Simply use the platform to purchase services and start saving money while enjoying your usual luxuries.
- Discounted service rates
- Wide range of services
- Easy purchasing via LINCS
- Save money on luxuries
- Free sign-up
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Why spend when you can save? Sign up 100% free, and start getting your favorite everyday services and more at discounted rates. Just by using LINCS to purchase your services whether that be a massage, manicure, pedicure, haircut or hair appointment, dog sitter, or any other kind of service you can think of, you will save money. Start putting money back into your pockets while still enjoying all the luxuries you've become so accustom to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pulse at 5.0 against Glass Card's 4.2. Pulse also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Glass Card's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glass Card has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Glass Card's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pulse's.
Glass Card ships an update every 4 months, Pulse every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glass Card | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glass Card LLC | Michael Brown |
Customer experience
Glass Card
Pulse
In-app purchases
Glass Card
No in-app purchases
Pulse
No in-app purchases
