Comparison

Pura vs Pineapple

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

Head to head
About

Pura

Control and customize your home and car fragrance experience with a smart diffuser. Schedule scent intensity, diffusion times, and ambient lighting all from your phone.

Highlights
  • Control scent intensity
  • Custom diffusion schedules
  • Set timers
  • Adjust ambient light colors
  • Away mode
Features
Currently charting
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Get the best scenting experience possible with Pura’s smart fragrance diffusers for your home and car. Paired with our smart diffuser and premium smart scents, the Pura app allows you to control, customize and personalize your fragrance experience—all from your phone. Simply plug in your diffuser, set it up in the app, and let high-end, clean fragrance enhance every space and mood. The Pura app allows you to control scent intensity, diffusion time with custom schedules and timers, ambient light colors, and has an optional away mode.

About

Pineapple

This app automatically tracks your purchases and their return deadlines by analyzing your shopping emails. Receive timely reminders and easily initiate returns directly from the app, ensuring you never miss a refund opportunity.

Highlights
  • Tracks purchase return deadlines
  • Analyzes shopping emails
  • Sends return window reminders
  • One-tap return initiation
  • Tracks refund status
  • Purchase and spending insights
Features
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Pineapple shows you everything you buy online, in one place, so you stay in control of it. Connect your Gmail and Pineapple finds your order emails on its own. There's nothing to type and no bank login. EVERYTHING YOU BOUGHT Every order shows up with what it was, where it is (Ordered, Shipped, Delivered) and what it cost. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES See every item you bought, sorted by category and store, and what you spent this month or over any period you choose. SET A SPENDING LIMIT Pick the shopping you'd like to cut back on, like Clothing & Shoes or one store, and set a limit. Perle shows what's left, and refunds count back toward it. EVERY RETURN WINDOW IN SIGHT Pineapple works out each purchase's return deadline and reminds you before one closes. Tap Return and Pineapple opens the store's own return page with your order number copied. REFUNDS, TRACKED Pineapple reads the store's emails and shows each return until its refund arrives, with what's still to come. PINEAPPLE PLUS Your purchases, what you spent, refunds, deadlines and reminders are free. Plus goes deeper: every month in detail and your shopping patterns, more than one spending limit, all of Perle's suggested priorities, a second inbox, the original store emails, and export to a spreadsheet. YOUR EMAIL Pineapple reads purchase emails only. It keeps what it learns from an email (store, items, prices, dates) and doesn't store the email itself. You can delete your account in Settings at any time. Pineapple works with Gmail accounts today. Pineapple Plus is an optional monthly or yearly subscription, with a free trial for new subscribers. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the trial ends. It renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID's subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://withpineapple.co/privacy

Screenshots

Pura4 screens
Pineapple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pura at none against Pineapple's 2. Pura also leads on ratings volume (182K vs 5) and chart position (#142 vs unranked). Pineapple's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Pineapple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pura asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pineapple holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pura has 182K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Pura's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pineapple's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pura ships an update every 2 weeks, Pineapple every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pura versus Pineapple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuraPineapple
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (182K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings182K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size251 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPuraPineapple Solutions, Inc

Customer experience

Pura

All ratings181,508 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews2,613 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative7.9%

Pineapple

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pura

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Devices randomly disconnecting from WiFi
  • Schedules not working as set
  • Night light turning on unexpectedly
  • App failing to recognize scent cartridges
  • Inconsistent subscription and delivery issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more granular scheduling options
  • Implement a 'back' button in the app
  • Add ability to copy/paste schedules across devices
  • Provide more scent intensity options
  • Develop a manual mode for the devices

Pineapple

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pura

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pineapple

Subscriptions2
  • Pineapple Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pineapple Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Pura free?
Pura is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pineapple free?
Pineapple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pura or Pineapple?
Pineapple is rated higher. Pura averages 4.7 out of 5 from 182K ratings, while Pineapple averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Pura or Pineapple have ads?
Neither Pura nor Pineapple shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pura or Pineapple?
Pura ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pineapple every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pura was updated on November 7, 2026 and Pineapple on November 7, 2026.

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