Comparison

Pulse Tags vs AnyProgress

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

Head to head
About

Pulse Tags

Track your daily heart rate changes on your Apple Watch. Tag events like stress or illness to monitor their impact. View historical data, averages, and get notified of significant deviations.

Highlights
  • Hourly heart rate averages vs. 7-day averages
  • Digital Crown scrolling for detailed values
  • Add tags for heart rate event causes
  • Watch face complications for quick data access
  • Notifications for significant heart rate changes
  • Browse full history of tagged values
  • Add notes to tagged heart rate data
Features
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Pulse Tags is a simple yet powerful Apple Watch app to track changes in your daily heart rate. In many cases changes in heart rate can be caused by things like stress, caffeine or flu/other diseases. In such cases you can choose to tag the specific heart rate event and use Pulse Tags to keep track of how often for example stress has caused your heart rate to elevate. Pulse Tags requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 9 or later. Pulse Tags integrates with the Health app and uses data stored in the Health app. Key features: -See how your hourly heart rate (bpm) averages compare to your seven day hourly averages. -Use the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch to scroll between different values. -See detailed heart rate values recorded within the selected hour. -Add Pulse Tags as complications on your Apple Watch faces to see updated heart rate data directly on your watch faces. -Get notified if your hourly heart rate average is significantly higher or lower than usual. Please note that notifications and complication updates can get delayed or even blocked. Keep Pulse Tags as a complication on your active watch face to ensure better notification performance. -Tag heart rate changes with a possible cause or symptom. You can also tag heart rate changes directly from the notification. -Browse full history of tagged heart rate values. -Add and edit notes to tagged heart rate values. -Privacy: Information read by Pulse Tags is only used locally on your Apple Watch and iPhone while relevant data is synced to your personal iCloud. This data can not be accessed by anyone else but you. -Tutorial and in-app purchases on iPhone. If you have any questions we will happily help you: contact@sydvesti.com

About

AnyProgress

Monitor specific activities with customizable progress trackers. Define objectives, timeframes, and visual styles. Integrate with your home screen or Apple Watch for easy access. Leverages Apple Health data for tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable progress indicators
  • Goal setting
  • Time period definition
  • Appearance customization
  • Home screen widget
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Apple Health integration
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Track certain activities using customisable progress indicators. Set goals, time periods and appearance. Add widget to your Home Screen or use Apple Watch. The app relies on integration with Apple Health to consume the data you choose to share.

Screenshots

Pulse Tags4 screens
AnyProgress2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pulse Tags at 67% against AnyProgress's 0%. Pulse Tags also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). AnyProgress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Pulse Tags sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AnyProgress asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulse Tags holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pulse Tags has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pulse Tags's written reviews are positive against 0% of AnyProgress's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse Tags ships an update every 2 months, AnyProgress every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pulse Tags versus AnyProgress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse TagsAnyProgress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSydvesti OyDmitry Loktev

Customer experience

Pulse Tags

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

AnyProgress

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral66.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulse Tags

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$2.99
None

AnyProgress

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse Tags free?
Pulse Tags is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AnyProgress free?
AnyProgress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pulse Tags or AnyProgress?
Pulse Tags is rated higher. Pulse Tags averages 4.6 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while AnyProgress averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Pulse Tags or AnyProgress have ads?
Neither Pulse Tags nor AnyProgress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse Tags or AnyProgress?
Pulse Tags ships an update every 2 months, and AnyProgress every 5 months. Most recently, Pulse Tags was updated on October 14, 2026 and AnyProgress on October 7, 2026.

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