Comparison

Pulse Tags vs Activity Rings+

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

Activity Rings+

This app displays your Apple Watch Activity Rings and Stand Hour progress directly on your watch face. Get a quick glance at your daily steps and activity data without needing to open the main app.

Highlights
  • Activity Rings display
  • Stand Hour indicator
  • Daily Steps at a glance
  • Complications for watch faces
  • Percentage or remaining data view
  • Tap to refresh data
Features
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Wish it were easier to see whether you’ve met your Stand Hour yet? This app uses your HealthKit data to offer complications for your favorite Apple Watch faces that show your Activity Rings, plus a Stand Hour circle to show whether you’ve already earned it at a glance. Note: If the app is missing on your Watch after purchase, go to the App Store on your Watch to install. (Scroll to the bottom, click Account -> Purchased, and tap the download cloud next to Activity Rings+) - APPLE WATCH APP In the app, see a quick view of your Move/Exercise/Stand data and your familiar Activity Rings, with an added indicator showing whether you've met the current Stand Hour. Also see today's Steps at a glance—no more scrolling down to interpret your activity data! Tap the screen to switch to percentage view or Calories/Minutes/Stand Hours remaining. - COMPLICATIONS On newer Apple Watch faces (Meridian, Infographic, California, etc.), you can add complications that feature your Activity Rings with an added stand indicator that illuminates when you've met the current stand hour. On older Apple Watch faces, (Breathe, Modular, Colors, Simple, etc.), you can add a Stand Indicator that will be colored solid if you've met the current stand hour or will be a hollow outline if you still need to stand up. Note: Complications refresh in the background as often as Apple permits. Tap the complication to open the app if you'd like to refresh the data immediately. Your Stand Hour will always clear at the start of the next hour, so if you see Activity Rings+ lit up, you'll know you've hit it. If you have any issues with HealthKit permissions, make sure to grant permissions from your iPhone via Settings -> Privacy -> Health. If complications are not available immediately after installation, rebooting your Apple Watch usually does the trick!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pulse Tags at Free against Activity Rings+'s $0.99. Pulse Tags also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (24 vs 8). Activity Rings+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, ads, device support 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

Pulse Tags is free to download; Activity Rings+ costs $0.99 up front. Pulse Tags sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Activity Rings+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulse Tags holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pulse Tags's written reviews are positive against 61% of Activity Rings+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse Tags ships an update every 2 months, Activity Rings+ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pulse Tags versus Activity Rings+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse TagsActivity Rings+
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (24 ratings) — better3.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better60.9% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSydvesti OyBrandon Wallace

Customer experience

Pulse Tags

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

Activity Rings+

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative26.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulse Tags

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$2.99
None

Activity Rings+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse Tags free?
Pulse Tags is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Activity Rings+ free?
Activity Rings+ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pulse Tags or Activity Rings+?
Pulse Tags is rated higher. Pulse Tags averages 4.6 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Activity Rings+ averages 3.6 from 8 ratings.
Do Pulse Tags or Activity Rings+ have ads?
Neither Pulse Tags nor Activity Rings+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse Tags or Activity Rings+?
Pulse Tags ships an update every 2 months, and Activity Rings+ weekly. Most recently, Pulse Tags was updated on October 24, 2026 and Activity Rings+ on October 27, 2026.

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