Comparison

Active Oversight vs Project Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Active Oversight

This business application provides a mobile dashboard for managing task statuses, active projects, and locations. Users can view notifications, filter tasks by completion status, and access project details including weather and assigned managers. The app also features a map for navigation and a directory of company employees and contractors.

Highlights
  • Mobile dashboard for task and project overview
  • Task filtering by status
  • Completion step management with photo/document upload
  • Project details including location and weather
  • Map integration for job site navigation
  • Employee and contractor directory
Features
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HOW IT WORKS: - Mobile Dashboard: Stay up to date with your Mobile Dashboard to see an overview of all task statuses, active projects, and locations for each task. - Mobile Notifications: View notifications and stay up to date on the status of your tasks and projects - Tasks: Filter and view your tasks based on status – not started, in progress, in review, and completed. - Completion Steps: Upload required photos and documents, checkoff required steps, and approve or reject your assigned completion steps. - Projects: View detailed information regarding your project such as, location, assigned project manager, current weather, and project status. - Maps: Use our map feature to view project locations and easily navigate to your job site. - Directory: Access to a complete list of all employees within your company and contractors assigned to each project you are on. Note: You must log in to the Active Oversight app by using your valid credentials. For assistance, contact activeoversight@finalze.zendesk.com.

About

Project Pulse

Features
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Project Pulse is a real-time construction project management and performance solution. Built to unify people, processes, and technology, Project Pulse brings the actual project progress and status from the field to project management and executive offices. Project Pulse provides users unprecedented ability to monitor and control their construction projects. By leveraging the capability of a tablet in the field, the construction teams in the field can: • Update daily project progress • Document field and weather conditions • Track personnel and equipment on the job site • Complete daily inspection forms • Conduct quality checks and comment on non-compliant findings • Conduct safety and environmental assessments Web/office users have role defined dashboards with the ability to be customized to meet their needs. Web users are now connected to the field users. All the information and photos collected on the tablet in the field is now at your fingertips on the web. Web users will: • View Executive Dashboards that provide insight into your project like never before • Review and approve/reject individual inspector’s daily reports • Publish daily summary reports • Publish weekly summary reports • View project Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Cost (SQPC) KPIs • View safety dashboard and sort through safety concerns to drive safety campaigns • Send push notifications to field personnel

Screenshots

Active Oversight4 screens
Project Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Project Pulse at 14.0 against Active Oversight's 18.0. 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

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

Active Oversight ships an update every 2 weeks, Project Pulse monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 18, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Active Oversight versus Project Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive OversightProject Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinalze, Inc.Global Information Systems, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Active Oversight

No in-app purchases

None

Project Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active Oversight free?
Active Oversight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Project Pulse free?
Project Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Active Oversight or Project Pulse have ads?
Neither Active Oversight nor Project Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Active Oversight or Project Pulse?
Active Oversight ships an update every 2 weeks, and Project Pulse monthly. Most recently, Active Oversight was updated on July 18, 2026 and Project Pulse on September 14, 2026.

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