PulsarHALO vs BarterFly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PulsarHALO
Manage your home's lighting, climate, security, and cameras from a single, convenient application. Stay connected remotely, receive real-time alerts, and monitor your property with live video feeds and event recording.
- Remote control of lighting, climate, and security
- Real-time alarm status and remote arm/disarm
- Instant security and arrival alerts
- Real-time video monitoring
- Automatic security event recording
- Control of locks, thermostats, and garage doors
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PulsarHALO lets you control your lighting, climate, cameras, and security from a single application. STAY CONNECTED FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Receive real-time alarm status and arm or disarm your security system remotely. Get instant alerts in the event of a security alarm, or simply to be notified when your family arrives home. REAL-TIME VIDEO MONITORING AND EVENT RECORDING Set cameras to automatically record security events in your home. Check in on your family and pets when you can’t be there. See who is at the door, or monitor your premises from multiple cameras at once. A SINGLE APP TO CONTROL YOUR ENTIRE HOME Enjoy full interactive home control including lights, locks, cameras, thermostats, garage doors, and other connected devices.
BarterFly
Connect with your local community to exchange goods, skills, and services without using cash. Facilitates direct bartering among neighbors.
- Local bartering
- Goods exchange
- Skill sharing
- Service swapping
- Cashless transactions
- Community connection
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Swap goods, skills & services with neighbours. Local barter, no cash needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BarterFly at every 3 days against PulsarHALO's every 10 months. BarterFly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). PulsarHALO's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BarterFly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PulsarHALO has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PulsarHALO ships an update every 10 months, BarterFly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PulsarHALO | BarterFly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PulsarHALO | TPOC LLC |
Customer experience
PulsarHALO
BarterFly
In-app purchases
PulsarHALO
No in-app purchases
BarterFly
No in-app purchases
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