Comparison

Catch the Trash vs Pulse Parenting

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

Head to head
About

Catch the Trash

An educational action game designed to teach players about waste sorting. Players drag falling trash into the correct bins, with a built-in trash-dex for guidance. Developed by a team of young programmers during a coding course.

Highlights
  • Waste sorting gameplay
  • Interactive trash-dex
  • Educational content
  • Action-oriented challenges
  • Developed by young programmers
Features
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This educational action game teaches you where to put your waste. To play, simply drag the falling trash into the right bins. If you're not sure where to sort things in real life or in the game, simply check the included trash-dex. This game was made by four girls who met at a Girls Who Code course. They learned to program in Swift, and made the game during their two weeks course.

About

Pulse Parenting

This app provides expert-backed strategies and practical tools to help parents navigate their child's emotional ups and downs, especially during adolescence. It offers quick lessons, mood tracking, and planning tools to foster stronger communication and build essential parenting skills.

Highlights
  • Expert-backed parenting strategies
  • Tools for emotional ups and downs
  • Mood tracker for children
  • Weekly connection planner
  • Daily routine board
  • 5-minute micro-lessons
  • CBT, DBT, and mindful parenting concepts
Features
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Become the calm, confident parent your child needs. Pulse Parenting empowers you with expert-backed strategies to support your child—especially teens—through emotional ups and downs. With quick lessons, practical tools, and simple check-ins, you’ll build skills that make a real difference. The App integrate with AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini so that a user can • Use AI tool as a second pair of eyes to understand mental health issues with kids • Use AI tool to look for insights, guidances, routines, and plans in handling daily struggles with kids • Use AI tool to find books, videos, and micro-lessons to learn about mental health What You’ll Find Inside • A clear daily flow designed for real progress: Observe → Connect → Learn → Reflect • Mood Tracker to understand your child’s emotional patterns • Episode logs to track hard moments and identify trends and patterns • Weekly Connection Planner to build strong habits of communication • Daily Routine Board to stay consistent and celebrate progress • 5-minute micro-lessons that teach essential parenting concepts • Practical strategies drawn from CBT, DBT, and mindful parenting • Book recommendations, curated videos, and inspiring community stories • Tools to manage anxiety, meltdowns, power struggles, and communication challenges Pulse Parenting turns everyday struggles into opportunities for growth—no pressure, no judgment. Just tools that work.

Screenshots

Catch the Trash3 screens
Pulse Parenting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pulse Parenting at every 4 weeks against Catch the Trash's every 45 months. Catch the Trash's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Catch the Trash against 5.0 for Pulse Parenting. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catch the Trash has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catch the Trash ships an update every 45 months, Pulse Parenting every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Catch the Trash versus Pulse Parenting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatch the TrashPulse Parenting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 45 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn PalevichCLOUD TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTING, INC.

Customer experience

Catch the Trash

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pulse Parenting

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Catch the Trash

No in-app purchases

None

Pulse Parenting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catch the Trash free?
Catch the Trash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse Parenting free?
Pulse Parenting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catch the Trash or Pulse Parenting?
Catch the Trash and Pulse Parenting are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Catch the Trash or Pulse Parenting have ads?
Neither Catch the Trash nor Pulse Parenting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catch the Trash or Pulse Parenting?
Catch the Trash ships an update every 45 months, and Pulse Parenting every 4 weeks. Most recently, Catch the Trash was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pulse Parenting on October 24, 2026.

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