Pulse · vs Pinged
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pulse ·
This application enables one-way audio transmission to team members for enhanced situational awareness. It also shares your GPS location with others during a session, allowing them to track your device's position.
- One-way audio transmission
- Real-time GPS location sharing
- Situational awareness for teams
- Device location tracking
- Team communication tool
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Pulse transmits one-way audio to team members for situational awareness. Additionally, the app "pulses out" your GPS location so that others can view your device location during the session.
Pinged
This utility app helps visualize GPS coordinates and map areas of interest. It can receive location data via email, automatically map points, and notify users of updates. Share locations with teams and set up geofence notifications for movement.
- Map GPS coordinates
- Visualize radius around points
- Receive location data via email
- Automatic mapping of locations
- Share pings with teams
- Geofence movement notifications
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Pinged by Badge Apps provides practical resources for many applications where mapping GPS coordinates and a visualizing a radius around those points can be helpful. Pinging a phone? Pinged can receive location data from external sources over email and automatically map the locations and notify you of updates. Share pings with your team, plot points of interest or even receive geofence related movement notifications. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pulse · at 14.0 against Pinged's 16.4. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pulse · against 4.6 for Pinged. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively.
Pulse · ships an update every 3 months, Pinged every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pulse · | Pinged |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | Badge Apps LLC |
In-app purchases
Pulse ·
No in-app purchases
Pinged
No in-app purchases
