COTK vs Pulse Checks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COTK
Manage your spiritual growth and connect with your church community on your mobile device. Follow your Discipleship Path and engage with all that God is doing.
- Discipleship Path management
- Connect with church community
- Mobile access
- Stay updated on church activities
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Connect with COTK and manage your Discipleship Path right on your mobile device! We invite you to be a part of all God is doing at Church of the King.
Pulse Checks
Stay connected with important people and group chats without a social feed or account. Receive gentle check-in notifications with options to wave, message, or mark yourself caught up. Your data stays private on your device.
- No account required
- No social feed or scroll
- Private data storage on device
- Hands off to Apple Messages
- Customizable check-in cadences
- Inspiration for messages
- Optional birthday nudges
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Pulse Checks is an iPhone app that nudges you to check in with people before busy becomes distant. Individuals and group chats. No account. Not another social network. Add the people you care about, set how often you want a nudge, and get gentle Pulse Check reminders in a daily window you choose. Wave, open Messages with your own words or on-device inspiration, or mark yourself caught up. Pulse Checks never posts for you. It hands off to Apple Messages. Nothing to sign up for. Your notes and history stay on your phone (optional private iCloud sync). WHY PULSE CHECKS • Check-in reminders so busy doesn’t turn into distant • No account. Nothing to sign up for. • Not a social network. No scrolling feed of strangers. • Notes stay on your iPhone (optional private iCloud sync) • Hands off to Apple Messages. It never sends texts for you. YOUR PEOPLE • Active, Muted, and Needs attention • Strong, Fading, and Faint pulse levels (how recently you checked in) • Wave, Message Now, and Mute • Individuals and group chats • Cadences from hourly to monthly • Optional notes for inspiration (“What’s going on?”) PULSE CHECK REMINDERS • Quiet check-ins inside your Pulse Window • Lock Screen actions when you need them • Optional birthday nudges • Privacy-friendly when Face ID / passcode lock is on INSPIRATION • On-device suggestions when Apple Intelligence is available • Free tones (Casual, Brief) plus Premium options like Funny, Dry, Flirty, and more • Edit in Messages before you send PREMIUM Unlock unlimited people, Premium tones, Insights, data export, and a richer Home Screen widget. • Monthly: $3.99 • Yearly: $24.99 (Prices may vary by storefront. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage in Apple ID settings.) Privacy Policy: https://meetpulse.us/privacy Terms of Use: https://meetpulse.us/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pulse Checks at every 5 days against COTK's every 3 months. COTK's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 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
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 — 5.0 for COTK against 5.0 for Pulse Checks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COTK has 46 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
COTK ships an update every 3 months, Pulse Checks every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COTK | Pulse Checks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Church of the King | Revenue Stream Holdings, LLC |
Customer experience
COTK
Pulse Checks
In-app purchases
COTK
No in-app purchases
Pulse Checks
No in-app purchases
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