Pulse Grow vs Mars Legacy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pulse Grow
Monitor your grow environment remotely, tracking temperature, humidity, and light. Receive custom alerts and log your progress with integrated journaling to optimize your plant growth.
- Remote environmental monitoring
- Temperature and RH tracking
- Light monitoring
- VPD calculation
- Customizable alerts
- Integrated journaling
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Pulse Grow Environmental monitoring. Anytime. Anywhere. Improve your grow with remote monitoring of temperature, RH, light, and VPD, custom alerts, and integrated journaling.
Mars Legacy
Control and configure your indoor grow lights remotely. Automate growth cycles with custom timers, simulate sunrise and sunset, and manage multiple lights independently from a single device. Compatible with the Mars Hydro Smart Grow System.
- Remote LED light control
- Adjustable light intensity
- Automatic growth cycle programming
- Sunrise/sunset simulation
- Wireless multi-light control
- Independent lighting group management
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The Mars Hydro app is launched to build a smart, simplified, frontier a ccess for growers to a more manageable grow project, supporting m obile control and growth programs configuration, compatible with Ma rs Hydro Smart Grow System at: www.mars-hydro.com *Easily turn ON/OFF your LED grow lights and adjust the intensity with j ust a few clicks. *Precisely arrange time triggers to achieve automatic growth cycles an d simulation of sunrise and sunset. *Wireless control of multiple LED grow lights via one device at the sam e time. *Different lighting groups are available for independent management, which enables simultaneous monitor on paralleled grows. ...More to be launched
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pulse Grow at 3.9 against Mars Legacy's 1.3. Pulse Grow also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 11%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Pulse Grow holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 71 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Pulse Grow's written reviews are positive against 11% of Mars Legacy's.
Pulse Grow ships an update fortnightly, Mars Legacy monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pulse Grow | Mars Legacy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) — better | 1.3 (71 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews — better | 11.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 71 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pulse Labs, Incorporated | MARS TRADING RCC, INC. |
Customer experience
Pulse Grow
Mars Legacy
Bugs and requests
Pulse Grow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mars Legacy
Reported bugs
20 issues- App cannot detect Bluetooth despite phone detecting it
- Timer settings do not execute at scheduled times
- Scenes and automation groups fail to work
- WiFi connection drops frequently and reconnection fails
- Light brightness changes unexpectedly without user input
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- Humidity readings display unrealistic fantasy values
- App crashes and loses all device/account data
- Login verification codes not received
- Sunrise/sunset mode ignores brightness settings and forces 100%
- Time selection interface is confusing and unreliable
- Fan disconnects from app during use
- PPFD settings reset unexpectedly
- App update broke existing functionality
- Device not detected during initial setup
- Password signup validation error
- Bluetooth icon shows as disabled after update
- Light turns off mid-cycle without reason
- Temperature unit cannot be changed to Celsius
- Scenes override manual timer settings
- App fails to save time settings correctly
Requested features
12 requests- Multiple on/off cycles per day for automation
- Daylight saving time adjustment option
- Sunrise/sunset mode with adjustable brightness levels
- Better WiFi stability and range
- Improved app interface and user experience
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- Comprehensive help documentation
- Account recovery and data persistence
- Multi-language support with accurate translations
- System time picker instead of custom control
- Ability to set different brightness levels for different scenes
- More reliable remote control functionality
- Better error messages and troubleshooting guidance
In-app purchases
Pulse Grow
No in-app purchases
Mars Legacy
No in-app purchases
