Pulse vs Tomato Kitchen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pulse
This app helps you cultivate meaningful connections from casual interactions. It transforms your contact list into a tool for building purposeful relationships and redefines how you approach networking.
- Relationship building tools
- Contact management
- Networking redefined
- Purposeful connections
- Move the needle with relationships
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In a Pulse world we give you the tools to "move the needle" with your relationships. Helping you turn quick connections into purposeful relationships. We are reinventing the contacts app and we are re-defining networking. Pulse is the heartbeat to your network. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tomato Kitchen
A cozy, kitchen-themed timer designed to boost focus and productivity. It uses a simple work-break cycle to help users complete tasks, making study or work feel more inviting.
- Pomodoro-inspired timer
- Kitchen theme
- Session tracking
- Gentle productivity nudge
- Study and work focus
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Tomato Kitchen is a cozy, kitchen-themed pomodoro-inspired timer that helps you stay focused. Cook a tomato by working for 25 minutes, then enjoy a 5-minute break. Track your sessions in a space that feels a little more homey, and a little less like work. Perfect for studying, working from home, or anyone who wants a gentle nudge to get things done!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pulse at Free against Tomato Kitchen's $0.99. Pulse also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (34 vs 1). Tomato Kitchen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On ads 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
Pulse is free to download; Tomato Kitchen costs $0.99 up front. Pulse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Tomato Kitchen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tomato Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pulse has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pulse ships an update every 2 weeks, Tomato Kitchen every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pulse | Tomato Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pulse Industries, Inc. | Mary Ogawa |
In-app purchases
Pulse
- English (USA)$10.001 Month
- English (USA)$96.001 Year
Tomato Kitchen
No in-app purchases
