Comparison

Pulse vs NetNote

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Relationship building tools
  • Contact management
  • Networking redefined
  • Purposeful connections
  • Move the needle with relationships
Features
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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/

About

NetNote

Capture contact details and conversation summaries using voice notes immediately after meeting someone. The app automatically generates a contact card with key information and follow-up reminders, eliminating the need for manual data entry or business cards.

Highlights
  • Voice note recording
  • Automatic contact card generation
  • Conversation summary creation
  • Tagging and categorization
  • Follow-up reminders
  • No typing required
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You meet a lot of people. Remembering them is the hard part. Names blur. You forget where you met someone, what you talked about, or why you meant to follow up. Business cards pile up and go nowhere. Typing notes into your phone never happens. NetNote fixes that. Right after you meet someone, hit record and just talk. Who they are, what you talked about, anything you want to remember. NetNote turns that voice note into a clean contact card: their details, a short summary, tags, and a reminder to follow up. No typing. No business cards. No more blanking on a name. LinkedIn tells you who you know. NetNote tells you why you know them. HOW IT WORKS 1. Meet someone 2. Record a quick voice note 3. NetNote builds the contact card, summary, and tags 4. Follow up before the connection goes cold Going to a conference? Conference Mode lets everyone at an event connect, record notes, and find each other afterward. Built for anyone who meets more people than they can keep track of. Founders, recruiters, salespeople, students working a career fair, and anyone tired of saying "remind me how we know each other." Meet. Talk. Never forget.

Screenshots

Pulse4 screens
NetNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NetNote at none against Pulse's 2. NetNote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Pulse's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Pulse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. NetNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NetNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse ships an update every 2 weeks, NetNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pulse versus NetNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseNetNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (34 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPulse Industries, Inc.NetNote LLC

Customer experience

Pulse

All ratings34 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.8%

NetNote

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pulse

Subscriptions2
  • English (USA)$10.001 Month
  • English (USA)$96.001 Year
None

NetNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NetNote free?
NetNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pulse or NetNote?
NetNote is rated higher. Pulse averages 4.6 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while NetNote averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Pulse or NetNote have ads?
Neither Pulse nor NetNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse or NetNote?
Pulse ships an update every 2 weeks, and NetNote monthly. Most recently, Pulse was updated on October 22, 2026 and NetNote on October 24, 2026.

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