Pulse vs NetNote
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/
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Pulse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. NetNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Pulse ships an update every 2 weeks, NetNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pulse | NetNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pulse Industries, Inc. | NetNote LLC |
Customer experience
Pulse
NetNote
In-app purchases
Pulse
- English (USA)$10.001 Month
- English (USA)$96.001 Year
NetNote
No in-app purchases









