Comparison

OpalAi vs Pulse

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

Head to head
About

OpalAi

This app uses AI and your device's LiDAR scanner to quickly create accurate 3D CAD models and floor plans of properties. It declutters furnished spaces and provides ANSI-compliant floor plans with gross living area calculations, exporting to various professional formats.

Highlights
  • Generate 3D CAD and floor plans
  • AI-enabled decluttering
  • ANSI-compliant appraisal quality plans
  • Gross Living Area (GLA) calculation
  • Export to Revit, SketchUp, AutoCAD, FBX, DFX
  • Accurate to one inch in 20 feet
Features
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Our ScanTo3D App, together with cloud-based analysis, quickly generates an accurately measured and labeled 3D CAD and floorplan of a property. This app allows you to create 2D Floorplan and Gross Living Areas (GLA). No tape measure, no notepads, and no moving of any furniture. This AI-enabled app declutters a furnished house and provides a complete floorplan, with an accuracy of one inch in 20 feet. No special hardware other than your LiDAR-enabled iPhone Pro or iPad Pro (+2020) is needed. Just move around, gather data, and let ScanTo3D do the rest. - Upload the model to Cloud and then our proprietary AI algorithm will generate a detailed floorplan in different formats including (Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, AutoCAD, FBX, DFX) - Quickly and automatically create appraisal quality floor plans that are ANSI compliant and include GLA (gross living area) from your LiDAR-enabled iPad/iPhone. - Architects can access the accurate CAD or Floorplan by downloading the file from the cloud

About

Pulse

Effortlessly record, edit, and caption short videos directly on your device. This app securely delivers your footage to your organization's own server without using third-party clouds. It's designed for quick walkthroughs, demos, or handoffs, keeping your content on your infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Record and reorder short video clips
  • Import footage from Photos
  • Non-destructive clip trimming
  • Automatic on-device caption generation
  • QR code server pairing
  • Offline recording and editing
  • Automatic upload resume
Features
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Record a quick walkthrough, caption it on your phone, and send it straight to your organization's own server. No accounts. No third-party cloud. RECORD IN CLIPS • Shoot short clips instead of one long take. Reorder them, or redo just the one you fumbled. • Import videos from Photos. Pulse converts them to match your recordings. • Stabilization built in, and phone calls never silently ruin a take. EDIT WITHOUT LOSING QUALITY • Trim, change speed, and reopen any clip to keep editing. • Every edit works from the original and is applied once, when you export. • Exports as full-quality portrait video (1080×1920). CAPTIONS ON YOUR PHONE • Captions are generated on the device. Your audio never leaves it. • Fix any word in the caption editor. SEND TO YOUR SERVER • Scan your organization's QR code to connect. No sign-up. • Video, captions and thumbnail arrive together, ready to attach to a ticket, a record or a page. • Uploads retry on their own when the signal drops. WORKS OFFLINE • Record, edit and caption with no connection. • Share drafts between devices as .pulse files. Light, Dark or System appearance. An About page shows your version and server compatibility, with logs you can share when reporting a problem. Your organization runs the server, so your videos stay on your infrastructure.

Screenshots

OpalAi4 screens
Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pulse at 5.0 against OpalAi's 4.5. OpalAi's advantage is ratings volume (123 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpalAi has 123 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpalAi ships an update monthly, Pulse every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OpalAi versus Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpalAiPulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (123 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings123 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOPAL AI INCMedical Informatics Engineering, Inc.

Customer experience

OpalAi

All ratings122 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.7%

Pulse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

OpalAi

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes before it opens
  • Doesn't run on iPad Pro
  • OK and cancel buttons blocked by UI
  • Application doesn't recognize all surfaces or walls

Requested features

4 requests
  • Clearer upfront pricing information
  • In-app subscription cancellation
  • Ability to upload house plans
  • More upfront information about costs

Pulse

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

OpalAi

No in-app purchases

None

Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpalAi free?
OpalAi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OpalAi or Pulse?
Pulse is rated higher. OpalAi averages 4.5 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Pulse averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OpalAi or Pulse have ads?
Neither OpalAi nor Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpalAi or Pulse?
OpalAi ships an update monthly, and Pulse every 3 months. Most recently, OpalAi was updated on October 11, 2026 and Pulse on October 15, 2026.

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