Amazon Monitron vs Costpulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amazon Monitron
Monitor industrial machinery for abnormal behavior and potential failures. Proactively address issues to reduce unplanned downtime and optimize operations.
- Commissioning and monitoring experience
- Detect abnormal machinery behavior
- Proactive failure detection
- Reduce unplanned downtime
- Optimize industrial operations
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This app offers the commissioning and monitoring experience for Amazon Monitron, allowing you to detect abnormal behavior in industrial machinery and take proactive action on potential failures and reduce unplanned downtime.
Costpulse
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AWS bills surprise people. A forgotten instance, a misconfigured service, an autoscaling rule doing exactly what it was told — and suddenly the number at the end of the month is one you didn't plan for. The problem isn't that the data isn't there. It's that nobody checks the AWS console often enough. By the time you notice, the cost has already happened. CostPulse changes that by putting your AWS spending on your phone. Your cost dashboard, budget progress, and spending trends are always one tap away — not buried behind a browser login you'll get to eventually. More importantly, it watches for you. Set a monthly budget, and CostPulse sends a push notification the moment a threshold is crossed. If AWS detects an anomaly in your spending pattern, you hear about it on your lock screen — not in an email you'll read next week. Setup takes two minutes. You deploy a single CloudFormation stack that creates read-only IAM roles in your account. No credentials are shared, nothing is stored on our side. You stay in full control. If you're a freelancer, a small team, or anyone running workloads on AWS without a dedicated FinOps person watching the dashboard — this is how you make sure nothing slips through. Free to download. One AWS account and one budget included. Upgrade to Plus for multi-account monitoring, anomaly detection, and Home Screen widgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Amazon Monitron at none against Costpulse's 1. Amazon Monitron also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 26.0). 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. Costpulse sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Amazon Monitron asks for nothing beyond the download.
Amazon Monitron ships an update monthly, Costpulse every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amazon Monitron | Costpulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AMZN Mobile LLC | Tilman Krauss |
In-app purchases
Amazon Monitron
No in-app purchases
Costpulse
- CostPulse Pulse Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month







