Comparison

Formuline vs FormulaPulse

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

Head to head
About

Formuline

Stay updated with the Formula 1 season. Track race calendars, live results, team and driver rankings, and get detailed information on teams, drivers, and tracks. Receive race reminders and view upcoming events with customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Live race calendar
  • Real-time race results
  • Team and driver rankings
  • Detailed team/driver/track info
  • Race reminder notifications
  • Customizable widgets
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With the Formuline application, you can follow the current F1 race calendar, live race results and see the rankings of the teams and drivers for the last 12 years. You can learn detailed information about teams, drivers and tracks. With the reminder button, you will be warned with a notification when the race is approaching. With widgets of different sizes, you will be able to see the upcoming race, driver ranks and Formula1 terms.

About

FormulaPulse

Stay updated with motorsport news, results, and schedules. This app offers a spoiler-free experience with customizable notification modes and a curated news feed. It includes driver profiles and race schedules converted to your local time.

Highlights
  • Spoiler Shield for notifications
  • Championship Standings Alerts
  • Customizable Notification Modes (Live, Hybrid, Summary)
  • In-app notification bell
  • Curated real-time racing news feed
  • Offline reading
  • Race schedule with local time conversion
  • Driver & Team Profiles
Features
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FormulaPulse is your motorsport companion — a fast, focused racing news app for iPhone and Apple Watch. Built by a fan, for fans. No clutter, no noise. Just the stories, data, and session info that matter on race weekend. SPOILER SHIELD (NEW IN 1.2.3) Watch the race on your own schedule. Spoiler Shield automatically holds result-revealing notifications — breaking news, trending stories, standings changes, and digests — during Qualifying, Sprint, and Race sessions. Nothing leaks to your lock screen. • Arms itself when a result session starts. No setup, no reminders to toggle things on. • Held stories appear veiled in your notification bell and daily digests until you're ready. • Tap "I'm watching live" on the session reminder to get real-time alerts as normal. • Tap "I'm caught up" when you've seen the result — everything reveals instantly. • Full control in Settings: toggle Spoiler Shield and Standings Alerts independently. CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS ALERTS (NEW IN 1.2.3) Know the moment the title fight shifts. Get a push when drivers or constructors move in the standings — with context like point gaps and lead changes. Automatically held by Spoiler Shield when a session is live. NOTIFICATION MODES (NEW IN 1.2) Race weekends can mean dozens of alerts a day. FormulaPulse puts you in control with three F1-themed modes: • LIVE (Soft) — every story as it happens, plus three daily summaries. For die-hards. • HYBRID (Medium) — live during the day, silent after dinner and overnight. Plus all three summaries. The recommended default. • SUMMARY (Hard) — quiet all day. Up to three summary pings only. Perfect for casual fans who hate noise. Hybrid is fully tunable — flip any window (Morning / Midday / Evening) between live and silent. Nothing's lost: muted stories still roll into your next summary. IN-APP BELL (IMPROVED IN 1.2.3) Go quiet and never miss a thing. Every trending and breaking story you mute still collects in your in-app bell, each as its own row — held stories appear veiled until you're caught up. Pull to refresh anytime. PULSE — YOUR RACING NEWS FEED A curated, real-time stream from trusted motorsport sources. Save articles for later, read offline, and catch up fast with AI-generated summaries (iOS 26+). RACE SCHEDULE Every session of every round, converted to your local time. Push notifications before lights-out so you never miss a start. Sprint weekends show all five sessions — FP1, Sprint Qualifying, Sprint, Qualifying, Race. DRIVER & TEAM PROFILES Season stats, career summaries, and head-to-head detail for every driver and constructor on the 2026 grid. CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (UPDATED IN 1.3) Driver and constructor tables, current through the latest race — sprint points included. The Points Progression chart scrolls the full season and opens on the most recent races; rotate to landscape for a full-screen view. Go Pro for custom driver/team comparisons, the Top 10, and the landscape chart. APPLE WATCH COMPANION The Stories tab keeps headlines on your wrist. The Schedule tab shows the next session at a glance. Complications surface what's next in context. SESSION REPLAY Replay past sessions with telemetry — positions, gaps, and timing, lap by lap. FORMULAPULSE PRO Unlock article saving, AI summaries, offline reading, past-race detail, historical standings, and the full standings chart (custom comparisons, Top 10, landscape view). Available as an optional subscription with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Terms: https://www.carboncode.app/formulapulse/terms Privacy: https://www.carboncode.app/formulapulse/privacy FormulaPulse is an independent, unofficial motorsport companion app developed by CarbonCode. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Formula One Group, the FIA, FOM, or any racing team or league. All motorsport data is sourced from publicly available APIs and RSS feeds. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Formuline4 screens
FormulaPulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Formuline at none against FormulaPulse's shown. Formuline also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). FormulaPulse's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Formuline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FormulaPulse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Formuline against 5.0 for FormulaPulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Formuline ships an update every 4 months, FormulaPulse every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Formuline versus FormulaPulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormulineFormulaPulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirat Onurcan PolatTomas Ramirez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Formuline

One-time1
  • Formuline Premium$79.99
2 purchases

FormulaPulse

Subscriptions2
  • FormulaPulse Pro$2.991 Month
  • FormulaPulse Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Formuline free?
Formuline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FormulaPulse free?
FormulaPulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Formuline or FormulaPulse?
Formuline and FormulaPulse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Formuline or FormulaPulse have ads?
FormulaPulse shows ads; Formuline does not.
Which is updated more often, Formuline or FormulaPulse?
Formuline ships an update every 4 months, and FormulaPulse every 10 days. Most recently, Formuline was updated on October 7, 2026 and FormulaPulse on October 10, 2026.

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