Primal vs ThinkPulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Primal
Experience a next-generation social media platform built on Nostr and Bitcoin. Enjoy rich media feeds, long-form articles, and integrated Bitcoin wallet functionality. Discover content easily and authorize other Nostr apps with remote login.
- Rich media feeds with playback
- Built-in Bitcoin wallet
- Long form articles
- Extensive content discovery
- Advanced search
- Remote Login for Nostr apps
- Configurable ambient sounds
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Next generation social media powered by Nostr and Bitcoin. Primal features rich feeds with media playback, built-in wallet, long form articles, extensive content discovery, advanced search. Primal can also be used to authorize activity in compatible Nostr apps using Remote Login. During an active remote session, Primal can play user-configurable ambient sounds that continue while the app is in the background. Our terms of use are available at: http://primal.net/terms
ThinkPulse
This app aims to build an accurate knowledge base of human opinions through anonymous contributions. Users can post answers and comments, but must adhere to strict rules against inappropriate content. All submissions are monitored for compliance.
- Anonymous opinion contributions
- Knowledgebase creation
- User comments
- Content monitoring
- Strict rule adherence
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ThinkPulse is an experiment to create the first TRUE and ACCURATE knowledgebase of human opinion. You, your contributions, your answers, and your comments are and always remain 100% anonymous. Your participation in this experiment is voluntary but requires strict adherence to ThinkPulse Rules & Terms of Use. Posting of unserious or deceitful content, and/or use of racist, hateful, vulgar, or threatening language is strictly prohibited. Poll contributions and comments are monitored for compliance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Primal at 928 against ThinkPulse's 2. ThinkPulse's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Primal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and ThinkPulse sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Primal against 5.0 for ThinkPulse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Primal has 928 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Primal ships an update every 2 weeks, ThinkPulse every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Primal | ThinkPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (928 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 928 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Primal Systems Incorporated. | RocketGUI, LLC |
Customer experience
Primal
ThinkPulse
Bugs and requests
Primal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Losing relay connections when switching to desktop
- Issues with account creation and sign-in process
- Inconsistent display of reactions from other Nostr apps
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more Nostr reaction types
- Implement robust community/subreddit features
- Improve cache management and clearing options
- Provide better account management and sign-out options
ThinkPulse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Primal
- Primal Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Primal Pro Monthly$69.991 Month
- Primal Premium Yearly$69.991 Year
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- Primal Pro Yearly Subscription$749.991 Year
- Prepaid Nostr Zaps$4.99
ThinkPulse
- 1 credit$1.99
- 3 credits$4.99
- 8 credits$9.99
