Comparison

Pulseway vs IT Portal Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Pulseway

Securely monitor and manage your IT systems from any mobile device. Get real-time status updates, receive instant alerts for issues, and resolve problems remotely. Supports Windows, Linux, and Mac, offering comprehensive control over your infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Remote system monitoring
  • Real-time status alerts
  • System management and control
  • Cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, Mac)
  • Process and service management
  • Event log analysis
  • Active Directory management
Features
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Remotely monitor and manage your IT systems securely from any smartphone or tablet. Pulseway gives you complete control of your computers and applications from anywhere, at any time. You can monitor and control Windows, Linux and Mac Operating Systems as well as any application using the monitoring API. Pulseway dramatically reduces the level of manual checks for support engineers and provides them with a real time status of their monitored systems. You are the first to know about any potential issues affecting your systems and can resolve those issues immediately. *** IMPORTANT *** • To monitor a computer, download and install the agent software from our website; • The communication between this application and the monitored computers is always encrypted. MONITOR: • The status and uptime of all systems • CPU usage and usage history chart • Current available memory and usage history chart • External IP address and the location on the map using GeoIP • Ping round trip response time and response time chart • Status of local hard disks • Services status • Network interfaces status and traffic chart • Running processes • Event logs • Scheduled tasks status • Ports status • Logged in users • Hardware details • Status of web sites and application pools in Internet Information Server • User accounts status in Active Directory including locked user accounts • View and manage Windows updates • Performance counters • ... and more MANAGE: • Start, pause, continue and stop a service • Kill a process • Start and stop a scheduled task • Log off any logged in user • Send a message to the logged in users • Command prompt and PowerShell support • Restart, wake up (Wake on WAN over Internet supported), shutdown, power off, suspend or send the computer into hibernation • Send commands to multiple systems in the same group • Start/stop/restart Internet Information Server web sites • Start/stop/recycle Internet Information Server application pools • Mobile device authorization for system commands - only selected authorized devices on your account can be allowed to send system commands • Enable, disable, unlock and reset password for user accounts in Active Directory • Add and remove groups for a user account in Active Directory • Hyper-V and VMware support, start and stop virtual machines • Run SQL Server queries • ... and more GET NOTIFIED: • When a system goes offline, starts up, shuts down, suspends and resumes • When a monitored service stopped unexpectedly • When the free memory is below a specified percentage • When the processor usage is above or below a specified percentage for a specified period of time • When the free space of a hard disk drive is below a specified percentage • When a user logs in or logs out • When ping round trip time is above a specified value for a specified period of time • When a monitored port is closed • When an event log entry is generated and it matches a specified filter (Windows only) • When the CPU, system or HDD temperature exceeds a specified threshold • When a web site or app pool stopped on Internet Information Server • ... and more The application will work even if the system cannot be directly accessed from the Internet (i.e. does not have a routable IP address or sits behind a firewall). Operating Systems supported: • Server: Windows 2003 or higher • Desktop: Windows XP or higher • Linux: All major distributions • Mac: OS X 10.8+

About

IT Portal Mobile

Access and manage critical IT infrastructure information on the go. This app provides IT professionals with quick access to network device details, documents, contacts, accounts, and licenses, streamlining IT management tasks.

Highlights
  • Network device information
  • Document access
  • Contact management
  • Account and password storage
  • License tracking
  • Centralized IT data
Features
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SI Portal inc. introduces their centralized IT Portal. Similar to how a doctor needs patient records when analyzing a condition, an engineer needs information about a network and its devices. IT Portal allows MSPs and IT Departments to locate information about the networks they manage. Information like documents, contacts, accounts & passwords, licenses, and most importantly network devices(the patients). Use this app to quickly access all the information you store in your IT Portal.

Screenshots

Pulseway4 screens
IT Portal Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pulseway at 4.6 against IT Portal Mobile's 4.0. Pulseway also leads on ratings volume (618 vs 1). IT Portal Mobile's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Pulseway holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pulseway has 618 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulseway ships an update every 6 weeks, IT Portal Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pulseway versus IT Portal Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulsewayIT Portal Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (618 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews86.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings618 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMMSOFT Design Ltd.IT Portal Inc.

Customer experience

Pulseway

All ratings618 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews699 reviews
Positive86.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.2%

IT Portal Mobile

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

Bugs and requests

Pulseway

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS/macOS versions
  • Login/authentication problems for some users
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Remote desktop/screen sharing functionality
  • Improved multi-account/multi-device management
  • Expanded support for macOS and Linux systems
  • Enhanced notification and alerting options
  • Ability to view and manage GPU/hardware details

IT Portal Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pulseway

No in-app purchases

None

IT Portal Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulseway free?
Pulseway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IT Portal Mobile free?
IT Portal Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pulseway or IT Portal Mobile?
Pulseway is rated higher. Pulseway averages 4.6 out of 5 from 618 ratings, while IT Portal Mobile averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pulseway or IT Portal Mobile have ads?
Neither Pulseway nor IT Portal Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulseway or IT Portal Mobile?
Pulseway ships an update every 6 weeks, and IT Portal Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Pulseway was updated on November 6, 2026 and IT Portal Mobile on November 3, 2026.

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