CincySavers vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CincySavers
Discover local deals and experiences in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Find incredible values on dining and entertainment, perfect for date nights or family outings. Purchase and redeem offers directly from your device.
- Purchase and redeem offers
- Manage past purchases
- Push notifications for daily features
- Access local restaurants and entertainment
- Exclusive deals at incredible values
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The new and improved CincySavers app showcases local experiences perfect for date night or the whole family! Looking for the best restaurants and entertainment in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky? You have come to the right place! EVERY offer you find on CincySavers is listed at an incredible value! We take care of our local business partners, which is why they take care of you! It’s also why you will see us partner with iconic Cincinnati businesses such as Pompilio’s, Qdoba, Arthur’s Café, Belterra and more! With the CincySavers app, you can: • Purchase and redeem offers directly from your device • Manage your past purchases • Receive push notifications for our featured experience of the day The profile you use to log into CincySavers.com is the same as on the app, making it even easier to experience great local businesses for less! * This app is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.
Pulse
This app helps businesses leverage underutilized time by offering discount promotions on unwanted products and downtime. It aims to increase customer base, profit margins, and overall profitability.
- Discount promotion management
- Utilize downtime effectively
- Increase customer base
- Boost profit margins
- Improve bottom line
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PULSE is a revolutionary app that helps businesses capitalize on time which otherwise wouldn’t be utilised. Offering a new and innovative way of getting rid of non favorable products and unwanted down time. By carefully managing discount promotions businesses can strike the perfect balance and grow their customer base, increase their profit, margins, and intern increasing their bottom line.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pulse at 100% against CincySavers's 13%. Pulse also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). CincySavers's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CincySavers has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of CincySavers's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pulse's.
CincySavers ships an update every 2 months, Pulse every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CincySavers | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubbard Radio | Michael Brown |
Customer experience
CincySavers
Pulse
In-app purchases
CincySavers
No in-app purchases
Pulse
No in-app purchases
