Type One Style vs Impulse Market
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Type One Style
This app offers vibrant, high-quality patches to personalize and protect diabetes monitoring devices. It aims to make managing diabetes more colorful and positive, fostering a supportive community and offering discounts on products.
- Device protection patches
- Personalize medical devices
- Diabetes community access
- Discount on first order
- Raise diabetes awareness
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We're on a mission to raise awareness of diabetes through colour & positivity. To provide useful products of the high quality that people with diabetes deserve, in a fun way. Take your devices from cold & clinical to bright & beautiful with our world-leading patches. Live without the fear of losing a Dexcom or Libre (and many other devices) ever again. The proof? We've already protected over 1,000,000 diabetes devices around the world, and this number keeps climbing. Join our diabetes community today and get 20% off your first order when you install our app.
Impulse Market
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Impulse Market is an online shopping simulator and spending outlet with no real spending. It's built for those moments when the urge something to buy hits... you can browse, fill a cart, and check out, except the balances, the credit, and the deliveries are all pretend. Nothing is ever purchased, charged, or shipped. The feeling gets somewhere to go, it's fun, and your real money stays where it belongs. A simple, harmless way to sit with the impulse instead of acting on it and spend less where it actually matters. What you can do: "Buy" anything in the store. Open fake/simulated credit cards (yes, with limits you will absolutely ignore, just like real life.) Track fake deliveries like you’re waiting for emotional closure Purchase cars and watch them immediately depreciate (relatable) See your monthly spending. Build a collection of expensive regret… safely DISCLAIMER: This app is purely for entertainment. This is not a real marketplace No real money is used No credit is issued No real items exist No deliveries will ever arrive Everything you see is fictional and just for fun Basically: you can’t go broke here, this is your shopping safe-space. We double checked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Type One Style at Free against Impulse Market's $9.99. Type One Style also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Impulse Market's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Type One Style is free to download; Impulse Market costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Type One Style ships an update every 5 weeks, Impulse Market monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Type One Style | Impulse Market |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (190 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #136 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Type One Style Limited | Christopher Elliott |
Bugs and requests
Type One Style
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot log in to account
- Tracking information shows nothing for shipped orders
- Automated replies to customer service inquiries
Requested features
3 requests- More Medtronic stickers
- Option to turn off specific app notifications (e.g., promotional)
- Cut out for Dexcom or Omnipod
Impulse Market
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Type One Style
No in-app purchases
Impulse Market
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Type One Style free?
Is Impulse Market free?
Do Type One Style or Impulse Market have ads?
Which is updated more often, Type One Style or Impulse Market?
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