Quad City Performance vs YMCA Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quad City Performance
This app provides personalized workout programs and tracks your progress, nutrition, and lifestyle habits with coach support. It offers exercise videos, habit tracking, goal setting, and community features to help you achieve your fitness objectives.
- Personalized workout programs
- Track workouts and nutrition
- Follow exercise videos
- Monitor lifestyle habits
- Real-time coach messaging
- Digital community support
- Connect wearable devices
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With the Quad City Performance App, you will have access to workout programs designed specifically to help you reach your fitness and health goals! You can follow & track your workouts, your nutrition, your lifestyle habits, measurements and results–all with the help of your coach. FEATURES: - Access training plans and track workouts - Follow along to exercise and workout videos - Track your meals and make better food choices - Stay on top of your daily habits - Set health and fitness goals and track progress towards your goals - Gain milestone badges for achieving new personal bests and maintaining habit streaks - Message your coach in real-time - Be part of digital communities to meet people with similar health goals and stay motivated - Track body measurements and take progress photos - Get push notification reminders for scheduled workouts and activities - Connect your Apple Watch to track workouts, steps, habits, and more right from your wrist - Connect to other wearable devices and apps like the Apple Health App, Garmin, Fitbit, MyFitnessPal, and Withings devices to track workouts, sleep, nutrition, and body stats and composition Download the app today!
YMCA Pulse
This app allows YMCA members to manage their accounts, find and reserve events, and check in quickly. It provides a member dashboard for personal and family information, and details about branch facilities and programs.
- Discover and reserve events
- Fast barcode check-in
- Add membership to digital wallet
- Manage member information
- View membership forms
- Explore branch details
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A new way to manage all things YMCA with SGA Pulse. Easily find and reserve events, stay updated on member details, and effortlessly check in at your favorite locations. Discover and Reserve Events Easily view upcoming events in a clear calendar view. Learn more about your favorite events and reserve your spot with our quick reservation process. Fast Check-In Scan your barcode for quick and easy entry. Conveniently add your membership card to Google or Apple Wallet for effortless access. Member Dashboard Manage your member information for you and your family. View and sign membership forms. Branch Details Explore branch details, including hours of operation, available facilities, and offered programs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quad City Performance at 4.8 against YMCA Pulse's 1.3. YMCA Pulse's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (99 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Quad City Performance holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YMCA Pulse has 99 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quad City Performance ships an update every 6 weeks, YMCA Pulse fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quad City Performance | YMCA Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 1.3 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quad City Performance, Inc | SGA Software |
Customer experience
Quad City Performance
YMCA Pulse
Bugs and requests
Quad City Performance
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
YMCA Pulse
Reported bugs
23 issues- App does not work
- App refuses to come up
- App will not open
- App is not working
- App is non-functional
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- App is unusable
- App has glitches
- App logs you out
- App forgets credentials
- App takes too long to load
- App doesn't keep Apple Wallet sign-in
- App doesn't remember Face ID or preferences
- App doesn't save settings when logged out
- App wipes out filters
- Category function on calendar does not work
- App says there was a loading error
- App is very slow with multiple branches selected
- Cannot scroll through calendar
- App displays a white screen when opened
- App does not load
- App flashes white
- App goes blank
- App is not compatible with iOS 18
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to send class reservation to phone's calendar
- Location-aware membership card in Apple Wallet
- Allow use of membership card in Apple Wallet on iPhone
- Keep old functionality (e.g., workout logs, rankings)
In-app purchases
Quad City Performance
No in-app purchases
YMCA Pulse
No in-app purchases
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