Comparison

ASCAP vs Pulse 101.3

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

Head to head
About

ASCAP

This app helps ASCAP members manage their music catalog, register new works, and track royalty distributions. It also offers tools for finding collaborators, accessing educational resources, and discovering industry events.

Highlights
  • Manage music and metadata
  • Register new music
  • Scan catalog for data health
  • Check royalty distributions
  • Find collaborators
  • Access music industry education
  • Discover events
Features
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If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.

About

Pulse 101.3

Experience the best music and stay informed with the latest news and events. This app fosters a sense of community and connection through the power of radio.

Highlights
  • Best music selection
  • Latest news updates
  • Community building
  • Event information
  • Radio enjoyment
Features
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The Pulse 101.3 APP, our objective is to present our listeners with the best music and enjoyment while also keeping them up to date on the newest news and happenings. We want to instill a feeling of community in our listeners and bring people together via the power of radio.

Screenshots

ASCAP4 screens
Pulse 101.33 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pulse 101.3 at 100% against ASCAP's 70%. Pulse 101.3 also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, ratings volume, 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

Pulse 101.3 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of ASCAP's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pulse 101.3's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ASCAP versus Pulse 101.3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASCAPPulse 101.3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (32 ratings)4.9 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3239 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB33 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperASCAPPulse 101.3 LLC

Customer experience

ASCAP

All ratings32 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

Pulse 101.3

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ASCAP

No in-app purchases

None

Pulse 101.3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASCAP free?
ASCAP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse 101.3 free?
Pulse 101.3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ASCAP or Pulse 101.3?
Pulse 101.3 is rated higher. ASCAP averages 4.6 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Pulse 101.3 averages 4.9 from 39 ratings.
Do ASCAP or Pulse 101.3 have ads?
Neither ASCAP nor Pulse 101.3 shows ads.

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