Comparison

SafeKey vs Pulse

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

Head to head
About

SafeKey

This app securely stores and encrypts your passwords locally and via iCloud. Access your credentials across Apple devices, protected by biometric verification and offering search and note-taking features.

Highlights
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Local data encryption
  • Biometric verification
  • Automatic logo loading
  • Unlimited item search
  • Add notes to items
Features
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SafeKey is a secure password manager that supports syncing through iCloud, where your data is encrypted for security. When you don’t remember your password, simply open this app. - Your data is only saved on your local device and automatically encrypted in iCloud for synchronization. - You can access your encrypted data from iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS. - Protect your data through biometric verification. - Automatically loads a variety of logos for each item. - Supports a search function with an unlimited number of items. - Add notes to each item, such as answers to verification questions.

About

Pulse

This app visualizes project progress with a dynamic "heartbeat" that reflects your activity. It helps you stay focused with daily priorities and timers, track your work patterns, and build momentum for personal goals and creative endeavors.

Highlights
  • Dynamic project heartbeat visualization
  • Daily priority setting
  • Pomodoro-style focus timer
  • Quick progress logging
  • Weekly activity pattern maps
  • Streak tracking and achievements
  • iCloud sync
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Your projects are alive. Feel their heartbeat. Pulse transforms how you track your side projects, creative work, and personal goals. Each project has a living heartbeat that grows stronger when you work on it — and fades when neglected. FEEL THE PULSE - Watch your projects breathe with beautiful animated orbs - Health levels change based on your activity: Healthy → Needs Attention → Critical → Dying - Build streaks and maintain momentum STAY FOCUSED - Daily Focus: Pick your top 3 priorities each morning - Focus Timer: Pomodoro-style sessions tied to your projects - Quick Capture: Log progress in seconds INSIGHTS & STATS - Weekly pulse maps showing your activity patterns - Project health dashboard - Streak tracking and achievements THOUGHTFUL DESIGN - Beautiful dark interface with smooth animations - Haptic feedback that feels alive - iCloud sync across devices Stop letting side projects die in silence. Give them a pulse.

Screenshots

SafeKey4 screens
Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pulse at none against SafeKey's shown. Pulse also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SafeKey's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SafeKey against 5.0 for Pulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SafeKey versus Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafeKeyPulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoyeol KimManan Shukla

In-app purchases

None

SafeKey

No in-app purchases

None

Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SafeKey free?
SafeKey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SafeKey or Pulse?
SafeKey and Pulse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SafeKey or Pulse have ads?
SafeKey shows ads; Pulse does not.

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