SafeKey vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- iCloud synchronization
- Local data encryption
- Biometric verification
- Automatic logo loading
- Unlimited item search
- Add notes to items
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | SafeKey | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoyeol Kim | Manan Shukla |
In-app purchases
SafeKey
No in-app purchases
Pulse
No in-app purchases









