Pulse Reader vs Orbit Running
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pulse Reader
Measure your heart rate using your device's camera. Track your pulse history with detailed charts, notes, and images. Monitor your heart health with this accessible tool.
- Camera-based pulse detection
- Heart rate logging
- Finger pulse charting
- Add notes and snapshots
- Human heart beat range detection
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Use the camera to read your pulse. This app can detect a heart beat the range of a human heart beat. Keep a log of your heart rate, finger pulse chart, notes, and add snapshots.
Orbit Running
Track your running performance and view historical data. Easily share your runs, including photos with performance overlays, with friends and family.
- View and share runs
- Check running stats
- Overlay performance on photos
- Track historical runs
- Share with friends and family
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View and share your runs with Orbit! Quickly check your stats, look at any photos you captured during your run and overlay your performance and running route on the image. Easily track your performance and historical runs, in an app that offers the easiest way to share your runs with friends and family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Pulse Reader at 3 against Orbit Running's 1. Pulse Reader also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.3). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Pulse Reader against 5.0 for Orbit Running. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Pulse Reader ships an update every 8 days, Orbit Running every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pulse Reader | Orbit Running |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Servando Cordova | Avinash Jain |
Customer experience
Pulse Reader
Orbit Running
In-app purchases
Pulse Reader
No in-app purchases
Orbit Running
No in-app purchases
