Comparison

Pulse vs Tallyday

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

Head to head
About

Pulse

Organize tasks and notes with flexible scheduling and reminders. Track your completed tasks to see your progress and easily reschedule items. All your data is stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Organize tasks into custom lists
  • Schedule tasks for specific dates
  • Reschedule tasks easily
  • Customizable reminders
  • Integrated note-taking
  • Search across tasks and notes
  • Local data storage and iCloud sync
Features
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Everything in its own time Organize tasks into lists: today, this week, someday — or pick a specific date. Tasks appear in the right place when their time comes. See what you've done Completed tasks stay in the list until the end of the day — appreciate your progress. The next day you'll find them in the Done list. Running behind — reschedule One move and the task shifts to tomorrow or next week. Notifications on your terms Reminders only for the tasks that matter to you. Notes are here too Thoughts, goals, ideas — no deadlines. Any note can be turned into a task, and vice versa. Nothing gets lost Built-in search and Spotlight support — across all your tasks and notes at once. Your records are yours alone Pulse collects no data. Everything is stored on your devices and synced via iCloud. Your progress Pulse has no AI features, but you can analyze your progress or learn about your productivity by sharing your records with your AI assistant and asking it to put together some stats. Pulse on all your devices On iPhone, iPad and Mac.

About

Tallyday

This app helps you track habits, streaks, and milestones with a simple, beautiful interface. It offers unlimited customizable counters, categories for organization, and iCloud sync for seamless data management across devices. Focuses on privacy with no accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Unlimited customizable counters
  • Categories for organization
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Customizable reminders
  • Import/export as JSON or CSV
  • Privacy-first design
Features
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Tallyday is a simple, beautiful tracker for the things that matter. Count the days since a milestone, count down to a big date, or build a daily streak one check-in at a time. Starting a streak? Check in for today from the app or Home Screen widget. Tallyday shows your current run, longest run, and total credited days. If you forget to record a day, open the calendar and fill it in later. It counts down, too. Set a date for a trip, a launch, or a wedding and watch the days left tick away. When the day arrives, Tallyday celebrates with you, then keeps counting the days since. I built it because I wanted something focused: no accounts, no premium tier, no notifications begging for attention. Just a clean list of counters that sync via your own iCloud and stay out of your way. WHAT'S INSIDE • Unlimited counters with custom titles, icons, and colors • Daily streaks with current, longest, and total day counts • A calendar for recording today or filling in past streak days • Countdowns: track the days until a big date, with a day-of celebration • Interactive streak widgets for checking in without opening the app • Home Screen widgets that stay current, right through midnight, including a slim list widget that shows several counters at once • Categories to organize habits, home, family, health • Tap any counter to flip between total days and a years/months/days view • Share any milestone as a beautiful card to Messages, Instagram, and more • Send a milestone to a friend so they can add it to their own Tallyday • Automatic on-device backups you can restore anytime from Settings • Daily streak reminders that stop once you've checked in • Reliable milestone reminders on the cadence you choose: daily, weekly, monthly, annual, or every N days • Archive counters you're not tracking right now and bring them back anytime • Bottom search field with instant filtering • iCloud sync across your devices, no developer account needed • Import / export as JSON or CSV • Privacy-first: no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs LIQUID GLASS DESIGN Built ground-up for iOS 26. Translucent chips, glass cards, springy interactions. Beautiful in both light and dark mode. PRIVACY Your counters and categories live on your device and, optionally, your own iCloud. There are no accounts to create. There is no Tallyday server. There is no telemetry sent anywhere. Your data is yours. Requires iOS 26. Questions or feedback? Email tallyday@omarknows.app. Real replies, real fixes.

Screenshots

Pulse4 screens
Tallyday3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tallyday at free against Pulse's free with in-app purchases. Pulse's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Pulse sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Tallyday sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse ships an update every 3 days, Tallyday weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pulse versus Tallyday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseTallyday
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir BykovOmarKnows LLC

Customer experience

Pulse

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tallyday

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulse

Subscriptions1
  • Exclusive themes$0.991 Month
3 purchases

Tallyday

One-time3
  • A Little Thanks$1.99
  • A Big Thanks$4.99
  • An Amazing Thanks$9.99

Questions

Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tallyday free?
Tallyday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pulse or Tallyday have ads?
Neither Pulse nor Tallyday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse or Tallyday?
Pulse ships an update every 3 days, and Tallyday weekly. Most recently, Pulse was updated on October 9, 2026 and Tallyday on October 8, 2026.

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