Craft Pulse vs Xarra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Craft Pulse
Quickly capture text notes and checklists from your Apple Watch directly into your Craft documents. This app is designed to help you record thoughts and tasks without interrupting your current activity, offering a seamless integration into your workflow.
- Capture text notes from Apple Watch
- Add checklists directly
- Instant synchronization with Craft
- Live document preview
- Designed for on-the-go use
- Integrates with Craft API
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Craft Pulse is the fastest way to capture text into your Craft documents directly from Apple Watch. Type or dictate a note, and it is instantly added to the top of your selected page. The app also displays a live preview of the document, making it easy to confirm that new entries were received successfully. Craft Pulse is designed for moments when opening your iPhone or Mac breaks your flow. Whether you are walking, commuting, in a conversation, or in a meeting, you can quickly record thoughts and tasks without interruption. This lightweight utility works with text and checklists, giving you a flexible way to send ideas, reminders, and todos into your workspace. Notes are transmitted using the Craft API so they remain within your existing workflow.
Xarra
Listen to articles, documents, and web content with natural-sounding text-to-speech. Customize playback speed, voices, and reading fonts, with optional synced highlighting. This app prioritizes privacy, working offline without accounts or tracking.
- On-device text-to-speech
- Supports PDF, EPUB, Markdown, and more
- Web article sharing
- Adjustable playback speed and voices
- Customizable reading fonts
- Synced line and word highlighting
- Offline functionality
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Turn text into audio. Read, listen, or both. Xarra uses natural voices on your device, so you can listen to almost any text or read along with synced line and optional word highlighting. Bring your content in: • Import PDF, EPUB, Markdown, DAISY, plain text, RTF, and more, or browse Project Gutenberg in the app. • Share web articles, blog posts, and documents from Safari and other apps. • Paste text or add a URL. Listen your way: • Optional word highlighting in background or underline styles. • Adjust playback speed and choose a voice for each language. • Choose reading fonts including OpenDyslexic, Atkinson Hyperlegible, and Lexend. Accessibility front and center: • VoiceOver-friendly navigation, Dynamic Type as a design principle, plus support for Bold Text, Increase Contrast, and more. • Respects your device's assistive technology voice and speed settings. Private, lightweight, and offline-friendly: no account, no analytics, no tracking. Your documents stay on your device and sync through your private iCloud when enabled. Accessibility Up to 11! won a 2026 Gaady Award for its work on Xarra. Presented by the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Foundation, the awards recognize teams that make accessibility a core requirement throughout digital product development. Featured by Create with Swift as Indie App of the Week in Weekly Newsletter #101: "Accessibility runs through the whole experience rather than sitting on top of it." Terms & Conditions for Xarra: https://accessibilityupto11.com/apps/xarra/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://accessibilityupto11.com/apps/xarra/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Craft Pulse at none against Xarra's 3. Xarra's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Xarra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Craft Pulse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Craft Pulse ships an update every 7 months, Xarra every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Craft Pulse | Xarra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FTRBND, LLC | Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats |
Customer experience
Craft Pulse
Xarra
In-app purchases
Craft Pulse
No in-app purchases
Xarra
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$29.99
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