Comparison

Friendly SMS vs Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Friendly SMS

This app helps you stay in touch with important contacts by setting personalized reminders. It allows you to send pre-written text messages with a single tap, ensuring you never miss a special occasion or a chance to connect.

Highlights
  • Recurring contact reminders
  • Birthday reminders
  • Pre-filled SMS messages
  • Customizable messages
  • Manual one-off reminders
  • Local notifications
Features
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Friendly helps you stay connected with the people who matter most — without letting life get in the way. Simply import your contacts, set a reminder frequency, and Friendly will nudge you when it's time to reach out. When the reminder fires, just tap to open a pre-filled text message and send it in seconds. Features: - Recurring reminders — daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly - Birthday reminders so you never miss a special day - Pre-filled SMS messages so sending is effortless - Customize your message for each contact - One-off manual reminders whenever you need them - Local notifications — no account or login required Your data stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no tracking.

About

Pulse

This dating platform focuses on quality over quantity, requiring members to apply and undergo human review for verification. It prioritizes real people with genuine intentions, offering a curated experience for those seeking meaningful connections.

Highlights
  • Members-only platform
  • Human application review
  • Face verification
  • Verified profiles
  • No bots or catfish
  • Community standards enforcement
Features
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Pulse is dating for people who'd rather meet one right person than scroll past a hundred wrong ones. We're a members only platform. Not everyone gets in, and that's the point. Every member is reviewed by a real person before they join, so the people you meet are verified, intentional, and actually here for the same reason you are. How Pulse works: 1. Apply for membership. Tell us who you are. 2. Complete face verification, so every profile belongs to a real, confirmed person. 3. Our team reviews every application and every photo by hand before it goes live. No bots, no catfish, no noise. 4. Once you're in, unlock full membership and start meeting people worth your time. Pulse is built on a simple standard: real people, real intentions, and we don't tolerate harassment or abuse - anyone who crosses that line is removed. Every profile is human-reviewed. Every member is verified. Anyone who violates our community standards is removed. This isn't dating for everyone. It's dating for people who know what they want. Apply now and see who's waiting on the other side.

Screenshots

Friendly SMS4 screens
Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friendly SMS at none against Pulse's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per 7 days. Friendly SMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Friendly SMS against 5.0 for Pulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Friendly SMS versus Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendly SMSPulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB46 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGabriel BeerPulseDate Technologies Ltd

Customer experience

Friendly SMS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pulse

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Friendly SMS

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pulse

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Membership$39.997 Days
  • Monthly Membership$99.991 Month

Questions

Is Friendly SMS free?
Friendly SMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Friendly SMS or Pulse?
Friendly SMS and Pulse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Friendly SMS or Pulse have ads?
Neither Friendly SMS nor Pulse shows ads.

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