Friendly SMS vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Recurring contact reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Pre-filled SMS messages
- Customizable messages
- Manual one-off reminders
- Local notifications
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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.
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.
- Members-only platform
- Human application review
- Face verification
- Verified profiles
- No bots or catfish
- Community standards enforcement
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Friendly SMS | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Beer | PulseDate Technologies Ltd |
Customer experience
Friendly SMS
Pulse
In-app purchases
Friendly SMS
No in-app purchases
Pulse
- Weekly Membership$39.997 Days
- Monthly Membership$99.991 Month









