Comparison

HomePulse vs SonoStats

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

Head to head
About

HomePulse

Monitor and manage your smart home devices with this diagnostic tool. It provides real-time insights into device performance, tracks changes, and helps troubleshoot issues before they become problems. Features include a home health score, battery monitoring, and offline Matter code storage.

Highlights
  • Home Health Score
  • Live Event Tracking
  • Battery Monitoring
  • Matter Vault (offline QR code storage)
  • Device Connectivity & Performance Checks
  • Party Mode for lights
Features
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Take control of your smart home with HomePulse, the essential diagnostic tool for HomeKit and Matter devices. Get real-time insights into your home's health, track device performance, and troubleshoot issues before they impact your daily life. HomePulse - Key Features: Home Health Score: Get an instant overview of your smart home’s performance. Live Event Tracking: See device state changes in real time with history. Battery Monitoring: Monitor battery levels and charging across all devices. Matter Vault: Securely store and scan Matter QR codes offline. Device Health: Check device connectivity and performance. Party Mode: Make lights dance to your music in real time. Please refer to the standard Apple End User Licensing Agreement - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ We also follow the standard Apple Privacy Policy - https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/

About

SonoStats

Visualize your Sonos system and understand data flow with this independent utility. It provides a graphical representation of your audio setup, helping you see how information moves through your devices. This tool is for personal use and is not affiliated with Sonos.

Highlights
  • Graphical Sonos setup view
  • Data flow visualization
  • Independent utility
  • Personal use tool
Features
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SonoStats is a real-time visualiser for your Sonos household. See every speaker, every group, every connection on one clean canvas — the topology map you always wished the Sonos app would show you. WHAT YOU SEE Your household laid out live. Router at the top, wired root, home theater clusters, stereo pairs, and every Wi-Fi speaker in its rightful place. Tap any speaker for details. Audio in motion. Watch throughput flow between speakers as music plays. See which speaker is the coordinator, which are followers, and where the traffic actually goes. A mesh view for the deeper divers. Every peer-to-peer SonosNet link, with edge width showing signal strength. Spot marginal connections before they turn into dropouts. Streaming Discovery. Watch speakers appear one by one as your network resolves them, identified with their zone and product model the moment they respond. Bond halos. Home theater clusters and stereo pairs are visually grouped so you can tell at a glance which speakers belong together. Signal indicators, colour-coded from healthy green through borderline yellow to weak red. Multi-household support. Save every network you visit — home, cottage, office — and SonoStats picks the right one automatically based on Wi-Fi. BUILT LOCALLY, KEPT LOCALLY SonoStats talks to your speakers directly over your Wi-Fi. No cloud, no account, no telemetry. Your data never leaves your home network. Built-in snapshot capture and honest, privacy-friendly diagnostics logs make it easy to save what your household looks like — useful when troubleshooting, or when you just want a record of the setup before moving something. NOTE: This is app is not connected or endorsed by Sonos and is supplied for your own use.

Screenshots

HomePulse4 screens
SonoStats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SonoStats at none against HomePulse's 2. HomePulse's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. HomePulse sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. SonoStats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomePulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomePulse ships an update every 4 days, SonoStats every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HomePulse versus SonoStats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomePulseSonoStats
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge WoodMICHAEL ANDREW SYREE

Customer experience

HomePulse

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SonoStats

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HomePulse

Subscriptions1
  • HomePulse - 1 Month Subscription1 Month trial2 variants$1.991 Month
None

SonoStats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomePulse free?
HomePulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SonoStats free?
SonoStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomePulse or SonoStats?
HomePulse is rated higher. HomePulse averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SonoStats averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do HomePulse or SonoStats have ads?
Neither HomePulse nor SonoStats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomePulse or SonoStats?
HomePulse ships an update every 4 days, and SonoStats every 5 days. Most recently, HomePulse was updated on September 20, 2026 and SonoStats on September 9, 2026.

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