Comparison

Fygo vs TrueNAS Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Fygo

Manage your AI-powered personal storage device from your phone. Back up files, stream media, organize photos with AI, and securely access your data from anywhere.

Highlights
  • AI-powered local storage management
  • Photo and video backup
  • Media streaming and organization
  • Secure file access and sharing
  • Cross-platform accessibility
Features
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Fygo is the official companion app for Fygo OS, the AI-powered NAS platform built for speed, privacy, and ease of use. Back up photos and videos, browse files, stream your media library, and manage your personal storage right from your phone. Fygo brings together media, AI photo tools, backup, and secure file access in one place. Why Fygo • Local AI on your NAS: AI runs on your own hardware, so your photos, videos, and data stay with you. No cloud subscription required. • Better media library: Organize movies and shows with posters, cast info, and subtitles for a polished viewing experience. • AI Photos: Search with natural language, group faces locally, and explore memories with intelligent scene tags. • Backup and sync: Keep your phone photos, videos, and important files safely backed up. • Access on every screen: Connect with Fygo across mobile, TV, web, and desktop. • Secure file access: Share and manage files with flexible permissions for families and teams. Fygo is built for self-hosters, homelab users, and anyone who wants a faster, smarter way to manage personal storage.

About

TrueNAS Pulse

Monitor and manage your TrueNAS servers remotely with this native iPhone app. It offers live system visibility, alert management, and essential operational controls. A free tier provides core monitoring, while a one-time purchase unlocks advanced features for fleet management and deeper reporting.

Highlights
  • Live system monitoring
  • Alert management
  • Remote actions for services and VMs
  • ZFS snapshot creation
  • File browser and audit log viewer
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Fleet visibility and comparison
Features
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Check on your TrueNAS server from anywhere. See pool health, catch alerts, and follow jobs, apps, and VMs from your iPhone, without opening the web UI. Free for up to 2 servers, with no time limit. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. No ads, no tracking. TrueNAS Pulse is a native, independent iPhone app for TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 and later, including TrueNAS 25.10, 26, and the 27.0 release candidate. It is built for sysadmins, operators, and homelab users. The free tier is useful forever: live monitoring, 1-hour history, alerts, storage health, jobs, one local monitor on the active server, widgets, and essential operational visibility. TrueNAS Pulse Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks deeper reporting, unlimited monitors, fleet visibility, and the full guarded operator toolset. All high-risk actions require explicit confirmation before anything is changed on the server. FREE - Live dashboard for CPU, memory, network, and storage status - 1-hour reporting history for CPU, memory, and network - ZFS pool health, disks, temperatures, datasets, and snapshots - Recovery Readiness diagnostics for dataset snapshot coverage and task health - Alerts, jobs, services, apps, and VM status for triage - Dismiss and acknowledge alerts to keep the signal clean - Create ZFS snapshots on demand - Start, stop, and force-stop native containers on supported TrueNAS 26/27 releases - One local monitor on the active server - Network interface status and routing overview - Read-only file browser and audit log viewer - Up to 2 servers with fast server switching - Home Screen widget for glanceable server health TRUENAS PULSE PRO - Unlimited monitors across your servers - Historical reporting graphs with 6H, 24H, 7D, and 30D views - Storage runway with per-pool fill-rate trends and projected days remaining - Fleet view and server comparison - Protection Audit for SMB/NFS shares, iSCSI zvols, and native-container datasets, with fleet recovery trends and monitor recommendations - Configuration drift comparison - Live log streaming - Disk and VDEV management - Snapshot delete, clone, and rollback tools - Guarded service, app, and VM lifecycle controls - Network editing, share management, and service configuration tools - Data protection controls, batch actions, job abort, and system update installation - Reboot, shutdown, support bundle generation, config backup export, and config restore - Server Console access on supported TrueNAS SCALE releases - Live Activities for scrubs, replications, and updates on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island - Opt-in iCloud sync for your server list, monitor configurations, and app settings - Up to 8 servers SECURITY - API tokens are stored in iOS Keychain and never synced to iCloud - Strict TLS validation with optional per-server self-signed certificate trust - No analytics, tracking, advertising SDKs, or external telemetry - Connects directly to your servers; there is no developer-operated relay or cloud service IMPORTANT - Independent third-party app - Not affiliated with or endorsed by iXsystems, Inc. - Requires a self-hosted TrueNAS SCALE server with remote API access enabled Terms of Use: https://truenaspulse.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://truenaspulse.com/privacy

Screenshots

Fygo4 screens
TrueNAS Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fygo at none against TrueNAS Pulse's 1. Fygo also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). TrueNAS Pulse's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. TrueNAS Pulse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fygo 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 Fygo against 5.0 for TrueNAS Pulse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueNAS Pulse has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fygo ships an update fortnightly, TrueNAS Pulse every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fygo versus TrueNAS Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFygoTrueNAS Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAXISSTORE TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.Christophe Cornelis

Customer experience

Fygo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TrueNAS Pulse

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fygo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrueNAS Pulse

One-time1
  • TrueNAS Pulse Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Fygo free?
Fygo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrueNAS Pulse free?
TrueNAS Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fygo or TrueNAS Pulse?
Fygo and TrueNAS Pulse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Fygo or TrueNAS Pulse have ads?
Neither Fygo nor TrueNAS Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fygo or TrueNAS Pulse?
Fygo ships an update fortnightly, and TrueNAS Pulse every 9 days. Most recently, Fygo was updated on November 9, 2026 and TrueNAS Pulse on November 5, 2026.

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