Comparison

Pulse vs Resonator Player

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

Head to head
About

Pulse

Features
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Pulse helps you keep up with new music from the artists already in your Apple Music library. Instead of checking manually or missing releases, Pulse scans your saved artists and organizes their recent and upcoming drops into simple, focused lists. See what is new, what is coming next, and open releases directly in Apple Music when you are ready to listen. Track your favorite artists, browse releases by date, and use Home Screen widgets to keep upcoming music visible at a glance. Features: Discover recent releases from artists in your music library Track upcoming albums, EPs, and singles View your artists ranked by your listening history Search and filter release lists quickly Open releases directly in Apple Music Home Screen widgets for upcoming releases Hide artists you do not want included Clean, native iOS design built for quick checking Pulse is made for Apple Music listeners who want a better way to stay on top of the artists they already care about. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Resonator Player

Stream your music in full quality to compatible speakers and TVs. Explore artist connections, view credits, and discover new music through a unique, interactive interface. Customize your listening experience and relive your musical journey.

Highlights
  • Full-quality music casting
  • Interactive record player interface
  • Synced lyrics and credits display
  • Artist-driven music discovery
  • Customizable discovery algorithm
  • Party mode for curated playlists
Features
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Music doesn't play. It resonates. Resonator casts your music to the speakers and TVs you already own. Full-quality playback on any Google Cast device — real subscriber streaming, not screen mirroring. THE ROOM FOLLOWS Tap a speaker, and the album moves to the room. Playback keeps running with your phone in your pocket — lock screen and CarPlay controls included. THE TURNTABLE The player is a record. Slide the cover aside, watch the disc spin at 33⅓, then grab it: the record is a jog wheel — drag to scrub with notched clicks under your finger, let go and it settles back to speed. Play a full album and the needle rides the whole side. CREDITS ON THE BIG SCREEN While a record plays on your TV, synced lyrics and the record's credits roll with it: producers, engineers, players — every hand that made it, drawn from MusicBrainz, the open encyclopedia of recorded music. Thumbs on the TV too — resonate from the couch. THE SLEEVE Every album opens like a gatefold: the artwork and alternate covers, the tracklist, liner notes, a personnel roster with portraits, and related records worth pulling off the shelf next. RESONANCE Start resonating from any song and Resonator drives artist to artist through real connections — the producers, songwriters, players, and label-mates in the liner notes, not a black-box feed. Thumbs up steers toward what resonates. Thumbs down never plays it again. Detour into a whole album; the mix parks and waits for you. And every resonance is kept — relive it later, note by note, from Resonance History. WHY THIS TRACK Every pick explains itself. Tap a track and see the road that led to it — who played on what, which record connected them, where the seed came from. Every name is a doorway you can walk through. HOW YOU FOUND THIS Every like remembers its own story. Months later, long-press a liked song and see the moment you found it — the resonance you were on, the seed it started from, the connection that carried it in — and walk that road again. TUNE THE ENGINE The discovery algorithm is yours. Open the tuner and set how much pull collaborators, producers, songwriters, label-mates, similar artists, and influences each have on the road ahead. The Influences fader traces a song's lineage both ways: the originals it sampled and remixed, and everything built on it since. Better connections find better music. AMPLITUDE Party mode. Pick a source, shape the energy curve, and Resonator builds the night — openers, the build, the peak, the cooldown — from energy analysis of the music itself. One glance shows how far to peak. MADE BY RESONATOR For the artists you visit, Resonator cuts its own records: What Resonates — their songs your listening says you'll love — and Overtones, the collaborators one step out. THE RECORD ROOM Your library is shelves, not lists: Heavy Rotation, Recently Played — your whole listening timeline, kept and yours to erase — recent resonances, and records you might like next. A record room, not a database. CARPLAY Album-forward in the car: play the record, start resonating, browse the shelves — same engine, bigger road. WHAT YOU NEED • An active Apple Music subscription (without one, playback is limited to previews) • A Google Cast speaker or display on the same Wi-Fi network — or play right on the phone, AirPlay included Resonator is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. or Google LLC. Apple Music is a trademark of Apple Inc. Google Cast is a trademark of Google LLC.

Screenshots

Pulse4 screens
Resonator Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Resonator Player at none against Pulse's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 $1.99 per month. Resonator Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse ships an update every 3 weeks, Resonator Player every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pulse versus Resonator Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseResonator Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrett du PlessisAnthony Jacobs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pulse

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
None

Resonator Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Resonator Player free?
Resonator Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulse or Resonator Player have ads?
Neither Pulse nor Resonator Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse or Resonator Player?
Pulse ships an update every 3 weeks, and Resonator Player every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pulse was updated on November 5, 2026 and Resonator Player on November 6, 2026.

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