Comparison

Calorie Gap vs PulseGuard

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

Head to head
About

Calorie Gap

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Is your daily calorie burn sometimes hundreds lower than usual? If you charge your Apple Watch overnight, the resting calories for those hours can go missing from Apple Health. Calorie Gap finds the missing hours and fills them in using your own burn rate. Once those hours are filled in, calorie trackers like Lose It! and any other app that reads Apple Health see your full daily burn, and your calorie budget is right again. HOW IT WORKS Calorie Gap scans your Resting Energy history for hours with no data. For each gap, it estimates an hourly burn rate from your own data: gaps while you slept use your lowest overnight rate, and gaps while you were awake use the rate from just before the gap. Review the correction and adjust it if needed, or let the app fix new gaps automatically in the background. KEY FEATURES • Automatic gap detection and background monitoring • Smart Fix — separate burn rates for sleep and waking hours • One-tap or fully automatic gap fixes • Detailed hourly timeline for each gap • Notifications when new gaps appear • Choose how far back to scan, from 1 to 30 days • Mark a gap as resolved if you already logged those calories yourself • Every fix can be undone, and your existing Health data is never changed PRIVACY All processing happens on your iPhone. Your health data is never sent to a server. WHAT'S INCLUDED Try all features free for 14 days, then unlock permanently with a single purchase — no subscriptions. Calorie Gap requires access to Resting Energy data in Apple Health.

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PulseGuard

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Train smarter with PulseGuard — a focused heart-rate monitor that pairs with your Bluetooth sensor or Apple Watch and stays out of your way. LIVE HEART RATE Pair any Bluetooth Heart Rate Profile (0x180D) sensor — Polar H10/H9, Wahoo TICKR, Garmin HRM-Dual/Pro, COROS, Suunto, and most chest straps, armbands and watches that broadcast standard BLE heart rate. Or use your Apple Watch as the source. Live BPM in a clean, full-screen HUD that color-shifts as you move between zones. PICTURE-IN-PICTURE OVERLAY Float a compact BPM card on top of any other app. Run on the treadmill while watching YouTube. Cycle indoors with your favorite training video. The PiP card stays visible, color-coded to your current zone, and audible alerts cut through whatever you're playing. THRESHOLD ALERTS Set a maximum heart rate and PulseGuard sounds and vibrates the moment you cross it — on iPhone, iPad, and as a wrist haptic on Apple Watch. Pick from 10 alert tones: classic beep, triple pulse, rising chime, siren, and more. Cooldown is configurable so a steady-state effort doesn't spam you. HEART-RATE ZONES Four-zone model — Recovery, Aerobic, Threshold, Maximum — with four ways to set your max: - Tanaka (208 − 0.7 × age) — modern default - Fox (220 − age) — classic - Karvonen — heart-rate reserve, uses your resting HR - Manual HRmax for lab/treadmill-tested athletes Drag any boundary on the zone scale; reset to the formula anytime. WORKOUT SESSIONS Every connected window automatically becomes a session. Browse history with start time, duration, average/min/max BPM, a full BPM chart, and an estimated calorie burn (Keytel et al. 2005). Sessions optionally write to Apple Health. WORKOUT MUSIC Built-in instrumental tracks to keep your tempo, playable right from the workout screen. MULTIPLE DEVICES Pair several sensors and switch between them with a tap. Auto-connect picks up the first paired device broadcasting at launch. PRIVACY FIRST PulseGuard has no servers. No analytics. No tracking. No advertising. Everything stays on your device. Health data is read only when you tap "Import from Health," and never leaves the phone. 10 LANGUAGES English, Русский, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português (Brasil), 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文. PulseGuard Pro (one-time unlock, no subscription) enables the Picture-in-Picture overlay, threshold sound + haptic alerts, and Apple Health workout recording. A 7-day free trial starts on first launch — no card required, full functionality. REQUIREMENTS - iOS / iPadOS 17 or newer - A Bluetooth Heart Rate Profile (0x180D) sensor, or an Apple Watch (paired with iPhone) NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE PulseGuard is a fitness app. It is not designed to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Heart-rate accuracy depends on your sensor.

Screenshots

Calorie Gap4 screens
PulseGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Calorie Gap at every 2 weeks against PulseGuard's every 3 weeks. PulseGuard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Calorie Gap sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PulseGuard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calorie Gap ships an update every 2 weeks, PulseGuard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Calorie Gap versus PulseGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorie GapPulseGuard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIANA SMIRNOVAIgor Vasilchenko

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Calorie Gap

One-time2
  • Calorie Gap TrialFree
  • Calorie Gap Premium$4.99
1 purchases

PulseGuard

One-time1
  • PulseGuard Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Calorie Gap free?
Calorie Gap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PulseGuard free?
PulseGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calorie Gap or PulseGuard have ads?
Neither Calorie Gap nor PulseGuard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calorie Gap or PulseGuard?
Calorie Gap ships an update every 2 weeks, and PulseGuard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Calorie Gap was updated on November 9, 2026 and PulseGuard on November 10, 2026.

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