Comparison

Biotech Pulse vs BioStonk

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

Head to head
About

Biotech Pulse

Access real-time biotech industry intelligence, including FDA approvals, PDUFA dates, and SEC filings. Stay ahead of market news with instant alerts and detailed company and drug information. Ideal for investors and analysts seeking an edge in the fast-paced biotech sector.

Highlights
  • Real-time FDA approval and PDUFA date alerts
  • EU EMA marketing authorisation feed
  • SEC filings and clinical trial updates
  • Forward catalyst calendar
  • Push notifications for watchlisted tickers
  • Insider buys and institutional holdings (Pro)
  • Patent timelines and drug shortages (Pro)
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The biotech catalyst tracker for serious investors. Real-time FDA approvals, PDUFA dates, EMA and CHMP committee opinions, SEC filings, clinical trial readouts, and primary-source company news — pushed the moment they hit the regulatory record. WHO IT'S FOR Biotech investors, pharma analysts, healthcare hedge funds, and retail traders who need to see what just happened on a name BEFORE the wire-service summary hits Twitter. FREE FEATURES (no account, no signup) • Real-time FDA approval, PDUFA, CRL, and Warning Letter alerts • EU EMA marketing authorisation feed (UK + EEA centralised approvals) • SEC 8-K filings, press releases, and clinical trial updates • Forward catalyst calendar with PDUFA, AdCom, and CHMP dates • Push notifications when a watchlisted ticker has an event • Watchlist + per-ticker News, Pipeline, Drugs, Intelligence tabs • Indication / drug-class search ("multiple sclerosis", "GLP-1", "CAR-T") • Drug detail with FAERS adverse-event severity and primary-source link to Drugs@FDA • Watchlist Compare view — side-by-side pipeline depth + next catalyst BIOTECH PULSE PRO ($9.99/mo or $79.99/yr, with 7-day free trial) Twelve institutional-grade Pro features, every one sourced from a primary regulatory or scientific feed: • Insider buys — SEC Form 4 executive open-market purchases, 10b5-1 plans filtered out • 13F institutional holdings — quarterly changes, biotech-whale callouts (Baker Bros, BVF, RA Capital, Perceptive) • 8-K dilution radar — automatic offering / shelf / ATM classification • 8-K Item 8.01 content classifier — CRL, PDUFA, AdCom, trial readout, partnership, regulatory filing categories • Material agreements — 8-K Item 1.01 partnership / licensing / supply detection • AdCom calendar — Federal Register FDA Advisory Committee meetings + briefing-doc URLs • Orange Book + USPTO patent timelines — every unexpired patent with USPTO Patent Term Adjustment chips (PTA extends patent expiry past the Orange Book listing — the most under-priced biotech signal), Re-exam warning flags, family-size hints, and one-tap to the patent document on Google Patents • FDA Warning Letter history • FDA device clearances — 510(k) and PMA by manufacturer • DailyMed label history — every SPL version bump (indication, black-box, REMS) • CMS Open Payments — KOL payment network per sponsor • CMS Part D utilization — 5 years of Medicare prescription volume • Drug shortages — FDA-tracked active shortages with push alerts on status changes • Conference abstracts — ASH, ASCO, AHA, AAN, DDW • Custom alert rules — unlimited, all 4 trigger types including 8-K Item filtering 100% PRIMARY-SOURCE DATA SEC EDGAR. openFDA. EMA. CHMP. Health Canada. CMS. NIH. Federal Register. ClinicalTrials.gov. DailyMed. USPTO. ash.confex.com. No Bloomberg, no Refinitiv, no FactSet, no paid data vendors. No AI hallucinations. No analyst recommendations. Just the data. NO TRACKING No analytics SDK. No advertising SDK. No cross-app tracking. No account required. External article links open in Safari's isolated process. We don't know who you are. Pro auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://bioturd.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bioturd.com/privacy

About

BioStonk

This app provides a streamlined workflow for tracking biotech and pharma catalyst events. Users can monitor watchlists, create alert rules, and review market signals for event-driven moves in the sector.

Highlights
  • Track biotech event signals
  • Monitor catalyst-driven watchlists
  • Create event-based alert rules
  • Review options hotlist setups
  • Compact market-intelligence companion
Features
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BioStonk helps users follow biotech and pharma catalyst events with a fast signal-driven workflow. Use the app to: Track biotech event signals in one place Monitor catalyst-driven watchlists Create event-based alert rules Review options hotlist setups around high-interest names BioStonk is designed as a compact market-intelligence companion for users who want a cleaner way to follow event-driven biotech moves. Important: BioStonk is for informational purposes only and does not provide investment advice. Market data, alerts, and options setups may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable at times. Keywords: biotech,stocks,pharma,options,alerts,watchlist,market,signals,trading,catalyst Copyright: 2026 BioStonk

Screenshots

Biotech Pulse4 screens
BioStonk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BioStonk at none against Biotech 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Biotech Pulse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. BioStonk 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 Biotech Pulse against 5.0 for BioStonk. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Biotech Pulse versus BioStonk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiotech PulseBioStonk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB55 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMEAS Partners, LLCPharmachute Technologies, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Biotech Pulse

Subscriptions2
  • Biotech Pulse Pro$14.991 Month
  • Biotech Pulse Pro7 Days trial$119.001 Year
None

BioStonk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Biotech Pulse free?
Biotech Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BioStonk free?
BioStonk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Biotech Pulse or BioStonk?
Biotech Pulse and BioStonk are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Biotech Pulse or BioStonk have ads?
Neither Biotech Pulse nor BioStonk shows ads.

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