PulseAware vs Heart Coherence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PulseAware
Analyze your voice and body metrics in real-time during conversations and presentations. Understand speaking patterns, stress levels, and vocal quality. Optionally integrate with an Apple Watch for advanced biometric tracking.
- Real-time voice metrics (WPM, volume, pitch)
- Stress and sentiment analysis
- Apple Watch biometric integration
- Motion and restlessness tracking
- On-device audio processing
- Session history and trends
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PulseAware shows you how you sound and how your body responds while you speak, live, in meetings, presentations, and practice. Everything is measured on your device. TRY PRO, ON US Your next 2 Sessions of at least two minutes include everything Pro offers: heart rate, Stress, full Trends, and export. No purchase needed. After that, keep the Free tier or unlock Pro once. WHAT YOU SEE - Speaking pace, volume, pitch, modulation, filler words, voice quality, sentiment, and Speaking Time, updating as you talk - Voice tension, a read on how tense your voice sounds, free for everyone - Stress, a score that blends your voice with your Apple Watch heart rate, HRV, and breathing (Pro) - Takeaways after every Session that highlight what went well, compared with your own Baseline. With Pro, they are written on your iPhone by Apple Intelligence on supported devices - A Recap, History, and Trends that show how you are changing over time ALWAYS WITHIN REACH - Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: elapsed time and Session state for everyone, plus pace, heart rate, and Stress with Pro - Start a Session with Siri, Shortcuts, or the Action button (Pro) - A Home Screen widget with your next meeting and a quick Start button, plus an optional reminder before meetings (Pro) - Sessions end on their own after 10 minutes without speech, with a heads-up first FREE - Live voice metrics and Voice tension - Takeaways after every Session - Session History with Recaps - Basic Trends - Live Activity with elapsed time and Session state PRO (one-time $4.99, yours forever) - Apple Watch Body data: heart rate, HRV, respiratory rate, blood oxygen, and more - Stress score - Takeaways written by Apple Intelligence - Live Activity with pace, heart rate, and Stress - Siri, Shortcuts, and Action button - Home Screen widget and meeting reminders - Advanced voice metrics and deep dives - Full Trends with week-over-week comparisons - Session export (CSV and JSON, plus saved audio if you turn Session Audio on) HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a Session and speak naturally. 2. Watch your pace, voice, and (with Apple Watch) heart rate update live. 3. End the Session to see a Recap with Takeaways. 4. Follow your progress in Trends. PRIVACY - Speech recognition runs on your device. Raw audio is never uploaded. - Health data is used only with your permission through Apple Health. - Session Audio is off by default. If you turn it on, it stays on your iPhone and is deleted after 30 days. - No accounts, no sign-ups, no tracking. REQUIREMENTS - iPhone with iOS 26 or later - Apple Watch with watchOS 26 or later (optional, for Body data) - Speech recognition is in English. The first launch downloads Apple's language files once. - Apple Intelligence Takeaways need a supported device. Other devices get Takeaways from the built-in rules. PulseAware is for self-awareness and general wellness. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition.
Heart Coherence
Calm your nervous system and promote rest with science-backed breathing exercises. This app guides you through protocols to activate your vagus nerve and achieve heart coherence, reducing stress and improving well-being.
- Vagus nerve activation
- Heart coherence breathing
- Positive emotion anchoring
- 11 guided breathing protocols
- Practice tracking and history
- Morning, evening, and quick reset sessions
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SLOW, GUIDED BREATHING FOR YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM Heart Coherence guides your breathing with a simple animated ring. Follow it in, follow it out. No wearable, no account and no experience needed. Your first breath takes one minute. HOW IT WORKS Breathe in as the ring expands and out as it softens. Many sessions use a slow rhythm of about six breaths a minute, often called resonant breathing. Longer exhales, gentle humming and a quiet focus on the heart are built into the guided steps. Each session shows short practice notes about its technique, and the Learn tab explains the ideas behind them in plain language: the vagus nerve, the three nervous system states, heart rate variability and how breath and heart rate are linked. 17 GUIDED SESSIONS MORNING ACTIVATION (5 MIN) Guided humming, energizing breath and a moment to anchor on the heart. EVENING COHERENCE (7 MIN) Resonant breathing, heart focus and a gratitude close to wind down. QUICK RESET (3 MIN) and PANIC SOS (2 MIN) Short practices for stressful moments. Anywhere, no setup. And more: Long Calm (12 min), Morning Gratitude (8 min), Box Breathing, Physiological Sigh, 4-7-8 Breathing, Alternate Nostril, Energizing Breath, Sleep Coherence, Focus Prime, Anger Release, Recovery Downshift, Vagus Hum and Deep Coherence. 21-DAY RESET A guided path that builds from short foundation sessions to longer practices and situational tools for stress, anger, focus and recovery. Days 1 to 5 are free. CALM YOUR WAY Calm now gives you a free two-minute reset from Home. Premium adds Your rhythm, where you set your own inhale, hold and exhale lengths and the session length. Evening sessions use a soft night look and a gentle bell at the end, so you can practise with your eyes closed. TRACK YOUR PRACTICE - Day streaks, a practice calendar and total minutes - Session completion shows the share of the planned time you completed - Morning and evening reminders you control - Home Screen widget for your streak OPTIONAL APPLE HEALTH If you allow it, the app reads heart rate and heart rate variability samples from Apple Health, for example from an Apple Watch, and shows the samples near the start and end of a session plus a weekly HRV trend. These are your own health-data samples, shown for interest. They stay on your device. Heart Coherence is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition. Talk to a doctor about medical concerns. START FREE Six sessions and the first five days of the 21-Day Reset are free. Heart Coherence Premium unlocks all 17 sessions, the full 21-Day Reset, Your rhythm and the weekly HRV trend. Monthly and yearly plans both start with a 7-day free trial. Your price is shown in your local currency before you subscribe. After the free trial the subscription renews automatically at the price shown unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://enginaytekin.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PulseAware at 5.0 against Heart Coherence's 4.0. PulseAware also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Heart Coherence's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PulseAware sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Heart Coherence sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PulseAware holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PulseAware ships an update daily, Heart Coherence every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PulseAware | Heart Coherence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GMX3C LLC | Engin Aytekin |
Customer experience
PulseAware
Heart Coherence
In-app purchases
PulseAware
- Pulse Aware Pro$4.99
Heart Coherence
- Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year









