Comparison

Pulse vs Clipped Capture

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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Turn a 10-minute video into a 15-second highlight reel. On your phone. No upload, no signup, no waiting. Pulse turns long videos into short highlight reels using on-device AI. Pick a clip from your camera roll, watch Pulse work in real time, and share the moments worth keeping. No account. No upload. No cloud queue. WHAT IT DOES • Pick — open any video on your iPhone with one tap (PHPicker, no Photos access prompt). • Process — Pulse listens for excitement in the audio and watches for visually interesting frames, then fuses both signals into a hype score per moment. • Highlights — get a stack of short clips, ranked by score, with auto-looping previews. Tap to share. WHY ON-DEVICE MATTERS Your videos never leave your phone. There is no server. There is no upload bar. There is no third party watching. Because everything runs locally on the Apple Neural Engine, Pulse is fast: a 10-minute video becomes highlights in about 20 seconds on iPhone 15 Pro and newer, around 30 seconds on iPhone 13/14, and under 60 seconds on iPhone 11/12. No cell-data tax. No "processing in the cloud" wait. LIQUID GLASS, BUILT FOR IOS Pulse uses iOS 26's Liquid Glass material system end-to-end. Highlight cards refract a blurred frame from your video; the timeline, the action bar, and every modal sit on Apple's translucent surface hierarchy. It looks like iOS because it is iOS — no cross-platform rewrap. FREE OR PULSE PRO Free includes: • Up to 5 videos per month • The single top highlight per video • 720p export with a small watermark Pulse Pro unlocks: • Unlimited videos • Every highlight Pulse detects, not just the top one • Original-quality export (passthrough — no re-encode, no quality loss) • No watermark Pro is a simple subscription. The free tier is genuinely useful on its own, with no signup required. GREAT FOR • Sports parents trimming game footage to the goals • Gamers pulling clips from long screen recordings • Vloggers finding the moments worth cutting to • Travelers turning a long handheld pan into a shareable reel • Anyone with a camera roll full of "I'll edit this later" COMPATIBLE WITH • iPhone 11 and newer (A13 Bionic and up) • iOS 26 and above • Any video in your camera roll — MP4, MOV, HEVC, HDR KEYWORDS WE EARN HONESTLY Pulse is an automatic highlight maker, a clip extractor, an on-device video AI tool, and a private alternative to cloud-based highlight services. If you've been searching for an auto highlight app, a best-moments finder, a way to make a sports recap reel, or a way to turn long footage into short clips without sending it anywhere, you're in the right place. PRIVACY, IN ONE LINE Pulse needs read access to the videos you pick — that's it. No account. Your videos never leave your phone — no footage, frames, or personal information are ever uploaded. Models run on the Apple Neural Engine, locally. Built by Golazo Services LLC. Single developer, no investors, no growth team. Just a video tool that respects your iPhone and your time. SUBSCRIPTION & TERMS Pulse Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, offered monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.golazoservices.com/privacy-policy/

About

Clipped Capture

Easily combine people with different backgrounds to create unique images. Capture individuals or use existing photos to make reusable "Clips" that can be placed, resized, and flipped into new scenes. Add up to three people to a single image for fun, imaginative creations.

Highlights
  • Create reusable "Clips" of people
  • Use camera or existing photos for Clips
  • Place and manipulate Clips in new backgrounds
  • Add up to three Clips per image
  • Save and manage your Clips
  • Crop and edit final images
  • Share creations with friends
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Turn people into Clips and place them anywhere. Clipped makes it easy to create fun, convincing images by combining people with completely different backgrounds. Start with the person or choose the setting first—Clipped works whichever way inspiration strikes. Capture someone with your camera or choose a photo from your library to create a reusable Clip. Then photograph a new background, position your Clip, resize it, flip it, and add up to three people to the same image. Save your favorite Clips for later, view them anytime, and delete one or several when you no longer need them. With Clipped you can: • Start with a Clip or capture the background first • Create Clips using your camera • Turn existing photos into Clips • Save and reuse Clips in future creations • View and manage your saved Clips • Delete one or multiple Clips at once • Add up to three Clips to one image • Move, resize, and flip each Clip • Crop and edit your finished image • Save creations to Photos • Share finished images with friends Put your friends on a mountain, at the beach, inside a favorite memory, or somewhere completely unexpected. There are no complicated editing tools and no desktop software—just capture, clip, place, and create. Clip anyone. Take them anywhere.

Screenshots

Pulse3 screens
Clipped Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clipped Capture at none against Pulse's 2. Clipped Capture also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, 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 $4.99 per month. Clipped Capture asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse ships an update every 3 months, Clipped Capture every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pulse versus Clipped Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseClipped Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGolazo ServicesR-Tech LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pulse

Subscriptions2
  • Pulse Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pulse Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Clipped Capture

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clipped Capture free?
Clipped Capture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulse or Clipped Capture have ads?
Neither Pulse nor Clipped Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse or Clipped Capture?
Pulse ships an update every 3 months, and Clipped Capture every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pulse was updated on November 5, 2026 and Clipped Capture on October 31, 2026.

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