Comparison

Pulse vs ThermoHammer

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

Head to head
About

Pulse

Monitor your device's performance, network activity, and data privacy. Securely store sensitive information, inspect app privacy reports, and perform advanced network diagnostics. Includes a Python IDE and SSH client for comprehensive system management.

Highlights
  • Live device performance monitoring (CPU, RAM, Battery)
  • Extensive network diagnostic tools (15+)
  • Zero-knowledge secrets vault with TOTP authenticator
  • On-device privacy report analysis
  • Security posture assessment with AI advisor
  • SSH, SFTP, and FTP client
  • On-device Python IDE
Features
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Pulse answers every question about your iPhone or iPad: how it performs, what your network is doing, who is watching your data, and whether your device and secrets are safe. No faked numbers. No ads. No account. No in-app purchases. Every feature on first launch. DEVICE MONITOR Live CPU with per-core breakdown across performance and efficiency cores. RAM in real time: wired, active, inactive, available. Battery level, charge state, and a live discharge graph. Storage with one-tap cache clear. Thermal state. Device Health Score: a 0 to 100 gauge across CPU, RAM, storage, battery, and uptime. NETWORK WORKBENCH (15 tools) Ping, traceroute with geo path, DNS across 9 record types, port scanner, LAN scanner, Bonjour, Whois, SSL inspector, TLS scanner, speed test, API Request, WebSocket tester, subnet calculator, Wake on LAN, QR codes, and a raw TCP, UDP, and TLS socket client. Live traffic by interface, the routing table, a Wi-Fi toolkit, and Wi-Fi sharing by QR and NFC. SECRETS VAULT AND AUTHENTICATOR A zero knowledge password vault with envelope encryption (AES-256-GCM). Unrecoverable by design: no server, no backdoor. Unlock with a PIN or Face ID. Organize logins, cards, and notes in nested folders. A built in TOTP authenticator and AES file and text encryption. Optional auto lock, clipboard auto clear, and erase after ten failed attempts. iOS AutoFill fills saved logins into other apps and Safari, gated behind Face ID. PRIVACY INSPECTOR Import your iOS App Privacy Report and Pulse parses it on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. See which apps used your location, camera, microphone, contacts, photos, and calendar over the last 7 days, with a heatmap of when. Every domain each app contacted is classified and risk scored against a bundled tracker list. SECURITY CENTER Nine on-device checks produce a 0 to 100 posture score: Passcode, Biometrics, Data Protection, Screen Privacy, Sandbox Integrity, Debugger detection, VPN, HTTP Proxy, and Low Power Mode. Each links to the right iOS Settings page, and an on-device AI advisor tells you what to fix. SSH, SFTP, AND FTP CLIENT Connect over SSH with password, key, or two factor auth, with ProxyJump. Generate Ed25519, RSA, and ECDSA keys on device. Upload, download, and manage files over SFTP. A separate FTP and FTPS manager, and an in app terminal with 59 commands. ON-DEVICE PYTHON IDE Run real Python on your phone, fully offline. Multi-file projects with working imports, a code editor, and a Run console. ADVANCED TOOLS NFC Toolkit: read, write, and inspect NDEF tags (MIFARE, NTAG, ISO14443, ISO15693). BLE Explorer: scan peripherals, browse the GATT tree, and read, write, and subscribe to characteristics. Storage Scanner: find duplicate photos, large videos, screenshots, and cache. Sizes come from system metadata, so iCloud originals are never downloaded. Dev Toolbox: SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashing, Base64, JWT decode, regex tester, UUID and password generators, and Unix epoch converter. SENSORS (23 hardware tests) Motion (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer), GPS and compass, proximity, NFC, Bluetooth, UWB, Face ID, microphone, speaker, haptics, every camera, LiDAR, torch, multi-touch, and a display color test. Exportable as timestamped CSV. WIDGETS, AI, AND SHORTCUTS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets plus a RAM Live Activity in the Dynamic Island. On iOS 26 with Apple Intelligence, an on-device AI explains your Health Score and security posture, with no API key and no network call, and all generated text is labelled. Ask Siri to check battery, storage, or network, and find SSH hosts in Spotlight. 10 LANGUAGES English, Arabic (RTL), Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Korean. DATA INTEGRITY Every value comes from a real iOS API or is clearly labelled. Values Apple does not expose, like battery cycle count and Wi-Fi signal strength, are never faked. What you see is what the device reports.

About

ThermoHammer

Features
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Evaluate your device's stability under sustained workloads, monitor thermal regulation safely, and see how you rank on the global leaderboard with ThermoHammer. Designed as a diagnostic tool for power users, developers, and hardware enthusiasts, ThermoHammer safely analyzes how your device manages processing efficiency under standard, continuous multi-threaded tasks. It helps you understand your hardware's capabilities, thermal dissipation, and peak vs. sustained performance over time. Do you experience frame drops during intensive tasks or long productivity sessions? ThermoHammer visualizes exactly how your device’s operating system manages efficiency to maintain optimal hardware health. ### KEY FEATURES: - **Real-Time Efficiency Graph:** Watch your device's performance curve in real-time. See clearly how the system dynamically regulates its processing power to manage heat. - **Global Comparison Leaderboard:** Submit your benchmarking scores and compare your device’s sustained performance (GIPS) against other users worldwide. Check how your specific model ranks in the global database. - **Accurate GIPS Tracking:** Track performance in GIPS (Giga Instructions Per Second) to capture objective, high-precision performance metrics. - **Three Standard Test Intervals:** Run structured, highly controlled tests of 5, 15, or 30 minutes to observe performance behavior over short, medium, and long durations. - **Thermal Design Evaluation:** See how different environmental temperatures or protective cases impact your device's natural heat dissipation. - **Clean, Data-Focused UI:** Minimalist and non-intrusive. Get straight to the diagnostics with clear, readable data visualization. ### SAFE & SYSTEM-COMPLIANT BENCHMARKING: ThermoHammer is engineered with hardware safety as our top priority. The app acts as a standard diagnostic utility, running standard arithmetic calculations completely within the operating system's built-in thermal and power-management safeguards. ThermoHammer does not bypass system limits, modify hardware settings, or override core safety parameters. It simply measures how the device's native thermal throttling protects the hardware during normal, sustained computational tasks. A stable, flat graph indicates highly efficient thermal design, while a gradual curve shows the system’s protective features working exactly as designed. Download ThermoHammer today to understand your device's performance characteristics and join the global leaderboard!

Screenshots

Pulse4 screens
ThermoHammer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pulse and ThermoHammer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulse ships an update every 5 days, ThermoHammer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pulse versus ThermoHammer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseThermoHammer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarwan AljasmiGogita Kupatadze

In-app purchases

None

Pulse

No in-app purchases

None

ThermoHammer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThermoHammer free?
ThermoHammer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulse or ThermoHammer have ads?
Neither Pulse nor ThermoHammer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse or ThermoHammer?
Pulse ships an update every 5 days, and ThermoHammer every 3 days. Most recently, Pulse was updated on October 7, 2026 and ThermoHammer on October 3, 2026.

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