Comparison

Pulse vs HusKyBoard

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

HusKyBoard

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Bring the layout your fingers know to your iPad and iPhone. HusKyBoard supports two-set and three-set Korean layouts, chorded input, and English stenography. Make it your own with adjustable layouts, key sizes, themes, and typing settings. Use your chosen layout with a physical keyboard in the app’s notepad and the typing preview in Settings. Supported Layouts · Korean two-set: Standard Dubeolsik, Danmoeum, Dugeobi, and chorded Dubeolsik · Korean three-set: Sebeolsik 3-90, Final (3-91), and Sinsebeolsik P2 · Semo-e 2018, Semo-e Mobile · QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, Workman, Steno, and more One-Handed and Split Modes · Swipe left or right on the space bar for one-handed mode. Available in portrait on iPhone and in either orientation on a full-width iPad keyboard. Steno layouts do not support this mode. · Drag the empty area to adjust the width. On iPad, you can also adjust the position. · Place two fingers on the space bar and spread them apart to split the keyboard. Available in landscape on iPhone and on supported iPad keyboard designs. · Choose whether to keep the keyboard’s height in each mode. Keyboard Designs · Familiar Layout: Based on the standard iPad keyboard. · Physical Keyboard Sizing: Based on a physical keyboard’s key sizes and layout. · Full Key Layout: Keeps all keys in the standard ANSI layout visible, regardless of screen size. · Three iPhone designs: iPhone-style, a uniform 11-column grid, or a grid with Backspace on the bottom row. · Save separate keyboard heights for portrait and landscape. VIA-Style Customization · Edit keys with an editor inspired by VIA. · Save up to 20 custom layouts. · Assign characters or functions across Base, Shift, Fn, Option, and custom layers. · Copy an Option layer preset, then edit individual keys. · Customize Korean composition rules and chord timing per layout. Semo-e layouts also support symbol extension and medial/final Shift editing, plus custom abbreviations. · Export and import layouts to back them up or share them. Appearance and Themes · Choose from three built-in themes and five custom theme slots. · Adjust keyboard and key backgrounds, borders, shadows, and label colors and font weight. · Adjust secondary label size, color, and opacity. · Give initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant keys different background colors to help learn a three-set Korean layout. · Set each theme to light, dark, or automatic mode. Keyboard Sounds (Experimental) · Choose iOS clicks or mechanical keyboard sounds. · Set sounds by key type and preview them. Physical Keyboard Support · Use custom layouts in the notepad and the typing preview in Settings. · By default, Caps Lock switches Korean/English, Control switches chorded/sequential input, Option activates the Option layer, and Option + Backspace deletes a word. · Assign layer switching or other functions to special keys such as Control and Option. Markdown Notepad · Save notes as .md files in a folder you choose, including iCloud Drive. · Markdown syntax is highlighted as you type. · Customize styles for individual Markdown elements. Typing Settings · Choose different layouts for portrait and landscape. · Switch between chorded and sequential input on supported layouts. · Swipe in four directions: choose a layer for each direction and set actions per key in custom layouts. · Adjust chord timing to match your typing speed. · Delete Korean text by character, individual letter (jamo), or a mix of both. · Turn key repeat and Option + Backspace word deletion on or off separately. · Adjust repeat speed, layer hold timing, label size, number row visibility, and the bottom row. · Open the typing preview with the keyboard button in Settings to try your changes. · Use two English steno layouts and Plover JSON dictionaries to turn chords into words.

Screenshots

Pulse4 screens
HusKyBoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pulse and HusKyBoard 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, HusKyBoard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pulse versus HusKyBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseHusKyBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarwan AljasmiNAM KYUNG YEO

In-app purchases

None

Pulse

No in-app purchases

None

HusKyBoard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse free?
Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HusKyBoard free?
HusKyBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulse or HusKyBoard have ads?
Neither Pulse nor HusKyBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse or HusKyBoard?
Pulse ships an update every 5 days, and HusKyBoard weekly. Most recently, Pulse was updated on October 24, 2026 and HusKyBoard on October 25, 2026.

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