Comparison

Diet Different vs Pulse Studio

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

Head to head
About

Diet Different

This app provides dietitian-endorsed recipes, meal planning, and shopping lists to support practical and flexible eating habits. It also offers nutrition tools, takeout comparisons, and habit tracking to help users achieve their health goals.

Highlights
  • Dietitian-endorsed recipes
  • Weekly meal planner
  • Automated shopping lists
  • Personalized nutrition goals
  • Takeout nutrition comparison
  • Habit tracking
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Balanced eating should feel practical, flexible and enjoyable. Diet Different brings dietitian-endorsed homestyle recipes, meal planning, shopping lists, nutrition tools, takeout comparisons and healthy habit tracking together in one convenient app. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ DISCOVER RECIPES Browse a growing collection of dietitian-endorsed recipes with clear ingredients, step-by-step instructions and calculated nutritional information. Adjust portions to suit your needs and view the nutrition provided per portion. PLAN YOUR WEEK Organise your breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks with the weekly meal planner. Build a plan that works for your routine and keep everything together in one place. CREATE SHOPPING LISTS Turn your planned meals into an organised shopping list, helping you prepare for the week and shop with greater ease. SET PERSONALISED NUTRITION GOALS Use the nutrition calculator to estimate your individual energy and macronutrient requirements, then save your goals for convenient reference throughout the app. MAKE INFORMED TAKEOUT CHOICES Explore nutritional information from popular restaurants, compare menu items and use “What Should I Order?” to find options based on your preferred calorie and protein targets. BUILD CONSISTENT HABITS Track water intake, activity, sleep and meal-planning habits. Earn consistency badges as you reach meaningful weekly milestones. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Record check-ins, body weight and measurements to keep your journey organised over time. Diet Different is designed to support realistic, sustainable eating without expecting perfection. Some features require a Diet Different Premium subscription. Nutrition calculations and information are estimates provided for general educational purposes. Diet Different does not replace personalised medical advice, diagnosis or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.

About

Pulse Studio

Features
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MEMBERS - YOUR STUDIO IN YOUR POCKET Your studio runs on Pulse Studio, and this is how you use it. See the full timetable, check how many spots are left, and book a class in one tap. Cancel just as easily - the app warns you before you cross your studio's late-cancel window, so you never lose a credit by accident. If a class is full, join the waitlist: when someone drops out you get a push notification and a short window to claim the spot before it passes to the next member. Everything else you'd otherwise message the studio about is in here too. Your package and remaining credits. Every invoice, payment and credit note on a running statement, with your studio's banking details when you need to EFT them. Voucher codes for events, redeemable in the app - including private classes that never appear on the public timetable. And any class you book can be added to your phone's calendar in a tap. STUDIO OWNERS - RUN THE WHOLE STUDIO ON IT Pulse Studio is a complete management platform for boutique fitness studios in South Africa - spin, yoga, pilates, bounce, functional fitness, martial arts, dance, swim schools and personal training. You manage the studio from the web portal; this app is the member app your members get, plus a front-desk view for you and your instructors. BOOKINGS THAT RUN THEMSELVES Members book and cancel their own classes. Full classes run a waitlist that offers the freed spot to the next person in line, on a timer, by push and email. Set your own booking window, cancellation window and late-cancel penalty. Repeat a class daily or weekly as a linked series and edit or cancel the whole series in one action. MEMBERS, PACKAGES AND CREDITS Membership packages with credits, unlimited options or once-off class packs. Package changes are pro-rated automatically. Digital waivers with e-signature and versioning, and you can require a signed waiver before anyone books. BILLING IN RAND, WITHOUT THE SPREADSHEET Automatic monthly invoicing on your billing day, numbered invoices and credit notes, and member statements. Connect your own Payfast account and members pay you by card or instant EFT - the money goes to you, never through us. No Payfast account? Members see your banking details and pay you directly, and you record it. Cash and manual EFT capture included. VOUCHERS AND PRIVATE CLASSES Issue voucher codes for an event, a giveaway or a corporate booking - assigned to named people or as bearer codes. Mark a class voucher-only, and hide it from the public timetable entirely if it's private. KNOW WHAT'S WORKING Fill rates by class and instructor, revenue collected versus invoiced, attendance and no-shows, member growth and your busiest days. Capture leads from an embeddable schedule widget for your own website. YOUR BRAND, YOUR RULES Your logo and colours, your class types, your packages, your policies. Staff accounts with limited access, and a full audit log of every action taken in your studio. AT THE FRONT DESK Signed in as an owner or instructor, this app shows today's classes, who is booked, member lookup and attendance marking - useful when you're away from a laptop. Free plan for small studios. 14-day free trial on every paid plan, no card needed to start. No setup fees, no contracts. Members: you need an account with a studio that uses Pulse Studio - ask them for their join link or code. Studios: start at pulsestudio.co.za Built in South Africa for South African studios. Prices in Rand, local payment methods, POPIA-conscious by design.

Screenshots

Diet Different4 screens
Pulse Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pulse Studio at none against Diet Different's 2. On price, update cadence, 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. Diet Different sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Pulse Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diet Different ships an update every 2 days, Pulse Studio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Diet Different versus Pulse Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiet DifferentPulse Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCherise DunderdaleStoked Global

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diet Different

Subscriptions2
  • Diet Different Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Diet Different Annual$49.991 Year
None

Pulse Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diet Different free?
Diet Different is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulse Studio free?
Pulse Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diet Different or Pulse Studio have ads?
Neither Diet Different nor Pulse Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diet Different or Pulse Studio?
Diet Different ships an update every 2 days, and Pulse Studio every 4 days. Most recently, Diet Different was updated on October 14, 2026 and Pulse Studio on October 13, 2026.

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