Mapulse vs PaletHop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapulse
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Mapulse lets the people close to you follow your race live, whether it is a trail, a marathon or an ultra, with nothing to install. You share a link, they open a web page: your position on the map, your heart rate, your pace and your elevation gain update there in real time. NOTHING TO INSTALL FOR THE PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU One link, one web page. Your parents, your club or your friends have no account to create and no app to download. The link stays private: it is never indexed, and never guessable. YOUR WATCH OR STRAP OVER BLUETOOTH If your watch or heart rate strap broadcasts its heart rate over Bluetooth, Mapulse reads it and shares it with the people following you during the race. Your phone remains the source of your position. Not every watch can broadcast it: your watch's manual says whether it can. Mapulse only reads the device you picked. YOUR WATCH IS ENOUGH The Mapulse app on Apple Watch starts the activity and records the effort without the phone in range. Heart rate, distance, pace and duration are sent up as soon as the link is back. BUILT FOR NETWORK BLACKOUTS In the mountains, the network disappears. Mapulse keeps recording and catches up as soon as the signal returns, with no gap in the track and no duplicates. This behaviour has been proven on a real race. TOGETHER A session can gather several runners. The people following you see them all on the same map, each with their own live metrics. WHAT YOU SHARE IS YOUR CALL Health data is collected only after an explicit consent, kept separate from sign-up. You can stop sharing at any time, and delete your account from the app. Mapulse is built in France. Data is hosted in Europe. Note: the app interface is currently available in French only.
PaletHop
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PaletHop gère vos concours de palet du premier tirage au podium. VOUS ÊTES JOUEUR Rejoignez votre concours avec le code de votre équipe et suivez tout depuis votre téléphone : votre prochain match, votre plaque, votre adversaire, vos victoires et votre place au classement, actualisée en direct. Saisissez vos scores sur place. Un désaccord sur un palet ? La mesure intégrée tranche. Besoin d'un arbitre ? Un bouton le prévient, sans avoir à traverser la salle en criant. VOUS ORGANISEZ Tirages au sort sans doublons, qualifications, phases finales, poules, montante-descendante, braquage du palet : tous les formats traditionnels sont là, avec les plaques attribuées automatiquement et les classements calculés tout seuls. Plus de feuilles volantes ni de tableau au marqueur. Et si le réseau tombe dans la salle, l'application continue de fonctionner. SANS INSCRIPTION, TOUT DE SUITE L'entraînement compose vos équipes et gère matchs et classement pour une simple soirée entre joueurs. Plus de 1700 personnes s'en servent déjà. Le match amical compte les points d'une partie à deux, avec chronomètre et mesure. Le simulateur de concours répond à la question que se pose tout organisateur : quelle formule pour mon nombre d'équipes, et à quelle heure ça se termine ? Ces trois-là ne demandent aucun code et fonctionnent immédiatement après l'installation. PaletHop est édité en France, pour les joueurs de palet.
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Verdict
Mapulse and PaletHop are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Mapulse | PaletHop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | THEO HENRI ULYSSE NAIRI | Allan Moureau |
In-app purchases
Mapulse
No in-app purchases
PaletHop
No in-app purchases









