Comparison

PulseDiary vs Solstice Perimenopause Tracker

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

Head to head
About

PulseDiary

Features
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PulseDiary brings pulse checks, everyday health records, and recent trends into one private wellness journal. MEASURE YOUR PULSE Use the rear camera and flash on a compatible iPhone for a guided 30-second pulse check. Place your fingertip over the camera and flash, keep still, and review your reading when complete. Camera frames are processed live and are not saved as photos. KEEP USEFUL CONTEXT Save heart-rate readings with optional context such as morning, exercise, caffeine, stress, or night. Review records by date and choose which readings to include in trend calculations. TRACK MORE HEALTH METRICS Manually record blood pressure and blood glucose. Calculate BMI from the height and weight you enter. These metrics are not measured by the iPhone camera. UNDERSTAND RECENT PATTERNS Review heart-rate history, metric trends, weekly summaries, and reports based on your saved data. When there is not enough data, the app shows that clearly instead of filling gaps with estimates. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Health records stay on your device. This version does not connect to Apple Health or sync records with other apps. LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE Read educational content about heart rate and everyday wellness, with source information and safety guidance. PULSEDIARY PRO An optional auto-renewable subscription unlocks continued pulse checks, complete history, longer-term trends, and full reports. Weekly and yearly plans are available. The current price, currency, and billing period are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. PulseDiary is for general wellness, personal records, and information only. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Do not use it for emergencies or medical decisions. Consult a qualified healthcare professional about concerning symptoms or readings; contact local emergency services in an emergency. Subscription Terms: Title of service: PulseDiary Pro Length of subscription: Weekly / Yearly Price: $6.99 per week / $29.99 per year Privacy Policy: https://www.zcpfbm.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Billing Terms: https://www.zcpfbm.com/billing-terms.html

About

Solstice Perimenopause Tracker

Features
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Solstice is a perimenopause tracker โ€” not a fertility app with a mode bolted on. It expects your cycle to be irregular. It never says "your period is late." It tracks the symptoms women actually experience in the transition โ€” fatigue, brain fog, mood, sleep, hot flushes โ€” in thirty seconds a day. And it turns your own record into the one thing nothing else gives you: a single page your doctor can read in a ten-minute appointment. THE DOCTOR REPORT One page, formatted for a real consultation: your cycle history with the variability shown honestly, your most frequent symptoms with real numbers behind them, your current treatment and how consistently you've taken it, what's changed since you started โ€” and three suggested questions for the visit, drawn from your own data. Edit or redact anything before you share it. It is your record, presented so it can't be waved away. IS IT WORKING? Started HRT, changed a dose, added a supplement? Solstice compares the four weeks before the change with your most recent four weeks and shows you, symptom by symptom, what moved. A record of what you logged โ€” never a medical conclusion. BUILT FOR IRREGULARITY Cycle stats that only count completed cycles, prediction windows instead of false precision, and language that treats a 47-day cycle as normal-for-you โ€” because right now, it is. THIRTY SECONDS A DAY Tap a tile, rate it 1โ€“5, done. No streaks, no guilt, no forty-item checklists. Long-press for detail when you want it: time of day, context, a note. YOUR HEALTH DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No analytics SDKs. Solstice has no servers to send anything to. Export your complete record any time as CSV โ€” free, always โ€” and delete everything instantly. Optional iCloud backup is off until you turn it on, and goes to your Apple account, never ours. FREE FOREVER Symptom tracking, cycle history, trends, your full history, export, and delete-all are free โ€” permanently, no paywall nags. Solstice Pro adds the shareable doctor report (PDF), dose-change comparisons, and labs with custom report ranges: $4.99/month or $35.99/year with a 7-day free trial. Solstice tracks and organizes what you record. It does not diagnose any condition or recommend treatment โ€” bring the record to your clinician; the answers come from them, with your evidence in hand. The turning point of a cycle. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://galeworksllc.com/solstice/privacy/

Screenshots

PulseDiary4 screens
Solstice Perimenopause Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PulseDiary at 15.0 against Solstice Perimenopause Tracker's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. PulseDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Solstice Perimenopause Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
PulseDiary versus Solstice Perimenopause Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseDiarySolstice Perimenopause Tracker
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSt Paul Fuel LLCGaleworks, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PulseDiary

Subscriptions2
  • PulseDiary Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • PulseDiary Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Solstice Perimenopause Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Solstice Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Solstice Pro Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year

Questions

Is PulseDiary free?
PulseDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solstice Perimenopause Tracker free?
Solstice Perimenopause Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PulseDiary or Solstice Perimenopause Tracker have ads?
Neither PulseDiary nor Solstice Perimenopause Tracker shows ads.

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