PULSE 87 vs Hymn Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PULSE 87
Listen to New York's premier EDM station directly from your device. Interact with the station by sending shoutouts, topic suggestions, and birthday wishes. Stay updated with show schedules and social media feeds.
- Listen to live EDM radio
- Send voice shoutouts
- Receive show notifications
- Follow social media feeds
- Submit topic suggestions
- View program schedule
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New York's Dance Music Leader! Get listening to PULSE 87! New York's only EDM Station Packed with great features: - Send Shoutouts - record your own message and send it to us - Get notified when your show is playing - Follow our social feeds in the app, never miss a post - Send in topic suggestions, ideas, birthday wishes and more… - Find new shows in our Program Schedule PULSE 87 app means more than just radio! Install now and get listening
Hymn Library
This app provides daily devotions, sermons, and an extensive collection of worship songs with synchronized lyrics. It offers an immersive listening experience with smart tools like playback memory and a sleep timer, perfect for spiritual growth and daily practice of faith.
- Daily devotionals and sermons
- Extensive hymn and worship song library
- Synchronized lyrics with playback
- Immersive listening experience
- Playback progress memory
- Sleep timer
- Personal spiritual archive
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Praise Hymns is a devotion and worship app designed for Christians seeking spiritual growth. Whether you are starting your morning with quiet time or listening to a sermon in the afternoon, it offers a pure and immersive spiritual companion. Core Features: Daily Devotion & Spiritual Nourishment – Fresh scripture and pastoral sermons delivered daily to help you practice your faith in everyday life. Extensive Hymn Library – Includes "Hymns of Praise" and a wide selection of worship songs, with built-in playback, favorites, and synchronized lyrics. Immersive Listening Experience – A beautifully designed player interface. On iPad, it features classical decorative borders and semi-transparent lyrics, creating a sacred worship atmosphere. Smart Tools – Supports playback progress memory, sleep timer (perfect for bedtime devotion), and cache clearing. Personal Spiritual Archive – One-tap favorite for hymns, sermons, and songs to build your personal spiritual library. Cross-Platform Optimization – Perfectly optimized for both iPhone and iPad. On iPad, it delivers a more majestic visual atmosphere, turning the big screen into an altar for your devotion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PULSE 87 at none against Hymn Library's 4. PULSE 87 also leads on ratings volume (241 vs 1). Hymn Library's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Hymn Library sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. PULSE 87 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PULSE 87 against 5.0 for Hymn Library. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PULSE 87 has 241 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of PULSE 87's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hymn Library's.
PULSE 87 ships an update every 9 months, Hymn Library every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PULSE 87 | Hymn Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (241 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 241 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nobex Technologies | qingsong piao |
Customer experience
PULSE 87
Hymn Library
Bugs and requests
PULSE 87
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashing on Wi-Fi and LTE
- Sticking on screens showing old updates
- Advertisements crash the entire app
- Occasionally gets stuck on a song
- Plays static
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- Popup ads every time you press play or pause
Requested features
2 requests- App updates
- Apple CarPlay support
Hymn Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PULSE 87
No in-app purchases
Hymn Library
- 5朵花 🌷$0.99
- 15朵花 🌷$1.99
- 45朵花 🌷$3.99
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- 120朵花 🌷$7.99







