Comparison

Startel Secure Messaging Plus vs My Studio Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Startel Secure Messaging Plus

This app provides a secure and HIPAA-compliant method for sending and receiving text messages. It features end-to-end encryption, expiring messages, and remote wipe capabilities to protect sensitive information.

Highlights
  • HIPAA and HITECH compliant
  • End-to-end message encryption
  • Expiring messages (up to 30 days)
  • Voice and image attachments
  • Remote wipe capability
  • Device receipt notifications
  • Multi-device single login
Features
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The Startel Secure Messaging Plus application is a safe and effective way to send and receive HIPAA compliant text messages. Message content and attachments are encrypted on servers and on smartphones, and in transmission. Fully configurable, senders are in complete control of determining the length of message life within a maximum 30 day period. Selected features include: expiring messages, voice/image attachment capability, remote wipe capability and device receipt notifications. Startel Secure Messaging Plus supports HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Users can receive messages across multiple devices using a single login including tablets, smartphones, and personal computers. If protecting your sensitive text messages is of importance to you, your organization and your industry โ€“ choose right and depend on Startel Secure Messaging Plus.

About

My Studio Pulse

Features
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Pulse is the free iPhone companion to the Pulse web tool for recording studios. It is built for the people on the floor: engineers, assistants, front desk, and the manager who needs to know what is happening right now. TODAY Clock in and out with one tap. Your running shift shows in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, and you can clock out from there without opening the app. See who else is on shift and what is booked next. SCHEDULE Seven days of sessions across every room. Confirm, reschedule, extend, or assign an engineer from the session itself. PATCH Every device in the room, every input and output, and what is connected to what. Change a connection on the phone and the studio's patch record updates. PREP Arrival prep and session checklists so the room is ready before the client walks in and closed out properly after they leave. DASHBOARD AND MONEY Bookings, invoices, and payments at a glance. Record a payment or send an invoice reminder from the phone. RECEIPTS AND BANKING Capture a receipt or choose an image/PDF, review the extracted details, and match it to an expense. Receipt reading asks permission before sharing the document with Google Gemini. Connect a supported US bank through Plaid in Integrations to import balances and transactions for bookkeeping. Review expenses, reconciliation and profit-and-loss reports with the permissions your studio provides. WORKS OFFLINE Ordinary studio edits queue on the phone and sync when you are back online. Sign-in, bank connections and receipt uploads require internet. Pulse for iPhone requires an existing Pulse studio account. Studio owners, including solo operators, and invited staff sign in to their studio's workspace and see what their role allows. Nothing is sold in this app. Push alerts for shift and clock reminders can be turned off in Settings. You can delete your account from More, Account.

Screenshots

Startel Secure Messaging Plus3 screens
My Studio Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

Startel Secure Messaging Plus and My Studio Pulse are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Startel Secure Messaging Plus versus My Studio Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartel Secure Messaging PlusMy Studio Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews15.6% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStartel CoporationLawrence Berment

In-app purchases

None

Startel Secure Messaging Plus

No in-app purchases

None

My Studio Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Startel Secure Messaging Plus free?
Startel Secure Messaging Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Studio Pulse free?
My Studio Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Startel Secure Messaging Plus or My Studio Pulse have ads?
Neither Startel Secure Messaging Plus nor My Studio Pulse shows ads.

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