StoryPulse vs PatientNow Essentials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StoryPulse
This platform connects sales and marketing teams by allowing marketing to publish content and assessments. Sales teams can then engage customers with storytelling and surveys, with results feeding back for analysis and personalized customer understanding.
- Content publishing
- Assessment creation
- Customer engagement tools
- Survey capture
- CRM integration
- Data analysis
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StoryPulse is an innovative platform that bridges the gap between sales and marketing teams. Marketing professionals can upload content and publish assessments using StoryPulse's administrative user interface. Once published, sales teams can engage customers with Storypulse's unique story telling and survey capture capabilities. All the results will be pushed back to the CRM/StoryPulse platform for further analysis. The results will help marketing and sales teams in getting a better understanding of each customer and thus cater to their unique needs.
PatientNow Essentials
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This app is a companion to your PatientNow Essentials account, which allows you to easily: • View, edit or book appointments right from your phone • Add or remove blocked times • View current client list and add new clients • View daily totals • View inventory and service lists • Check work schedule • View employee contact information The security options in the PatientNow Essentials app are the same as those set up for PatientNow Essentials. Easily adjust your employees' security settings from within the PatientNow Essentials software. PLEASE NOTE: To use this application, you must already be a user of PatientNow Essentials.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StoryPulse at every 5 weeks against PatientNow Essentials's every 7 months. StoryPulse also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). PatientNow Essentials's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StoryPulse ships an update every 5 weeks, PatientNow Essentials every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StoryPulse | PatientNow Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FocalCXM | Patient Now Inc |
In-app purchases
StoryPulse
No in-app purchases
PatientNow Essentials
No in-app purchases
Questions
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