Sensor Data Pro vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sensor Data Pro
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Sensor Data Pro records every sensor of your iPhone on one precise timeline, together with video, sound, Apple Watch and Bluetooth sensors. Review, analyze and export your sessions for research, engineering, sports and field work. RECORD - Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer and device motion, each at its own rate up to 100 Hz - GPS and compass, barometer and altitude, steps and activity, sound level - Keeps recording with the screen locked: when nothing else keeps it running, GPS is recorded at low accuracy (you can turn this off); anything iOS pauses is marked as a gap instead of being filled in - Event markers with quick labels, countdown, auto-stop and presets - Live Activity and Dynamic Island with Mark, Pause and Stop; Siri, Shortcuts, the Action button, Control Center and a widget - Crash-safe: an interrupted recording is recovered the next time you open the app REVIEW - Synced multi-track timeline with zoom, map and per-axis statistics - Events and gaps on every track - Export to CSV and JSON, and import sessions shared from Sensor Data Pro The free version records up to 15 minutes per session. PRO+ - Unlimited recording length - Video synced to your sensor data, and audio files you can play back on the timeline - Apple Watch heart rate and wrist motion, with start, pause, mark and stop from the watch - Bluetooth heart-rate straps (with RR intervals), cycling speed, cadence and power, and running sensors - AirPods head motion and ARKit position tracking - Live streaming to your computer over UDP, TCP, WebSocket, HTTP, MQTT or ROS 2 - iCloud sync between your devices - Spectrum, spectrogram and filters for every sensor and for the recorded sound; compare sessions, trim and split - MCAP for Foxglove and ROS 2, GPX, KML and GeoJSON routes, and whole session packages to share - Threshold triggers and unlimited presets Pro+ is available monthly, quarterly or yearly. Yearly starts with a one-week free trial. If you installed Sensor Data Pro before version 2.0, Pro+ is included for free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no analytics, no ads. Recordings stay on your devices and leave them only when you export, stream or turn on iCloud sync. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your Apple Account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.iamsimon.dk/privacy.html
Pulse
Monitor your device's performance, network activity, and data privacy. Securely store sensitive information, inspect app privacy reports, and perform advanced network diagnostics. Includes a Python IDE and SSH client for comprehensive system management.
- Live device performance monitoring (CPU, RAM, Battery)
- Extensive network diagnostic tools (15+)
- Zero-knowledge secrets vault with TOTP authenticator
- On-device privacy report analysis
- Security posture assessment with AI advisor
- SSH, SFTP, and FTP client
- On-device Python IDE
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Pulse answers every question about your iPhone or iPad: how it performs, what your network is doing, who is watching your data, and whether your device and secrets are safe. No faked numbers. No ads. No account. No in-app purchases. Every feature on first launch. DEVICE MONITOR Live CPU with per-core breakdown across performance and efficiency cores. RAM in real time: wired, active, inactive, available. Battery level, charge state, and a live discharge graph. Storage with one-tap cache clear. Thermal state. Device Health Score: a 0 to 100 gauge across CPU, RAM, storage, battery, and uptime. NETWORK WORKBENCH (15 tools) Ping, traceroute with geo path, DNS across 9 record types, port scanner, LAN scanner, Bonjour, Whois, SSL inspector, TLS scanner, speed test, API Request, WebSocket tester, subnet calculator, Wake on LAN, QR codes, and a raw TCP, UDP, and TLS socket client. Live traffic by interface, the routing table, a Wi-Fi toolkit, and Wi-Fi sharing by QR and NFC. SECRETS VAULT AND AUTHENTICATOR A zero knowledge password vault with envelope encryption (AES-256-GCM). Unrecoverable by design: no server, no backdoor. Unlock with a PIN or Face ID. Organize logins, cards, and notes in nested folders. A built in TOTP authenticator and AES file and text encryption. Optional auto lock, clipboard auto clear, and erase after ten failed attempts. iOS AutoFill fills saved logins into other apps and Safari, gated behind Face ID. PRIVACY INSPECTOR Import your iOS App Privacy Report and Pulse parses it on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. See which apps used your location, camera, microphone, contacts, photos, and calendar over the last 7 days, with a heatmap of when. Every domain each app contacted is classified and risk scored against a bundled tracker list. SECURITY CENTER Nine on-device checks produce a 0 to 100 posture score: Passcode, Biometrics, Data Protection, Screen Privacy, Sandbox Integrity, Debugger detection, VPN, HTTP Proxy, and Low Power Mode. Each links to the right iOS Settings page, and an on-device AI advisor tells you what to fix. SSH, SFTP, AND FTP CLIENT Connect over SSH with password, key, or two factor auth, with ProxyJump. Generate Ed25519, RSA, and ECDSA keys on device. Upload, download, and manage files over SFTP. A separate FTP and FTPS manager, and an in app terminal with 59 commands. ON-DEVICE PYTHON IDE Run real Python on your phone, fully offline. Multi-file projects with working imports, a code editor, and a Run console. ADVANCED TOOLS NFC Toolkit: read, write, and inspect NDEF tags (MIFARE, NTAG, ISO14443, ISO15693). BLE Explorer: scan peripherals, browse the GATT tree, and read, write, and subscribe to characteristics. Storage Scanner: find duplicate photos, large videos, screenshots, and cache. Sizes come from system metadata, so iCloud originals are never downloaded. Dev Toolbox: SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashing, Base64, JWT decode, regex tester, UUID and password generators, and Unix epoch converter. SENSORS (23 hardware tests) Motion (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer), GPS and compass, proximity, NFC, Bluetooth, UWB, Face ID, microphone, speaker, haptics, every camera, LiDAR, torch, multi-touch, and a display color test. Exportable as timestamped CSV. WIDGETS, AI, AND SHORTCUTS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets plus a RAM Live Activity in the Dynamic Island. On iOS 26 with Apple Intelligence, an on-device AI explains your Health Score and security posture, with no API key and no network call, and all generated text is labelled. Ask Siri to check battery, storage, or network, and find SSH hosts in Spotlight. 10 LANGUAGES English, Arabic (RTL), Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Korean. DATA INTEGRITY Every value comes from a real iOS API or is clearly labelled. Values Apple does not expose, like battery cycle count and Wi-Fi signal strength, are never faked. What you see is what the device reports.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pulse at none against Sensor Data Pro's 3. Pulse also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Sensor Data Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pulse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sensor Data Pro ships an update every 9 months, Pulse every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sensor Data Pro | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Bogh Holding ApS | Marwan Aljasmi |
In-app purchases
Sensor Data Pro
- Pro+ Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro+ Quarterly$4.993 Months
- Pro+ Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Pulse
No in-app purchases








