Pulse (SMS/Tablet Messenger)

Globally the app is really nice. There is a really annoying bug though: If you send text messages through a desktop app (like MyPhoneExplorer for instance) which I do a lot to be quicker with a large keyboard during my work hours, then the sent messages are not recorded in the Plus SMS memory, and you cannot see them, unless you reverse to the native Android SMS app once and back...

I've been using Pulse for nearly 3 months and so far I'm quite happy with it: its design is nothing fancy, but user-friendly and I love the fact that you can customize notifications to a full extent. My only regret is that the app doesn't automatically retrieve contact pictures so I only get to see their initial instead of their face in the chat list or as contact head.

While this has some good features that I use often (delayed sending, sync with watch and PC) it is very buggy and doesn't really seem to be updated much anymore. I'm on a new set of phones and have been experiencing the same issues that I had previously blamed on my old phone. I used to be very impressed, but the PC app still crashes; the Wear OS app doesn't always sync; and notifications are a disaster especially in later versions of Android. Bubble messaging issues. Might have to make my own.

I downloaded this because I could not get out of a group chat, and muting the conversation in other apps didn't keep it from appearing in my text list. Pulse was the perfect solution!!!! Easy to use, clean appearance, and the private folder was the perfect place for the aforementioned group chat! Super happy!!

Fantastic messaging app that allows one to add a signature. Update: For about 4 weeks I was finding it impossible to send group text messages. Even after checking all of my settings, it still wasn't happening. Eventually I deleted and reinstalled the app and then I was able to start sending group text messages again.

As an app, it's awesome, one of the most user friendly sms apps out there. The best thing about it is being able to use it on your PC or laptop, and is well worth springing for the subscription fee for that upgrade. Unfortunately, I have to ding two stars because I switched phones, and after I transferred my sim card, both the PC and app versions of Pulse is telling me that my subscription had expired, though I paid for a year last November. I've written Pulse, but no response so far...

I've literally tried dozens of texting apps. This is the best, period. Mute a conversation, instead of a specific contact, block by phrase filters to limit spam texts, individual contact notification options, sync across devices, and lots more. I've been using the paid version for 2.5 years now. It's consistent and reliable. I don't understand the recent bad reviews, I've had no such glitches. I love this app!

There are a lot of things this app can do that many others cannot. I like that you can pin important conversations. I like that there's a Web based version. I like that you can schedule conversations for a later date... but there are differences between the interfaces that I wish didn't exist. UPDATE: Much of the above still holds true and I wanted to add that contacts syncing doesn't always work which is very frustrating. I did a re-sync of my messages which then cleared all my settings!

Seems great. Not giving five stars bc it's too expensive. And if you don't pay, it shows you an annoying overlay asking you to upgrade. I don't like ads, and I don't like subscription models. The one-time purchase price is insanely high. But as an SMS app, it's awesome. Although I wish you could change the font color and the color for your own text bubbles in conversations.

Update 3/2022: app has become unacceptable. Grammatical errors, adds words, randomly sends. I switched to a different app. Exceptional! I was looking for a good but simple messaging app. Pulse is great. Allows me to delay messages for a few seconds, schedule messages and use the microphone for messages. It's really good, not at all quirky, no issues or problems.

Pretty good. But, I wish I could add conversations to multiple folders. And I wish the folders were one click away. My biggest annoyance though is that I can't easily send text to multiple people individually, but that this setting has to be changed in global settings. There are lots of good SMS apps, this is one of them, but none have compiled all the right features in to one. What I like: I can name group convos. It has good auto response features. It looks and runs smooth.

One of the best out there. I love that I can open it on a browser on pc and share links, photos, and text, and receive text. I wish though when sharing a YouTube video that it would write the name of the song along with the image, like many messaging apps do. Is great it does show an image/thumbnail preview of video/song though. I love can pin important people to the top, and love that you can call someone quick with button above text when texting someone. One of the best SMS apps out there!

It's a good app until it doesn't work as it should and then we see it's disadvantages. In the beginning MMS messages were sending without a hitch. Then all of a sudden people were not receiving MMS anymore and on my end nothing showed a failed send as some other apps do, especially when sending important quick and direct MMS info. Secondly, and this is also an issue ,; when contacting the support the responses don't take consideration of the info you share and responses completely miss the point

It's fine when it works. I have a paid subscription and just about every month, it suddenly goes blank, as if I haven't sent any messages and can't find them even when I log in on the web and can see them. I have to uninstal the app from my tablet and re-instal and wait for it to download all the messages again. It's *very* frustrating.

I am just trying out this new messaging app. So far it's pretty amazing, nice interface and love the customization. However, there is one thing annoys me is the interruption. For instance, I was texting with my sister. But I won't be able to text until I read her incoming message before I can continue. It literally stops me from texting, so I was force to read her message first before I go back to my texting. Very annoying when new messages keeping popping up asking me to "read".

Great if you want to schedule messages. Also has a great feature to set a delay of several seconds, which you can adjust in settings, to avoid those OOPS! moments when you accidentally send a text before you're done editing it. Simple and intuitive. My favorite SMS had by far.

I will probably be canceling very soon. The syncing is so unreliable. I lose texts I make from my watch all the time. The watch is the whole reason I started using this app. I have the background permissions turned on and everything. It just doesn't send the texts. Most of the time they disappear from my watch. Other times they stay there and just don't show up on my phone. Today it showed up in the preview of a conversation on my phone but it wasn't there when I opened the convo. Too buggy.

Update: Fix issue with deleting message being written when the phone switches from portrait to landscape. It constantly deletes my texts in mid-type!! Well designed, looks and functions much better than the native messager, which could hardly look worse on Oreo. Well done and thanks for a good alternative. -g6

I've always loved this app, but six months between updates when there are a few minor bugs still lurking around is too long. Often if I'm in private conversations and close the app, when I open it again, it'll still have private conversation selected in the left bar despite being on regular, and private won't be clickable.

Excellent app, and a perfect Android SMS alternative to the standard Samsung SMS. Tried Google Messages and it kept crashing. Others either didn't have all the features I wanted or had too many ads. I like that the function of custom text notification tones is enabled, which is not an option with most other apps. Also like message scheduling, pinning texts from contacts, custom interfaces for different contacts, and being able to "title" group SMS.

UPDATE 1/26/2022: While the app is very good on the phone and tablet, the wearOS app is horrible! It's as though they were made by two different companies. The graphics are bad, there is no way to compose a message from the watch; even Google Messages can do that much. Also, there needs to be a better way to handle spam Messages, Google Messages has a block and report feature that they would do well to emulate. It's good, but it can be better, and I'm a paid subscriber, BTW.

I really like this app, but I wish there was a way to turn off thumbnails for videos I send- edit: this app isn't working properly nowadays. photos don't send properly, often not at all, and I can't switch to a different app because it causes a bug in my default messages where every photo I have ever sent to any contact RESENDS SIMULTANEOUSLY. this is a nightmare.

Works great when it does work. I have to kill it and restart sometimes several times a day. Private conversations sometimes wont open, have to click back and forth between inbox and private box a few times. At least once a day i will open it and it wont let me click a message thread till i kill the app and restart. Other than that its a great app, i suspect the glitches are due to android 12 being so new. Will update more when things change.

Had another Messenger and it kept stopping. Looked for another and found Pulse. Yes!! So far so good! Been using off and on for almost 2 years. Still the best so far. Have some trouble with Group Texting which is paramount for me. People don't always get the text. However l still like it above others. Update: Looking for a great App... You found it. I absolutely love this App. Worked the glitches out of people receiving texts.. operator error. You can't send group texts back to back. Wait.

I liked the app better in the beginning. Now, sending and receiving photos is next to impossible and receiving can be unstable. It's disappointing how this app is failing now. I'm missing texts from family and friends, photos are not being sent, it's going out. Time to look elsewhere, I have it a shot.

I love this app, I've used it for a long time and it's been awesome. Only issue I have is that you can't select which contacts to make accessible. I have multiple Google accounts on my phone for personal and business access. I have my phone setup to only use one set of contacts, so none of the others show up. But Pulse access *all* contacts on all accounts on the phone. I would really love to be able to manually select which account contacts Pulse has access to.

Excellent all around. Also good on Windows PC. Edit: essentially looks horrible on the big screen of a Samsung Galaxy Zfold-3 even now five or six months after the phone is released. I've tried to go back to it because I liked it a lot in the past but until they make it look good on a big screen... forget it.

Nice App - just a few wishes. I wish the delete conversation slider was not so sensitive. I wish you could customize the colors based on the contact. I wish I could add a contact to a group without the program redefining the entire group. It works well with dual SIM in my phone.

Still probably my favorite messages application. Completely worth the lifetime price of admission to support development. Probably the only thing I'd love to see added if it isn't already in the works would be material you theming for devices which support it. Galaxies and Pixels mainly. That's not a huge thing but it would be nice to use the dynamic colored keyboard with the Pixel and not have it look out of place.