A space for your relationship
Couple Joy
vs Couple Pulse
Both apps bring your relationship into the small moments of the day. Couple Joy highlights widgets, relationship milestones and a shared journal. Couple Pulse brings questions and memories together with shared drawing and heartbeat experiences.
The short answer
Keep your personin your everyday.
Choose Couple Joy if…
relationship tracking and a shared journal are what you are looking for. Its widgets show days together, distance, upcoming events and memories; daily questions, games and mood sharing add ways to check in.
Choose Couple Pulse if…
you want your check-ins to take different forms. Keep a relationship widget, compare your answers, make a drawing together, then send a saved heartbeat as a personal moment your partner can come back to.
Side by side
The everyday experience.
Add replayable heartbeat keepsakes and shared drawing to questions, memories and widgets.
Heartbeat recording and live sharing are listed in Couple Pulse’s iPhone description; they are not advertised in Couple Joy’s reviewed official descriptions. Platform availability varies.
| What matters to you | Couple Joy | Couple Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| On your screen | Widgets for days together, distance, events and a memory of the day. | Relationship widgets, distance and shared drawing beyond the app. |
| Something to talk about | Daily questions, couple games and chat about quiz answers. | Questions, quizzes and photo challenges in your linked couple space. |
| Moments to keep | Photos in a shared journal and relationship milestones. | Shared photos, saved answers and heartbeat recordings with a title and cover photo. |
| A connection ritual | Mood sharing, countdowns and a daily streak. | Draw together or replay a saved heartbeat; Premium also offers live Heartbeat. |
A little more presence
Talk. Draw.
Feel them near.
Couple Pulse gives you different ways to show up for each other. Get curious with a question. Leave a drawing that feels like you. Save a heartbeat for a moment when you miss them.
Every question is created by professionals and reviewed by a psychometric professional.
Discover heartbeat sharing
Which should we try for a long-distance relationship?
Think about what you miss between calls. If it is tracking your next visit and keeping a journal, explore Couple Joy. If you want questions, creative time together and a replayable heartbeat as well as widgets, try Couple Pulse.
Your next little ritual
Less distance.
More us.
Start with a question. Stay for the drawings, the memories and the heartbeat you can send when words aren’t enough.
- Daily questions and limited quizzes
- Shared drawing and memories
- A relationship counter widget
- The latest saved heartbeat per person
Premium adds live Heartbeat, full recording history, premium question packs and more widget and drawing options. One linked partner’s Premium unlocks shared Premium features for both.
Sources & review
Reviewed . Published by Couple Space, the maker of Couple Pulse. Competitor details come from their official descriptions; this comparison is not an endorsement or an independent product test. Features and offers can vary by platform, region and app version.