Features & Capabilities

Brightspace Pulse helps instructors and learners stay connected anytime, anywhere by visualizing upcoming activities, deadlines, and course updates from Brightspace (D2L).

Key features include push notifications for announcements, activity feeds, grades, quizzes, and assignments; offline access to course content (video and audio); discussions in the activity feed; browser-based login to Brightspace; and Apple Continuity across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
D2L Corporation
Rating:
4.80
(262,414)
226 new ratings
Version:
2.2604.1056 Last updated: 2026-04-23
Version code:
884821843
Creation date:
2015-08-21
Compatible devices:
Size:
44.71MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-01
Compare stats and ranking:

Other platforms

Android
Brightspace Pulse (v2.2601.2.1003322)
3,571,787 4.78 (27,029)

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
D2L Corporation
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brightspace-pulse/id1001688546
Website:
https://www.d2l.com/the-best-mobile-learning-experience/

User Reviews

Brightspace Pulse is generally praised for being easy to use and keeping students on track with push alerts and quick access to grades. Many users rely on its calendar and notifications to manage assignments on the go. However, reliability is a recurring problem: crashes, random logouts, and performance issues after updates. Some essential web features are missing in-app (documents, downloads, full grade details), and navigation and notification behaviors can be clunky or inconsistent. Overall it’s useful when stable, but stability and feature parity need improvement.
Pros
  • Easy to use and convenient on mobile and tablet
  • Helpful push notifications for due dates and updates
  • Quick access to grades and assignment status
  • Effective calendar/assignment tracking
Cons
  • Frequent crashes and random logouts undermine reliability
  • Notifications/navigation issues: alerts not actionable or overly noisy
  • Missing features compared to the web: can't view some documents, download files, or see full grade details inside the app
  • Clunky UI and performance issues, including update-related problems
Recent reviews
Somehow they made a school app that doesn’t look like it was made in the 90s, and is fast and responsive. Heck yeah guys. This is a lifesaver.
by Hd*****, 2026-06-29

Amazing app very and also organized too! I would recommend Pulse team add interactive content like if you get grades from 70-100 you get like a party popper add visuals too
by Fa*****, 2026-06-18

My eyes may be playing tricks bc of the subtle shading but is that logo centered?
by Ha*****, 2026-06-17
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