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See your site's visitors, bounce rate, and live traffic on your iPhone home screen. Connect once, glance any time.

Your site's pulse without opening a browser

Plausible gives you clean, privacy-respecting web analytics. PulseKit puts those numbers directly on your iPhone home screen and lock screen as widgets. Enter your site domain, choose a timeframe, and eight metrics become visible at a glance: Unique Visitors, Pageviews, Visits, Bounce Rate, Avg Visit Duration, Views per Visit, Events, and Realtime Visitors. Every metric includes a sparkline chart so you can spot a trend without switching apps.

Bounce rate as a copy-quality signal

When you ship a new landing page or update your headline, bounce rate is the first number that tells you whether visitors are sticking. Pair it with Avg Visit Duration and Views per Visit and you have three engagement signals that answer whether the new copy is holding, in a single glance. For launch moments, Realtime Visitors shows who is on your site right now, refreshing on a short cycle so the count stays current while you are away from your desk.

One site per widget, or your full portfolio

The Web Analytics module works with any Plausible plan. Type your domain, pick a timeframe, and all eight metrics are live. If you run several sites, add one widget per domain and stack them on your home screen. Plausible Enterprise subscribers get a second module, Web Analytics (All Sites), which reads your portfolio from the Sites API and can aggregate all sites into a single combined view. Fan-out fetches are concurrency-capped and rate metrics are visit-weighted before display.

How to get your Plausible API key

Plausible Cloud needs a Stats API key:

  1. Visit plausible.io/settings/api-keys.
  2. Click New API Key.
  3. Choose the type Stats API.
  4. Label it PulseKit.
  5. Copy the key, which is shown only once.
  6. Paste it here.

The key gives PulseKit read-only access to your site analytics. PulseKit can never modify or delete data in your Plausible account.

Security

How we protect your credentials

Your Plausible API key is sealed on this device with AES-256-GCM before it ever leaves your iPhone. Only your device holds the unwrap secret, stored in the iOS Keychain. The PulseKit backend wraps that already-encrypted payload again with its STORAGE_SECRET and writes the double-envelope blob to Postgres, so the server never sees your plaintext key at rest. Each fetch request includes a one-time unwrap secret that decrypts the inner envelope only long enough to call Plausible. The key is scoped to this device, can be revoked from PulseKit at any time, and is never written to logs.

What you can track

Pick the metrics you care about and pin them as widgets.

Web Analytics

Visitors, pageviews, and engagement for one Plausible site

  • 46
    Unique Visitors
  • 95
    Pageviews
  • 22
    Visits
  • 30
    Bounce Rate
  • 65
    Avg Visit Duration
  • 28
    Views per Visit
  • 39
    Events
  • 48
    Realtime Visitors

Web Analytics (All Sites)

Aggregate across every site in your Plausible account. Requires a Plausible Enterprise plan (the Sites API is Enterprise-only). On non-Enterprise plans, use the Web Analytics module and enter your site domain manually.

  • 46
    Unique Visitors
  • 95
    Pageviews
  • 22
    Visits
  • 30
    Bounce Rate
  • 65
    Avg Visit Duration
  • 28
    Views per Visit
  • 39
    Events
  • 48
    Realtime Visitors

Numbers shown are illustrative — your widgets show your live data.

Who uses this

  • Indie founders

    After shipping a new landing page or sending a launch email, you need to know within minutes whether traffic is arriving and whether visitors are staying. Bounce rate and Realtime Visitors on your home screen answer both questions before you open your laptop.

  • Bloggers

    You published a post and shared it on social. The Unique Visitors and Pageviews widgets show whether the piece is pulling traffic over the day. Avg Visit Duration tells you whether readers are finishing it or leaving after the first paragraph.

  • Solo developers

    You run a product site alongside your main project. One widget per domain, arranged on your home screen. Bounce rate and Views per Visit give you a fast read on content quality throughout the week without scheduling a dedicated analytics review session.

  • Enterprise teams

    On a Plausible Enterprise plan, the Web Analytics (All Sites) module uses the Sites API to list your full portfolio and supports an aggregate view across all of them. The same eight metrics apply to each site or to the combined account total, giving a consistent read in one widget.

FAQs

Which Plausible plan do I need to use PulseKit?

Any Plausible plan works with the Web Analytics module. You enter your site domain manually, pick a timeframe, and all eight metrics are available immediately. The Web Analytics (All Sites) module, which lists your full portfolio via the Sites API and supports a combined aggregate view, requires a Plausible Enterprise plan.

How do I get a Plausible Stats API key for PulseKit?

Go to plausible.io/settings/api-keys, click New API Key, select the Stats API type, label it PulseKit, and copy the key. It is shown only once. Paste it into PulseKit during setup. The key gives PulseKit read-only access to your analytics data and nothing else.

Can PulseKit write to or modify my Plausible account?

No. PulseKit uses a Stats API key scoped to read-only access. It cannot modify, delete, or create anything in your Plausible account. The key only allows fetching aggregated analytics for sites you already have access to.

How is my Plausible API key stored by PulseKit?

Your API key is encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your device before it is ever transmitted. Only your device holds the decryption secret, stored in the iOS Keychain. The PulseKit server wraps that encrypted payload with a second layer and never stores or logs your plaintext key at rest or in transit.

Can I track multiple Plausible sites with PulseKit?

Yes. Add one Web Analytics widget per site and arrange them on your home screen. Each widget is configured independently with its own domain and timeframe. Plausible Enterprise subscribers can also use the Web Analytics (All Sites) module to pull an aggregate across their entire account into a single widget.

What does the Realtime Visitors metric show?

Realtime Visitors shows the count of visitors active on your site in the last five minutes, pulled from Plausible's realtime endpoint. It refreshes on a short cycle, making it useful during launch windows, newsletter drops, or any moment when you want a live traffic pulse rather than a period aggregate.

Does PulseKit support Plausible self-hosted?

PulseKit offers a separate Plausible Self-Hosted integration for teams running their own Plausible instance. The Plausible Cloud integration connects to plausible.io only. Install the self-hosted integration and provide your instance URL if you are not on Plausible Cloud.

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Add Plausible widgets to your iPhone

Install PulseKit, paste your credentials, pick a widget.

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