Zing vs myKetchum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zing
Control a smart night light with your phone for customizable lighting effects. It can learn your routines to illuminate paths automatically and notify you of movement or smartphone events.
- Full-color plug-in night light
- Smartphone control
- Customizable light effects
- Routine learning for automatic illumination
- Movement and smartphone event notifications
- Visual indicator for calls
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Use this app with the Zing Smart Night Light or supported remote buttons. Zing Smart Night Light Individually, each Zing is an awesome, full-color, plug-in night light with smartphone control and light effects. Packed with thoughtful features designed to help you see clearer, sleep better, and wake-up more refreshed. Zing is almost certainly the best night light ever made. When used together as a system, Zing work together to learn routine and automatically illuminate your entire path. Conversely, Zing can notify you of unusual and suspicious movements via notifications on your phone. Zing can also act as a visual indicator for incoming calls and other smartphone events.
myKetchum
Easily request services, share feedback, and stay updated on local community information. Submit requests with photos and locations, and track their progress directly from your mobile device.
- Request services
- Share feedback
- Stay informed on local events
- Track service progress
- Submit requests with photos and locations
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Stay connected to the place we all care for. The myKetchum app makes it easy to request services, share feedback, and stay informed about streets, parks, utilities, events, and community spaces. Whether you’re heading to the trails, downtown, or your neighborhood, you can submit requests, add photos and locations, and track progress right from your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myKetchum at 5.0 against Zing's 3.8. Zing's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
myKetchum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zing has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zing ships an update every 4 weeks, myKetchum every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zing | myKetchum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Factory Method | City of Ketchum |
In-app purchases
Zing
No in-app purchases
myKetchum
No in-app purchases
