CatchUp vs Ping Pals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatchUp
This app helps you remember to stay in touch with your contacts. Set custom reminders for friends, family, or colleagues and receive notifications when it's time to reconnect. It offers automatic birthday reminders and syncs across your devices.
- Customizable contact reminders
- Recurring and custom reminder intervals
- Automatic birthday/anniversary alerts
- Upcoming catchups grid
- Unread indicators
- Contact information sync
- Cloud syncing across devices
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Free with no ads! Supported 100% by tips. Keep in touch with your friends, family, business associates, and anyone else in your iOS Contacts list with CatchUp. Set reminders for the contacts you choose, and get notified when it's time to CatchUp with them again. Set these up as recurring reminders, like every week or month, or a custom day that you pick. Regardless of your choice, you can choose the time of day that you get the notification. Step One: Add Contacts Step Two: Set your Notification Preference (how often you want to be reminded to catch up with that individual) Step Three: There is no step three Features: – Receive daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, or custom reminders to catch up with your contacts, even when not connected to the internet – Automatic reminders for contacts' birthdays/anniversaries if you have them set in your Contacts app - A grid of your upcoming catchups - Unread indicators for contacts it's time to CatchUp with - Pull down on the home screen to update your contacts' pictures and information - Automatic cloud syncing with other Apple devices – Full light and dark mode support – No ads CatchUp is free and has no ads. This is a passion project that honestly helps me out, and I'd rather not muddy the waters with advertising I can't control. If you'd like to support development, you are welcome to leave a tip in the Tip Jar within the app. A note on privacy: I store NONE of your contacts or any of your personal information. The contacts you choose and the preferences you set for them are stored locally on your device, and are never sent anywhere else. Read my full privacy policy at https://www.ryantoken.com/privacy-policy
Ping Pals
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Keep your people close.Life gets busy. Ping Pals reminds you to stay in touch with the people who matter — before it's too late.Add your pals and choose how close you are: Inner Circle — ping every 30 days Close Friends — ping every 60 days Distant Pals — ping every 180 days Each connection has a bar. It slowly drains over time. Sync up with your pal to fill it back up.No feed. No algorithm. No noise. Just a simple reminder to reach out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ping Pals at none against CatchUp's 3. Ping Pals also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. CatchUp sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ping Pals asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CatchUp | Ping Pals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (46 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Token | Ugur Sen |
In-app purchases
CatchUp
- Gracious Tip$0.99
- Generous Tip$1.99
- Gratuitous Tip$4.99
Ping Pals
No in-app purchases








