Comparison

ArcGIS Earth vs PingWho

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ArcGIS Earth

Explore and visualize geographic data in an intuitive 3D environment. Supports a wide range of data sources, including online services and local files. Offers tools for analysis, placemark management, and creating immersive tours.

Highlights
  • 3D geographic data visualization
  • Connect to ArcGIS Online/Enterprise
  • Support for local data files
  • Interactive analysis tools
  • Placemark collection and sharing
  • Create and share tours
Features
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ArcGIS Earth is designed for everyone and provides user-friendly 3D experiences. Data support ArcGIS Earth allows you to use a variety of items from ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, local data, and web services: • Browse web scenes, map services, image services, scene services, and feature services. • Browse local files including mobile scene packages (MSPK), KML, KMZ, tile packages, and scene layer packages (SLPK). • Support has been added for Living Atlas of the World. Key features • Connect to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. • Tap to identify features. • Support has been added for collecting, editing, and sharing placemarks. • Interactive analysis tools include Measure, Line of Sight, and Viewshed. • Create and share tours with geotagged photos. • Search for places and switch locators. • Start-up tips and guidance for hand gestures are included. • Record and preview GPS tracks, and share with your organization.

About

PingWho

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PingWho is a private box of pocket postcards for independent consultants and boutique agency owners. Write down a person, place, what you discussed, and what comes next while the details are still fresh. Later, ask who you know in a city, find a postcard by conversation or tag, and see which saved details matched. Key features: - Organize a short note into an editable postcard. - Attach one user-selected photo as a private visual cue; PingWho uses the accompanying text rather than analyzing the image. - Confirm an address by selecting the correct Apple Maps result. - Browse people and postcards by city on an Apple map. - Center the map on the user's current position after an explicit tap. - Recall by person, place, note, tag, or follow-up status. - See why each result matched instead of receiving invented answers. - Open confirmed places in Apple Maps. - Edit, favorite, delete, and export your postcards. - Keep the core experience local, account-free, and useful without Apple Intelligence. On eligible devices, Apple Intelligence can help organize a postcard on-device. PingWho always asks you to review before saving and never guesses a place.

Screenshots

ArcGIS Earth4 screens
PingWho4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArcGIS Earth at none against PingWho's 1. PingWho's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PingWho sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ArcGIS Earth asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ArcGIS Earth versus PingWho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcGIS EarthPingWho
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (45 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperESRIYang Liu

In-app purchases

None

ArcGIS Earth

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PingWho

One-time1
  • Unlimited Postcards$14.99

Questions

Is ArcGIS Earth free?
ArcGIS Earth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PingWho free?
PingWho is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ArcGIS Earth or PingWho have ads?
Neither ArcGIS Earth nor PingWho shows ads.

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