Store Switch vs pingrb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Store Switch
This tool allows developers to check app ranks and features across different global regions. It offers quick region switching, app bookmarking, and customizable home screen widgets for easy access.
- Switch regions globally
- Check app ranks
- View app features
- Bookmark own apps
- Favorite regions
- Home screen widgets
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Store Switch is the best way for developers to view their apps in multiple regions. Easily check for features, ranks and more. - Quickly switch regions to view ranks and features around the world. - Search for your own apps and bookmark them for quick access. - Favourite your most commonly used regions. - Create Home Screen widgets to easily change regions.
pingrb
Receive instant push notifications from webhooks, monitoring alerts, and shell scripts. Integrates with services like Stripe and Cal.com, or use custom endpoints. No hosting or code required.
- Instant push notifications
- Webhook integration
- CLI ping support
- Stripe and Cal.com integration
- Custom curl endpoint support
- No code or hosting required
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pingrb is a tiny push notification app. Webhooks, monitoring alerts, and CLI pings from any agent or shell script turn into clean push notifications. No code to write. No services to host. If it can POST, pingrb can push. Built-in sources: - Stripe (payments, refunds, disputes, subscription events) - Cal.com (bookings, reschedules, cancellations) - Hatchbox (failed deploys) - StatusCake (site down, site up) - Custom curl endpoint (anything that can POST JSON) - pingrb CLI (Claude, agents, shell scripts, cron jobs) How it works: 1. Sign in at pingrb.com (free). 2. Pick a source. Copy the webhook URL or curl command. 3. Pushes arrive on this app instantly. Tap any push to jump to the source. CLI install (free, Homebrew): $ brew install ruby-native/tap/pingrb $ pingrb "deploy finished" One price, no subscription. Pay $9.99 once for unlimited pushes. No monthly fee, no per-notification cost, nothing to self-host. Built by Joe Masilotti, author of "Hotwire Native for Rails Developers" (Pragmatic Bookshelf). Get started free at pingrb.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Store Switch at Free against pingrb's $9.99. Store Switch also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 1). pingrb's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Store Switch is free to download; pingrb costs $9.99 up front. Store Switch sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. pingrb asks for nothing beyond the download.
pingrb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Store Switch has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Store Switch ships an update every 2 weeks, pingrb weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Store Switch | pingrb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pearce Media Limited | Joseph Masilotti |
Customer experience
Store Switch
pingrb
In-app purchases
Store Switch
- A generous tip$0.99
- A hefty tip$2.99
- A huge tip$4.99
pingrb
No in-app purchases
