Pinged vs BLTN Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinged
This app maps GPS coordinates and visualizes a radius around them for various practical applications. It can receive location data via email, automatically map it, and notify you of updates. Share locations with your team and receive geofence notifications.
- Map GPS coordinates
- Visualize radius around points
- Receive location data via email
- Automatic mapping and notifications
- Share pings with teams
- Plot points of interest
- Geofence movement notifications
Read full descriptionHide full description
Pinged by Badge Apps provides practical resources for many applications where mapping GPS coordinates and a visualizing a radius around those points can be helpful. Pinging a phone? Pinged can receive location data from external sources over email and automatically map the locations and notify you of updates. Share pings with your team, plot points of interest or even receive geofence related movement notifications. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BLTN Mobile
This app provides law enforcement professionals with tools to create, access, and collaborate on intelligence bulletins from any location. It enables dynamic bulletin creation with multimedia, customizable feeds, and real-time updates for efficient information sharing.
- Create dynamic bulletins with multimedia
- Access and collaborate on bulletins
- Customizable feed by role and region
- Real-time update notifications
- Secure sign-in with existing account
Read full descriptionHide full description
Intelligence that moves at the speed of crime. BLTN Mobile brings the power of BLTN to your phone, giving law enforcement professionals the tools to create, access, and collaborate on bulletins from anywhere. Built for law enforcement and interagency teams, BLTN streamlines intelligence sharing with dynamic bulletins, real-time updates, and powerful search tools. Key Features: * Create dynamic bulletins with images, video, and PDFs * Customize your feed based on role and region * Get notified with real-time updates * Sign-in securely with your existing BLTN web account BLTN Mobile keeps you connected to the intel that matters most.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pinged at 4.8 against BLTN Mobile's 4.0. Pinged also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 4). BLTN Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Pinged sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month. BLTN Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pinged holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinged has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pinged ships an update every 2 months, BLTN Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinged | BLTN Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 16.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Aaron Benzick | Multitude Insights, Inc |
Customer experience
Pinged
BLTN Mobile
In-app purchases
Pinged
- Pinged Premium$14.991 Month
BLTN Mobile
No in-app purchases
