Pinged vs RightNow Resources
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinged
This utility app helps visualize GPS coordinates and map areas of interest. It can receive location data via email, automatically map points, and notify users of updates. Share locations with teams and set up geofence notifications for movement.
- Map GPS coordinates
- Visualize radius around points
- Receive location data via email
- Automatic mapping of locations
- Share pings with teams
- Geofence movement notifications
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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/
RightNow Resources
Discover essential nearby services like food, fuel, and lodging with real-time updates from verified locals. This utility app provides crucial information when you need it most.
- Real-time resource updates
- Verified local information
- Find food, fuel, lodging
- Medical resource locator
- Nearby service discovery
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Find what you need, right now. Food, fuel, lodging, medical, and more — nearby resources with real-time updates from verified locals. https://sites.google.com/view/rightnowapp/home/terms-of-service https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pinged at none against RightNow Resources's 6. Pinged also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1). RightNow Resources's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 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. RightNow Resources sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pinged asks for nothing beyond the download.
RightNow Resources holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinged has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pinged ships an update every 2 months, RightNow Resources every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinged | RightNow Resources |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Badge Apps LLC | Jesse Emerick |
In-app purchases
Pinged
No in-app purchases
RightNow Resources
- Personal Verification Monthly$1.991 Month
- Business Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Personal Verified Yearly$14.991 Year
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- Business Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- Personal Verified Lifetime$49.99
- Business Pro Lifetime$99.99
