Comparison

Pinged vs SNIB Scout

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

SNIB Scout

This utility helps authorized security technicians discover and configure Hirsch SNIB network interface boards. It offers free tools for network discovery and setting inspection, with a Pro version adding advanced reporting, batch configuration, and data export.

Highlights
  • SNIB2 and SNIB3 discovery
  • Network setting inspection
  • DHCP and static IPv4 planning
  • Protected backups and verification
  • Individual or batch commissioning
  • Text and CSV field reports
  • Connection diagnostics and guidance
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SNIB Scout is a professional field utility for authorized security technicians working with Hirsch SNIB2 and SNIB3 network interface boards. Free tools let technicians discover supported boards on an accessible network and read their current identity and network settings. SNIB Scout Pro adds saved field records and templates, office-ready reports, exports and sharing, plus guarded configuration for individual boards or planned batches. Key capabilities include: - SNIB2 and SNIB3 discovery over IPv4 Wi-Fi and compatible USB Ethernet - Current IP address, subnet, gateway, host name, MAC/ID, firmware, port, and address-mode inspection when reported by the board - Fresh-read validation before configuration - DHCP and static IPv4 planning with conflict checks - Protected before-write backups and identity-matched readback verification - Individual or batch commissioning workflows - Text and CSV field reports for office records - Connection diagnostics, common network presets, and built-in field guidance Only service equipment and networks you are authorized to access. Network behavior depends on the connected interface, routing, local-network permission, VPN policy, and the attached equipment. SNIB Scout is independently developed by James Brown of West Coast Security, Inc. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hirsch or Identiv. Product and company names are the property of their respective owners. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pinged4 screens
SNIB Scout3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SNIB Scout at every 9 days against Pinged's every 2 months. SNIB Scout also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pinged's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pinged sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month and SNIB Scout sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SNIB Scout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinged has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinged ships an update every 2 months, SNIB Scout every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Pinged versus SNIB Scout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingedSNIB Scout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings26 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron BenzickJames BROWN

Customer experience

Pinged

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%

SNIB Scout

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pinged

Subscriptions1
  • Pinged Premium$14.991 Month
2 purchases

SNIB Scout

Subscriptions2
  • SNIB Scout Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
  • SNIB Scout Pro Annual$249.991 Year

Questions

Is Pinged free?
Pinged is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SNIB Scout free?
SNIB Scout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pinged or SNIB Scout?
SNIB Scout is rated higher. Pinged averages 4.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while SNIB Scout averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pinged or SNIB Scout have ads?
Neither Pinged nor SNIB Scout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinged or SNIB Scout?
Pinged ships an update every 2 months, and SNIB Scout every 9 days. Most recently, Pinged was updated on November 7, 2026 and SNIB Scout on October 31, 2026.

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