Pinged vs SNIB Scout
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
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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/
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.
- 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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Pinged | SNIB Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Benzick | James BROWN |
Customer experience
Pinged
SNIB Scout
In-app purchases
Pinged
- Pinged Premium$14.991 Month
SNIB Scout
- SNIB Scout Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
- SNIB Scout Pro Annual$249.991 Year









