URL Scissors vs Pingy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
URL Scissors
Easily edit URL parameters across multiple platforms. This tool allows for quick modification of web addresses for developers and power users. Available on macOS, iOS, and other devices.
- Edit URL parameters
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Supports macOS
- Supports iOS
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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URL Scissors is a Safari extension for iPhone and iPad that helps you edit URL parameters without leaving the current page. Open the extension in Safari, adjust the query parameters, and apply the updated URL back to the active tab. It is useful for developers, testers, marketers, and anyone who often works with long links. Features: • View URL query parameters as editable rows • Add, edit, delete, and reorder parameters • Reuse recent parameters saved per website • Mark frequently used parameters as favorites • Works directly in Safari with a lightweight popup • No account required URL Scissors helps keep messy URLs manageable, whether you are testing links, removing tracking parameters, or preparing clean URLs to share.
Pingy
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Is AWS down? Is Vercel having issues? Stop refreshing status pages. Pingy monitors 50+ cloud services and alerts you the moment something goes wrong. KNOW BEFORE IT STARTS TRENDING Get instant push notifications when services experience outages, degraded performance, or incidents. Be the first on your team to know, not the last. 50+ CLOUD SERVICES TRACKED - Hyperscalers: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud - Developer Tools: Vercel, GitHub, Netlify, Railway, Render, Fly.io - AI & ML: OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Replicate, ElevenLabs - Databases: MongoDB Atlas, Supabase, PlanetScale, Neon, Pinecone - Payments & Comms: Stripe, Twilio, Resend, Postmark - And many more... One dashboard to monitor everything your app depends on. See which services need attention and which are running smoothly, with a visual dashboard. BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS - Clean, dark-mode native interface - No spam, ever. Only status alerts. - One-time Lifetime Pass. No subscriptions. - Free to start with 1 cloud service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: URL Scissors at none against Pingy's 1. URL Scissors also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Pingy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pingy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. URL Scissors asks for nothing beyond the download.
URL Scissors ships an update every 3 months, Pingy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | URL Scissors | Pingy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zijia Wang | Velosify Private Limited |
In-app purchases
URL Scissors
No in-app purchases
Pingy
- Lifetime Pass$12.99
