Heptabase vs Pingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heptabase
This visual note-taking application helps users learn complex subjects. The mobile version offers complete access to all your notes, journals, and whiteboards, allowing you to review your work on the go.
- Visual note-taking
- Learn complex topics
- Access cards and journals
- Read whiteboards
- Mobile access
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Heptabase is a visual note-taking app that helps you learn complex topics. The mobile app provides full access to all your cards and journals, and allows you to read all your whiteboards.
Pingo
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Stop texting "when works for everyone?" back and forth. Pingo makes group scheduling instant. Create a room, share a 4-digit PIN, and everyone marks their availability on a simple grid — no sign-up, no account, no app-switching required from the people you're inviting. HOW IT WORKS - Create a room and get a PIN - Share the PIN with your group — anyone with it can join in seconds - Everyone marks the times that work for them - Pingo overlays everyone's availability into a heatmap, so the best time is obvious at a glance - Confirm a time, and it's locked in for the whole group BUILT FOR HOW GROUPS ACTUALLY SCHEDULE - No accounts — join with just a PIN, get started immediately - Time zone aware — everyone sees times in their own local time, automatically - Live overlap heatmap — see exactly when the most people are free - Home screen widget — your next confirmed event and countdown, right on your home screen - Reopen for discussion — plans change, and Pingo makes it easy to renegotiate without starting over WHO IT'S FOR Pingo is built for the group chat that's tired of counting "who's free Thursday?" Roommates picking a house meeting time. Friend groups planning a trip. Small teams finding a slot without a scheduling tool.
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Verdict
Heptabase and Pingo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Heptabase | Pingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (71 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hepta Platforms, Inc | Pei Ning Hsu |
In-app purchases
Heptabase
No in-app purchases
Pingo
No in-app purchases









