Catchup vs Ping Pals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catchup
This app helps you nurture important relationships by setting connection goals and sending gentle reminders to reach out. Track your interactions and add notes to remember details, ensuring your connections stay strong.
- Add friends and family
- Set personal connection goals
- Track conversations and meetings
- Add notes to interactions
- Receive gentle outreach reminders
- Home screen widget for tracking
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Your relationships matter. But in our busy lives, staying in touch isn't always easy. Catchup is a simple, beautiful way to nurture your most important connections through consistent touchpoints. Add the people you care about, set meaningful connection goals, and get gentle reminders to reach out. How it works: 1. Add friends and family you want to stay close with 2. Set your intentions with personal goals for how often you'd like to connect 3. Track conversations, meetings, and meaningful moments with a quick tap 4. Add notes to remember the little details of each interaction 5. Get gentle reminders when it's time to reach out Try Catchup free with 2 contacts. Upgrade to connect with unlimited friends and family and track your relationships through notifications and a home screen widget. Keep your relationships strong, one connection at a time.
Ping Pals
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Keep your people close.Life gets busy. Ping Pals reminds you to stay in touch with the people who matter — before it's too late.Add your pals and choose how close you are: Inner Circle — ping every 30 days Close Friends — ping every 60 days Distant Pals — ping every 180 days Each connection has a bar. It slowly drains over time. Sync up with your pal to fill it back up.No feed. No algorithm. No noise. Just a simple reminder to reach out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ping Pals at none against Catchup's 1. 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. Catchup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ping Pals asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Catchup | Ping Pals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (82 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Lee | Ugur Sen |
Bugs and requests
Catchup
Reported bugs
8 issues- Cannot add contacts
- Subscription is broken and unusable
- Bug preventing upgrade to Plus
- Names and pictures no longer show
- Pro version features locked temporarily
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- Does not sync between devices
- Tracking information lost on iOS update
- Data not backing up to iCloud
Requested features
24 requests- Alphabetical sorting
- Customizable frequency
- Different types of catch-ups
- Select multiple people for a note
- Add search function
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- Add photos
- Add friend's birthday
- Call or text with WhatsApp integration
- Reminder for every 2-3 days
- Groups of people
- Indicate who was present at a catch-up
- Siri shortcut support
- Widget for one-tap connection
- Button to initiate FaceTime call
- Option to add date of last in-person hang out
- Option to add frequency of in-person hang outs
- Categorize contacts (e.g., home, work)
- Customizable reminder frequency
- Dismiss or record connection from notification
- Snooze next reminder option
- Remind me on a specific date
- Backup to iCloud
- Sync between iPhone and iPad
- Automatically count call/text as check-in
Ping Pals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Catchup
- Catchup Plus$9.99
Ping Pals
No in-app purchases
