Comparison

Tider App vs PingyDingy

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

Head to head
About

Tider App

Access real-time and future tide predictions for specific coastal locations. This app is designed for boaters and beach enthusiasts, offering detailed tidal information.

Highlights
  • Real-time tide data
  • Future tide predictions
  • Location-specific data
  • Boating information
  • Beachgoer utility
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Tider provides boaters and beach go'ers realtime and future tide data. The initial launch reflects tide data specifically for Whale Harbor, a location on the bay side of Avalon, New Jersey.

About

PingyDingy

Features
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PingyDingy is an open-source network monitor for iPhone and iPad that helps you spot outages, packet loss, and slow responses the moment they happen. Monitor hosts with ICMP ping or TCP checks, watch live response data update in real time, and get audible alerts when a service goes down or comes back up. Whether you’re managing lab gear, home servers, or production endpoints, PingyDingy gives you a fast, clear view of network health without unnecessary clutter. Features Monitor up to 64 hosts at once Check hosts with ICMP or TCP Set custom intervals from 1 second to 10 minutes View live RTT, averages, sent, received, and lost counts Use scrolling charts to spot trends over time Share your host configs with others via Airdrop Hear per-ping sounds and up/down transition alerts Re-resolve DNS automatically and detect IP changes Sort and filter hosts by status, latency, loss, protocol, and more Log results on device and export to CSV or JSON Works great on both iPhone and iPad Supports light and dark mode PingyDingy is built for network engineers, homelab operators, and anyone who wants immediate visibility into whether a host or service is really up. No bloat, no ads. just function and open source .. github is https://github.com/dallascyclist/pingydingy

Screenshots

Tider App1 screens
PingyDingy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tider App and PingyDingy 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tider App versus PingyDingy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTider AppPingyDingy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael Patrick McconnellDoug Davis

In-app purchases

None

Tider App

No in-app purchases

None

PingyDingy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tider App free?
Tider App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PingyDingy free?
PingyDingy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tider App or PingyDingy have ads?
Neither Tider App nor PingyDingy shows ads.

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