Comparison

Ping Stats vs Honest Signal

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

Head to head
About

Ping Stats

Monitor your internet connection in real-time with detailed metrics on ping, jitter, and packet loss. Identify and resolve network issues for smoother gaming, streaming, and work. Offers continuous analysis and clear visualizations.

Highlights
  • Accurate ping tests with detailed ICMP metrics
  • Continuous latency and network performance monitoring
  • In-depth jitter and packet loss statistics
  • Customizable test intervals and timeouts
  • Intuitive interface with real-time graphs
Features
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Analyze and monitor your network connection in real time with Ping Stats – the ultimate network tool. Get precise ping, jitter, and packet loss analysis to detect issues before they impact your gaming, streaming, or work. Ping Stats offers detailed metrics, clear charts, and continuous monitoring — everything you need for a fast and stable internet connection. Key Features • Accurate ping tests with detailed ICMP metrics • Continuous latency and network performance monitoring • In-depth jitter and packet loss statistics • Customizable test intervals and timeouts • Intuitive interface with real-time graphs Perfect For • Gamers dealing with lag or disconnections • Streamers experiencing buffering or slow uploads • Professionals who rely on a stable connection Stay in control of your connection quality — anytime, anywhere. Download Ping Stats now and ensure your internet performs at its best! Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pingstats.app/privacy-policy

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Honest Signal

Features
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Your phone's signal icon reports radio strength — how loudly the nearest mast or router is shouting. It says nothing about whether data is actually moving. Everyone has stood somewhere with five bars and a page that will not load. Honest Signal measures the connection instead of listening to the radio. Each cycle sends up to four timed latency probes; periodic cycles also download a real 120 KB transfer sample. It scores what the connection can actually do — from 0 to 5 bars, with a plain-English verdict and the real numbers next to it. WHAT IT MEASURES • Latency — the median round-trip time across four probes • Jitter — how much that round trip wobbles between probes • Packet loss — how many of the four probes never came back • Throughput — timed from a real download, not guessed from ping • Network type — Wi-Fi or mobile data, shown beside the score THE CASE A PING-ONLY TOOL MISSES A link can answer pings promptly while no real data moves through it. Latency and jitter both look excellent in that state, so anything that only pings will call it healthy. Honest Signal takes a real transfer sample, and when the probes answer but the download will not complete it caps the score at 2 bars and tells you why. That is the "full bars, no data" failure this app exists to expose, and you cannot see it by pinging. WHAT'S WRONG, IN WORDS When something is off, Honest Signal says what: a Wi-Fi sign-in page, failing DNS, Wi-Fi up but the internet down, or signal with no data — and what usually fixes it. NO MYSTERY SCORE "How the score works" is a screen in the app, not a footnote. Every curve, weight, threshold and cap is written down. ALMOST NO DATA A round of four latency probes costs about 2.8 KB. A transfer sample costs about 120 KB and is taken far less often. A daily traffic counter — 25 MB by default, adjustable from 5 to 250 MB on every tier — sits on the home screen. When that limit is reached, transfer samples pause until midnight; small latency probes keep running so you still get a reading. THIS IS NOT A SPEED TEST A speed test answers "how fast is this right now". Honest Signal answers "is this connection actually working", repeatedly, for almost nothing. It does not report dBm: radio strength is the wrong number. A WIDGET THAT CHECKS FOR ITSELF iOS does not let an app measure while it is closed, and Honest Signal never pretends otherwise: every reading carries its age. The home-screen and lock-screen widget runs its own quick check whenever iOS refreshes it, so you can glance at your connection without opening the app. HONEST SIGNAL PRO — one-off purchase, no subscription • 30 days of history — the last hour, day, week or month as a chart, with every drop-out listed by time and length and split by Wi-Fi and mobile • Evidence reports — a PDF of every drop-out, or every reading as CSV, to send to your provider • Custom sampling intervals, from 2 to 60 seconds • Indicator themes: bars, dots or wave Buy once, keep it. Restore purchases from the paywall or Settings. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no crash reporting. There is no server, so there is nothing for us to receive. Your measurements, settings and the record of your purchase stay in the app's private storage on your device and go when you uninstall. Measuring a connection means using it. The app makes small HTTPS requests to public connectivity-check endpoints run by Google and Cloudflare. They carry no account or app identifier, but the operators can see your IP address. Readings stay on your device. You can cap the daily budget, lengthen the interval, or switch off measuring on mobile data. Useful apps. No ads. No dark patterns.

Screenshots

Ping Stats4 screens
Honest Signal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Honest Signal at 15.0 against Ping Stats's 17. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ping Stats sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Honest Signal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ping Stats ships an update fortnightly, Honest Signal every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Ping Stats versus Honest Signal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPing StatsHonest Signal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS1715.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElvis DorowFroggy Eye Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ping Stats

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Access3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro Access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Access$14.99
1 purchases

Honest Signal

One-time1
  • Honest Signal Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Ping Stats free?
Ping Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Honest Signal free?
Honest Signal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ping Stats or Honest Signal have ads?
Neither Ping Stats nor Honest Signal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ping Stats or Honest Signal?
Ping Stats ships an update fortnightly, and Honest Signal every 10 days. Most recently, Ping Stats was updated on October 10, 2026 and Honest Signal on October 29, 2026.

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