Aivi vs CronPing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aivi
Display smart home device status on your iPhone's lock screen and Dynamic Island. Track appliances, EV charging, and more with a simple API integration. Share real-time updates with family.
- Persistent lock screen display
- Dynamic Island integration
- Universal device compatibility
- Simple REST API
- Family sharing of activities
- Home Assistant integration
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Your dishwasher, your 3D printer, your EV charger, live on your Lock Screen. And now your whole home at your fingertips on the Home Screen. Aivi turns one HTTP request into a Live Activity or a widget on iPhone, Apple Watch and CarPlay. If Home Assistant, a script, or anything else in your stack can make an HTTP call, Aivi can display it. No app to build, no push certificates, no SDK. NEW: SWITCHBOARD - Up to eight tappable tiles on your Home Screen: scenes, lights, the garage door, the cat feeder - Tap a toggle and watch it confirm the moment your home answers. If nothing answers, the tile tells you - Pictures, colour gradients and your own words for every state, like "Open" and "Closed" - Presses arrive as events over a live stream or a webhook, so any automation can act on them WIDGETS - Eleven templates: switchboard, progress, gauge, trend charts, battery levels, electricity prices, countdown, budget, energy flow, list and status - Every size, including the extra-large portrait size in iOS 27 - Widget Board, watch face complications and Smart Stack - Looks native everywhere: the tinted Home Screen, StandBy on the nightstand LIVE ACTIVITIES - Dishwasher and washing machine cycles with live countdowns - 3D prints with progress and time remaining - EV charging with charge level and completion estimate - Always visible on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island until they're done KEY FEATURES - Family sharing: set up once, send an invite link, and everyone's devices stay in step. Subscribers never pay - Simple REST API: integrate in minutes with curl, a script or any HTTP client - Push, not poll: updates go out only when something changes - Home Assistant ready: quick-start blueprints, or the Aivi integration Start with a free 7-day trial. Only the owner needs a subscription; everyone you share with rides along free. ¹ Live Activities on Mac require macOS Sequoia or later and are not available in the EU. Widgets require iOS 26 or later; Live Activities work from iOS 18. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
CronPing
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Schedule repeating alarms using cron expressions or a visual builder. CronPing lets you set alarms that fire on complex schedules — every weekday at 9 AM, every 15 minutes, the 1st and 15th of each month, or any schedule a crontab can express. Features: - Visual schedule builder or raw crontab input - Multiple chime sounds with optional repeat/snooze - Apple Shortcuts integration for automation - Alarm descriptions to remember what each alert is for
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CronPing at none against Aivi's 2. 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. Aivi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CronPing asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Aivi | CronPing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Krzysztof Jagiello | Reginald Chinthrajah |
In-app purchases
Aivi
- Monthly subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$23.991 Year
CronPing
No in-app purchases








