Tessabyte vs PingyDingy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tessabyte
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Experience the difference with Tessabyte — a powerful tool for measuring and analyzing network performance. This utility sends TCP and UDP data streams across your network and computes important metrics such as upstream and downstream throughput, packet loss, jitter, and round-trip time, and displays the results in both numeric and chart formats. Whether you're troubleshooting connectivity issues, validating upgrades, or optimizing your network, Tessabyte provides precise insights into its speed and reliability. Tessabyte uses a client-server setup to run tests, so a server component (which can be downloaded at https://www.netmantics.com) is highly recommended for local network testing. However, the application also offers access to public test servers. What can you do with Tessabyte? • Wi-Fi Speed Tests: Test wireless networks for throughput and reliability. • Network Capacity Tests: Assess the maximum data transfer rate that a network link can support. • Link Quality Analysis: Determine the quality of individual network links. • Stress Tests: Simulate high traffic loads and observe how the network behaves under congestion. • Quality of Service (QoS) Assessment: Evaluate how different traffic types are prioritized in the network. • Firmware and Hardware Updates Validation: Verify the impact of network device firmware or hardware upgrades. • LAN Bandwidth Tests: Don't take your local network speed for granted. Test, verify, and monitor. • Network Topology Planning: Understand how network design choices impact performance. • Comparative Benchmarking: Compare the performance of different network components or analyze how your network behaves at various times of the day. • Security Assessment: Evaluate the impact of security measures on network performance. • Load Balancing Verification: Test the effectiveness of load balancing in a network. • SLA Compliance Verification: Ensure that the network meets its Service Level Agreements. Why Tessabyte: • Accurate, real-time measurements • Reports in PDF and CSV formats • Customizable TCP and UDP traffic parameters • Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 • Cross-platform compatibility: an iOS/iPadOS client can "talk" to a macOS or Windows server, etc.
PingyDingy
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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
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PingyDingy at none against Tessabyte's 1. On price 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. Tessabyte sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PingyDingy asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tessabyte | PingyDingy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Netmantics LLC | Douglas Davis |
In-app purchases
Tessabyte
- Tessabyte$14.99
PingyDingy
No in-app purchases





