Pinghat vs GroupLoop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinghat
A private messaging app for smooth, personal conversations. Stay connected with instant online status and a friendly interface. Features include 1-to-1 chats, voice calls, and customizable profiles.
- Private 1-to-1 conversations
- Online status & last seen
- Easy account setup
- Invite friends from contacts
- Dark interface
- Real-time messaging
- Voice call
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Pinghat is a modern private messaging platform built for fast, secure, and reliable communication. Stay connected with friends, family, coworkers, and communities through a clean, intuitive experience designed for everyday conversations. Whether you're chatting one-on-one, collaborating in groups, or sharing life's moments, Pinghat keeps every conversation smooth, private, and effortless. Features • Private one-to-one messaging • Group chats with real-time updates • Crystal-clear voice and video calls • Stories to share your daily moments • Fast media sharing including photos, videos, and files • Stickers and rich messaging experience • Instant push notifications • Clean and modern interface • Secure communication designed with privacy in mind • Optimized for speed and reliability Pinghat is continuously improving with new features, performance enhancements, and security updates to provide the best messaging experience. Download Pinghat today and stay connected with the people who matter most.
GroupLoop
This app helps you organize plans with existing friends, creating a dedicated board for each event. Friends can easily respond and have the plan automatically added to their calendar, eliminating the need to sift through group texts for RSVPs.
- Create dedicated boards for each plan
- Friends can tap in or out of events
- Automatic calendar integration
- Eliminates group text scrolling for RSVPs
- Free to make plans and invite people
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Every other app helps you meet more people. GroupLoop helps you see the ones you already know — one board per plan, your friends tap in or out, and it lands on their calendar. If you're the one in your group who plans the trips, the birthday dinners and the game nights, this is where the yeses go. No more scrolling back through the group text to see who answered. Making a plan, inviting people and saying yes is free, forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pinghat at none against GroupLoop's 1. Pinghat also leads on ads (none vs shown). GroupLoop's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. GroupLoop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pinghat asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pinghat against 5.0 for GroupLoop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Pinghat ships an update every 2 weeks, GroupLoop every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinghat | GroupLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mousa Abu Hilal | Malique Booker |
Customer experience
Pinghat
GroupLoop
In-app purchases
Pinghat
No in-app purchases
GroupLoop
- Founding Membership$119.99
