Comparison

Ping Assistant vs Anchor Billing & Collections

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

Head to head
About

Ping Assistant

Capture live meeting audio directly from your phone. Recordings are securely uploaded to your workspace for desktop review and processing. This app is designed for teams needing a straightforward and dependable way to record in-person or on-the-go conversations.

Highlights
  • Record live meetings
  • Name recordings before upload
  • Securely upload recordings
  • Focused on meeting audio capture
  • Lightweight and reliable
Features
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Ping Mobile is a focused recording app for live meetings. Use your phone to quickly capture meeting audio, then securely upload recordings to your Ping workspace for processing and review on desktop. Ping Mobile is built for teams who need a simple, reliable way to record conversations in person or on the go. The app is intentionally lightweight and centered on one job: recording live meetings and sending them to Ping. What you can do in the app: Start and stop live meeting recordings Name recordings before upload Important: Ping Mobile does not include the full Ping web experience inside the app. For summaries, deeper workflows, and other advanced features, use Ping on your computer at pingassistant.com.

About

Anchor Billing & Collections

This platform automates the entire billing and collections process for professional service firms. It streamlines proposal creation, client agreement management, invoicing, and payment collection, integrating seamlessly with accounting software.

Highlights
  • Branded proposal and agreement creation
  • Client signature and payment method capture
  • Automated invoicing based on agreements
  • ACH and card payment collection
  • Automated payment reminders
  • Client portal for documents and payments
  • Revenue and pipeline tracking dashboard
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Anchor is an autonomous billing and collections platform for accounting, bookkeeping, tax, and professional service firms. Anchor connects proposals, agreements, invoicing, payment collection, and reconciliation into one workflow. The mobile app has full feature parity with the web platform, so you can run your firm from your phone. PROPOSAL-TO-PAID IN ONE FLOW Send an interactive proposal. Your client signs and connects a payment method in the same step. From there, invoices go out on the terms you agreed to and payments come in without manual follow-up. AGREEMENT-FIRST BILLING The agreement carries the billing plan inside it. When scope, terms, or pricing change, you update the agreement and the invoices follow. No new contract. No rework. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Build and send branded proposals and engagement agreements - Let clients sign and add ACH or card details in one step - Send invoices that match the signed agreement - Collect payments by ACH or card without manual chasing - Send reminders for pending proposals, invoices, and payments - Give clients a portal for agreements, invoices, and payment methods - Track revenue, proposal pipeline, and payouts on your dashboard - Reconcile payments with your accounting system WORKS WITH YOUR STACK Anchor syncs with QuickBooks Online and Xero. It connects to practice tools you already use, including Karbon, Keeper, Client Hub, Financial Cents, and monday.com. It also connects with HubSpot, Levvy, and Zapier. SIMPLE PRICING No monthly subscription. No per-seat fees. You pay $5 per payment received. ACH is free for both you and your clients. Credit card fees default to the client, so they choose how they want to pay. BUILT FOR FIRMS Anchor is made for firm owners, managing partners, practice managers, and the people who own billing and collections at their firm. Trusted by thousands of accounting and professional service firms nationwide. Rated 4.9 on G2 and 5.0 on Capterra.

Screenshots

Ping Assistant4 screens
Anchor Billing & Collections4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Ping Assistant at free against Anchor Billing & Collections's free with in-app purchases. Anchor Billing & Collections's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ping Assistant against 5.0 for Anchor Billing & Collections. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anchor Billing & Collections has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ping Assistant versus Anchor Billing & Collections: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPing AssistantAnchor Billing & Collections
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPing AssistantANCHOR GROUP INC

Customer experience

Ping Assistant

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anchor Billing & Collections

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ping Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

Anchor Billing & Collections

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ping Assistant free?
Ping Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anchor Billing & Collections free?
Anchor Billing & Collections is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ping Assistant or Anchor Billing & Collections?
Ping Assistant and Anchor Billing & Collections are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Ping Assistant or Anchor Billing & Collections have ads?
Neither Ping Assistant nor Anchor Billing & Collections shows ads.

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