Comparison

PingKit vs Skipwave HF

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

Head to head
About

PingKit

Diagnose and monitor your network performance with a suite of professional tools. Identify internet speed issues, track website uptime, and gain insights into your network's health. Offers AI-powered explanations for complex network problems.

Highlights
  • WiFi speed testing
  • Network diagnostics
  • Uptime monitoring
  • AI-powered explanations
  • Device discovery
  • Port scanning
Features
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Is it your Wi-Fi, or is it your ISP? PingKit Guardian finds out, with a 1-week free trial. It tests your iPhone, your network, your router and the internet beyond it, then tells you in plain words where the problem is and what to do about it. While you are away, Guardian keeps watch: 10 sites or TCP ports checked every 5 minutes, with an alert when one goes down or recovers. The tools are free: 19 professional-grade network tools, no subscription needed. Devices on your network are found automatically and named from what they announce. Ask "Why is my internet slow?" and get a real answer instead of a number. GUARDIAN ($2.99/mo): • Where the problem is: your device, your network, your router, your ISP, or beyond • Fix It walkthrough: an ordered checklist for your exact router • Uptime Watch: 10 sites or TCP ports, checked every 5 minutes • Cert Monitor: 5 domains, with expiry alerts • Session Watch: game regions, two-hour sessions, lag under load, and where the lag is • Router mode: every port your router forwards from the internet • Cameras on your network, and whether each answers from the internet • Wake from anywhere through your Mac, with a Control Center button per device • Watch Mode, trends per network, and what changed since your last checkup • Monitoring through the companion Mac Agent while your Mac is awake: a morning briefing, alerts for the devices you choose, and a scan or speed test from anywhere • 90 days of history from your Mac • Apple Private Cloud Compute: answers questions too large for the model on your iPhone to hold on its own • Private iCloud sync between the Mac Agent and your iPhone GUARDIAN PLUS ($9.99/mo): • Cert Monitor: 50 domains • Alerts by email, with a Monday summary, or to a webhook • Sleep, restart and shut down your Macs and Linux machines • Four- and eight-hour gaming sessions, and your history as a spreadsheet • Several Macs • Scheduled reports and the signed ISO 27001 Compliance PDF • Everything in Guardian 19 FREE TOOLS: Smart Diagnostics, Speed Test, Ping, Visual Traceroute, MTR, Connection Monitor, Port Scanner, Bonjour Browser, Security Scan, Device Discovery, My Network, DNS Lookup, Whois, IP Geolocation, SSL Inspector, HTTP Analyzer, Subnet Calculator, Wake-on-LAN, Network Interfaces. AI THAT EXPLAINS YOUR NETWORK: Answers are written on your iPhone by Apple Intelligence where your iPhone and language allow, or with Guardian by Apple Private Cloud Compute. AI explanations and the assistant are free without a subscription: answers written on your iPhone are unlimited, and PingKit's own service gives you 15 a week, up to 5 a day. MONITOR TAB: Live connection, Uptime Watch, Cert Monitor, Mac Agent, scheduled speed tests and reports. Cert Monitor and Uptime Watch each include one permanently free slot. NEW IN 3.4: • Share Traceroute, Session Watch and Security Scan results as an image, without your Wi-Fi name or public IP address. • Traceroute explains the route in plain words. • History tells apart two networks that share a router address, and you can rename a network. • Devices recognizes many more kinds of device, from robot vacuums to solar inverters. • IPv6 across the tools. SIRI & SHORTCUTS: Speed test, "How's My Wi-Fi?", a gaming check, wake your computer, ping, port scan and DNS lookup, straight from Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts. NOW IN 27 LANGUAGES. PRIVACY FIRST: All 19 diagnostic tools run on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no advertising. The Mac Agent syncs through your personal iCloud. When an answer needs PingKit's own service, PingKit asks first, and you can withdraw that permission at any time. PingKit Guardian: $2.99/mo or $24.99/yr. Guardian Plus: $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr. 1-week free trial on every plan. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pingkit.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://pingkit.app/terms-of-service.html

About

Skipwave HF

Features
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Skipwave HF is een zelfstandig geschreven app voor digitale keyboard-to-keyboard-communicatie op de HF-amateurbanden, compatibel met het open JS8-protocol. Sluit een audio-interface aan (zoals een Digirig), kies je band en begin met zenden en ontvangen. WAT JE ERMEE KUNT • Zenden en ontvangen Volledige codering en decodering volgens het JS8-protocol, inclusief live waterval-weergave van het spectrum. • Automatische audioherkenning Sluit je interface aan via USB-C en de app schakelt vanzelf over, ook terwijl de app al open staat. • Macro's voor snelle QSO's CQ, Heartbeat, SNR-rapporten, RR/QSL, 73 en meer met één tik, met uitleg per knop voor wie de afkortingen nog niet uit het hoofd kent. • Automatische vervolgberichten De app herkent gerichte berichten en zet het logische antwoord alvast voor je klaar. • Bandkeuze met voorinstellingen Spring met één tik naar de gangbare JS8-frequenties per HF-band. • Logboek met zoekfunctie en ADIF-export Zoek terug in je gewerkte stations en exporteer je logboek naar elk ander logprogramma dat ADIF ondersteunt. • Melding bij bericht voor jou Trilling en geluid zodra iemand jouw callsign aanroept, ook als je even niet naar het scherm kijkt. VOOR WIE Voor radioamateurs met een geldige zendmachtiging die digitale modes op HF willen proberen vanaf een iPhone of iPad, portable of vanaf de shack. Ontvangen en meeluisteren kan zonder zendmachtiging. Skipwave HF is een onafhankelijke, vanaf de protocolspecificatie zelfgeschreven implementatie. De app is niet verbonden aan, en niet goedgekeurd door, de makers van het oorspronkelijke JS8Call. Alle credits voor het bedenken van het JS8-protocol gaan naar Jordan Sherer (KN4CRD). 73!

Screenshots

PingKit4 screens
Skipwave HF3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skipwave HF at none against PingKit's 5. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PingKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Skipwave HF asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PingKit versus Skipwave HF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingKitSkipwave HF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPAUL SNYMANSteven Pap

In-app purchases

5 purchases

PingKit

Subscriptions5
  • PingKit Guardian7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • PingKit Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • PingKit Guardian Plus7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • PingKit Guardian7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • PingKit Guardian Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

Skipwave HF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PingKit free?
PingKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skipwave HF free?
Skipwave HF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PingKit or Skipwave HF have ads?
Neither PingKit nor Skipwave HF shows ads.

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