Comparison

Start. vs getping!

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

Head to head
About

Start.

This social media app encourages active creation over passive consumption. Users are prompted to create something in the real world within a 15-minute timer, then share their creations and discover those of others. It aims to foster genuine creativity and engagement.

Highlights
  • Create before consuming
  • 15-minute creation timer
  • Real-world creation prompts
  • Share creations
  • Discover user creations
Features
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Start is the social media app that flips the script. Instead of endless scrolling, you unlock your feed by creating something first. Every day, you’ll get a 5-minute timer. When you’re ready, hit start, put your phone down, and create something in the real world. Draw, write, build, play music—anything. When you’re done, share it and discover what others made. No passive scrolling. No mindless consumption. Just real creativity.

About

getping!

Instantly share your professional and social profile with a tap of a ring. Map your connections on a 3D globe and get reminders to follow up with new contacts. Build and customize your profile with essential links and information.

Highlights
  • One-tap profile sharing via ring
  • Network mapping on a 3D globe
  • Follow-up reminders for new contacts
  • Customizable profile with links and socials
  • Contact capture without app installation on recipient's device
Features
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ping! is the fastest way to share who you are and remember who you meet. Tap your ping! ring against any iPhone and your profile opens instantly — your photo, your title, your links, your socials, your payment handles. No app required on their end. No fumbling for a business card. One tap. Everyone you meet flows straight into your network, mapped on a living 3D globe so you can see your relationships by place, not just by name. The people you met in person through a ring tap are marked automatically, so the connections that matter most never get lost in a contact list. WHY PING! • One tap to share — your ring carries your whole profile. Tap it on any iPhone and your page opens in the browser, instantly. • Your network on a globe — every connection placed where you met them. Watch your world fill in as you grow. • Built to remember — when someone pings you, ping! captures their name and number and reminds you to follow up before the moment cools off. • A profile that's actually yours — photo, role, company, location, bio, and every link that matters: LinkedIn, Instagram, X, your website, your payment handles. Reorder them, make it yours. • Private by design — you choose what to share and who to import. Your data is yours. HOW IT WORKS 1. Build your profile in seconds. 2. Code your ping! ring — one tap programs it with your profile. 3. Tap your ring on anyone's iPhone to share. They fill in their details, and they're in your network. ping! is for founders, operators, creatives, and anyone who lives by their network. Stop losing the people you meet. Start keeping them. A ping! ring is required to use the ring-tap feature. Your profile and network work with or without one.

Screenshots

Start.4 screens
getping!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: getping! at every 2 days against Start.'s every 3 weeks. Start.'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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

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 Start. against 5.0 for getping!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Start. ships an update every 3 weeks, getping! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Start. versus getping!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStart.getping!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStartCreating LLCGaspard Seuge

Customer experience

Start.

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

getping!

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Start.

No in-app purchases

None

getping!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Start. free?
Start. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is getping! free?
getping! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Start. or getping!?
Start. and getping! are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Start. or getping! have ads?
Neither Start. nor getping! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Start. or getping!?
Start. ships an update every 3 weeks, and getping! every 2 days. Most recently, Start. was updated on October 10, 2026 and getping! on October 5, 2026.

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