Comparison

Cartogram vs PING

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

Head to head
About

Cartogram

Features
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Turn your photo library into a beautiful map wallpaper. Cartogram reads the GPS locations from your photos and renders a heatmap overlay on a stylish vector map, showing where you've been right on your iPhone. Download Cartogram for free and start with two hand-crafted themes: Cyberpunk and Midnight. Unlock Cartogram Pro with a one-time purchase to get all color themes. Features: - Generates wallpapers from your geotagged photo locations - Free tier includes two themes: Cyberpunk and Midnight - Cartogram Pro unlocks Ember, Ghost, and Moss - Auto-detects your current location or set any place manually - Save generated wallpapers directly to Photos - Privacy-first: all processing happens on-device, no data leaves your phone - No account required, no tracking, no ads iOS: Full-screen preview with pan, zoom, and rotation. Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors, rendered with OpenFreeMap.

About

PING

Features
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PING turns important events, monitors, scripts, and automations into rich notifications on your devices. It supports actionable alerts, links, replies, images, callback actions, and Live Activities so ongoing updates can stay visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. SEND NOTIFICATIONS - Personal notification endpoint for your devices - Rich push notifications with titles, subtitles, images, and actions, including callbacks and text replies - Urgent alerts break through Focus modes with Time Sensitive notifications LIVE ACTIVITIES - Keep track of long-running processes right from your Lock Screen - Display progress and status updates in your Dynamic Island QUICK & EASY - No login, no dashboard, just one endpoint for all your notifications - Fully documented API with sample payloads PRIVACY PING takes your privacy seriously. Your notifications are saved only on your device, and nowhere else.

Screenshots

Cartogram3 screens
PING3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PING at none against Cartogram's 1. PING also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Cartogram sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PING asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cartogram ships an update every 2 weeks, PING every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Cartogram versus PING: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCartogramPING
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCENTAUR LABS OURoy Tay

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cartogram

One-time1
  • Cartogram Pro$3.99
None

PING

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cartogram free?
Cartogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PING free?
PING is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cartogram or PING have ads?
Neither Cartogram nor PING shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cartogram or PING?
Cartogram ships an update every 2 weeks, and PING every 2 days. Most recently, Cartogram was updated on September 24, 2026 and PING on October 2, 2026.

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