Comparison

Pingta vs PVE Admin

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

Head to head
About

Pingta

This app provides a comprehensive suite of network diagnostic tools for iOS devices. It helps users quickly identify and understand network issues with one-tap checks and advanced utilities like ping monitoring, traceroute, and speed tests.

Highlights
  • One-tap network diagnosis
  • Ping monitoring
  • Visual traceroute
  • Speed test
  • DNS lookup
  • Advanced utilities
  • LAN tools
Features
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Pingta is an all-in-one network toolkit for iPhone that helps you answer one question quickly: where is the network problem? From home Wi-Fi to office and mobile networks, Pingta gives you clear diagnostics with practical tools. Start with one-tap checks from the dashboard, then go deeper with specialized tools in the toolbox. Key features: • One-tap Network Diagnosis: Check local connection, gateway response, DNS resolution, and internet reachability. • Ping Monitoring: Track latency and packet loss over time. • Visual Traceroute: Inspect hop-by-hop network paths to your destination. • Speed Test: Measure download, upload, and response time. • DNS Lookup: Query common record types for troubleshooting. • Advanced Utilities: Whois, port scan, HTTP request tools, and more. • LAN Tools: Discover local devices and use Wake-on-LAN. Who it is for: • Users who want quick answers when the internet feels slow or unstable • IT support and operators diagnosing home or office network issues • Developers and advanced users who need deeper network visibility Pingta is continuously improving to make network diagnostics faster, clearer, and more actionable.

About

PVE Admin

Manage your Proxmox VE cluster from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor nodes, VMs, and containers, access their consoles, and manage backups and storage. Receive push notifications for cluster events.

Highlights
  • Cluster dashboard
  • VM/container management
  • Integrated console
  • Snapshot and backup management
  • Storage browsing
  • Task tracking
  • Push notifications
Features
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PVE Admin puts your Proxmox VE cluster in your pocket. Monitor and manage your nodes, virtual machines, and containers from iPhone and iPad — wherever you are. FEATURES • Dashboard — cluster health at a glance: nodes online, running guests, CPU and memory load. • Virtual machines & containers — start, stop, reboot, shut down, create, clone, migrate, and delete, with live CPU, memory, disk, and network charts. • In-app console — a real terminal to containers and nodes, a graphical console for VMs, no SSH client needed. • Snapshots & backups — create and roll back snapshots, run and schedule backups, and restore. • Live Activities — backup, restore, clone, migrate, and downloads with progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Widget — nodes, running guests, and load on the Home Screen without opening the app. • Network configuration — edit bridges, VLAN tags, IP, gateway, and firewall per interface. • Node maintenance — check and install available package updates, services, disks with SMART data, and ZFS pools. • System log — follow a node's journal live. • Storage — browse storages, ISOs, templates, disks, and backups; download and clean up. • Tasks — follow cluster tasks with live, streaming logs. • Pending-reboot indicator — see exactly which config changes are waiting for a restart. • Access management — users, groups, roles, permissions, API tokens, realms, and two-factor. • Firewall, resource pools, high availability, and replication. • Push notifications — cluster events by severity, including finished backups and available updates. SECURITY & PRIVACY • Certificate pinning, API-token or ticket login, and TOTP two-factor authentication. • Face ID / Touch ID app lock. • Anonymous, opt-out usage analytics — no account, no tracking. PVE Admin is not affiliated with Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.

Screenshots

Pingta4 screens
PVE Admin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PVE Admin at fortnightly against Pingta's every 3 months. Pingta's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Pingta against 5.0 for PVE Admin. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pingta ships an update every 3 months, PVE Admin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pingta versus PVE Admin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingtaPVE Admin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeapStack LLCapply IT UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

Pingta

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

PVE Admin

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

In-app purchases

None

Pingta

No in-app purchases

None

PVE Admin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pingta free?
Pingta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PVE Admin free?
PVE Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pingta or PVE Admin?
Pingta and PVE Admin are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pingta or PVE Admin have ads?
Neither Pingta nor PVE Admin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pingta or PVE Admin?
Pingta ships an update every 3 months, and PVE Admin fortnightly. Most recently, Pingta was updated on November 9, 2026 and PVE Admin on November 10, 2026.

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