Comparison

ContactFixer vs PingyDingy

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

Head to head
About

ContactFixer

Features
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ContactFixer solves a small but annoying problem: your iPhone contacts are a mix of formats. Some numbers have the +1 country code, some have area codes in parentheses, some are just ten raw digits. iMessage, FaceTime, and third-party apps all behave better when numbers are in a consistent E.164 format β€” and ContactFixer gets you there in seconds. HOW IT WORKS Tap Scan Contacts and ContactFixer reads through your entire contacts list, identifying every US phone number missing the +1 country code. It shows you a full preview β€” contact name, old number, and new number β€” before changing anything. When you're ready, tap Apply All Changes and every contact is updated instantly using Apple's native Contacts framework. WHAT GETS FIXED (708) 555-0142 β†’ +17085550142 312-555-0198 β†’ +13125550198 8005550167 β†’ +18005550167 17085550031 β†’ +17085550031 Numbers already beginning with + are never touched. Your international contacts stay exactly as they are. COMPLETELY PRIVATE ContactFixer has no backend, no account, no analytics, and no ads. It makes zero network requests β€” you can run it in airplane mode and it works identically. Your contacts are read and written using the same native framework Apple's own Contacts app uses. Nothing ever leaves your device. SIMPLE BY DESIGN There's nothing to configure. No settings, no subscriptions, no account to create. Scan, review, apply β€” done.

About

PingyDingy

Features
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PingyDingy is an open-source network monitor for iPhone and iPad that helps you spot outages, packet loss, and slow responses the moment they happen. Monitor hosts with ICMP ping or TCP checks, watch live response data update in real time, and get audible alerts when a service goes down or comes back up. Whether you’re managing lab gear, home servers, or production endpoints, PingyDingy gives you a fast, clear view of network health without unnecessary clutter. Features Monitor up to 64 hosts at once Check hosts with ICMP or TCP Set custom intervals from 1 second to 10 minutes View live RTT, averages, sent, received, and lost counts Use scrolling charts to spot trends over time Share your host configs with others via Airdrop Hear per-ping sounds and up/down transition alerts Re-resolve DNS automatically and detect IP changes Sort and filter hosts by status, latency, loss, protocol, and more Log results on device and export to CSV or JSON Works great on both iPhone and iPad Supports light and dark mode PingyDingy is built for network engineers, homelab operators, and anyone who wants immediate visibility into whether a host or service is really up. No bloat, no ads. just function and open source .. github is https://github.com/dallascyclist/pingydingy

Screenshots

ContactFixer4 screens
PingyDingy4 screens

Verdict

The call

ContactFixer and PingyDingy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ContactFixer versus PingyDingy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactFixerPingyDingy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoe WilsonDoug Davis

In-app purchases

None

ContactFixer

No in-app purchases

None

PingyDingy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ContactFixer free?
ContactFixer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PingyDingy free?
PingyDingy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ContactFixer or PingyDingy have ads?
Neither ContactFixer nor PingyDingy shows ads.

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