Comparison

PingyDingy vs SentryPing

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

Head to head
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

About

SentryPing

Features
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SentryPing keeps an eye on your websites, APIs, and servers β€” and tells you the moment something goes down, right from your pocket. Add an endpoint, and SentryPing checks it in the background and alerts you on outages and recoveries. Everything runs on-device: no account, no sign-up, no tracking. MONITOR ANYTHING β€’ Watch any URL or host β€” websites, REST APIs, health checks, home servers β€’ Set expected status codes, a latency ceiling, check interval, and a failure threshold to avoid false alarms β€’ See status at a glance: Up, Degraded, or Down GLANCEABLE, EVERYWHERE β€’ Home Screen widgets with your status summary and top monitors β€’ Lock Screen widgets β€” circular, rectangular, and inline β€’ Live Activity + Dynamic Island: watch an outage's downtime tick up in real time β€’ A "Check Now" control for the Lock Screen and Control Center β€” also available in Shortcuts and Siri SMART ALERTS β€’ Get notified when a monitor goes down, and again when it recovers β€’ Debounced so a single blip won't spam you ON YOUR WRIST β€’ A SentryPing app for Apple Watch β€” your status summary and every monitor at a glance β€’ Kept up to date by your iPhone automatically FIND DEVICES β€’ Find the devices on the network you're connected to β€” router, NAS, printer, home server β€’ See each device's address and which common ports answered, then add it as a monitor in a tap β€’ Everything happens on your device; nothing about your network leaves it QUICK PING β€’ One-tap "ping Γ—3" to any URL over HTTP, or any device on your network over ICMP β€” even a router, NAS, or printer with no web server β€’ See per-request latency plus a min / avg / max summary β€” like ping, in your pocket HISTORY & INSIGHT β€’ Latency sparkline, uptime %, recent checks, and an incident log for every monitor PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ Fully on-device. Your endpoints and tokens never leave your iPhone. Note: background checks are best-effort β€” iOS decides when apps may run in the background.

Screenshots

PingyDingy4 screens
SentryPing4 screens

Verdict

The call

PingyDingy and SentryPing 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
PingyDingy versus SentryPing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingyDingySentryPing
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoug DavisGregory Manley

In-app purchases

None

PingyDingy

No in-app purchases

None

SentryPing

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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