getping! vs OpenThanks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
ping! helps you share who you are and remember who you meet. Share your profile with a ping! ring, QR code, or link. On a compatible iPhone, recipients can use the App Clip to save your contact without installing the full app or creating an account. Other supported phones can open your profile in a browser. YOUR PROFILE Add your photo, role, company, location, bio, and the links you choose to share. YOUR NETWORK Keep the contacts you choose to add, record where you met, organize relationship notes, and plan follow-ups. Explore contacts with saved meeting locations on a map. SAVE, THEN CHOOSE TO SHARE Recipients can review a prefilled contact form and save it to iPhone Contacts. Sharing their information back to you is optional. When someone chooses to share, their details are added to your Ping network. YOU CONTROL YOUR DATA Choose which contacts to import. Optional AI assistance can be turned off in Settings. The app includes privacy controls, help and feedback, and account deletion. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create your profile. 2. Share it using a link, QR code, or programmed ping! ring. 3. Follow up with the people who choose to connect. A ping! ring is required only for the physical ring-tap feature. Your profile and network work without one. NFC sharing requires a compatible phone and internet access.
OpenThanks
This app facilitates personal expressions of gratitude. You can send private thank-you notes via various methods, with recipients deciding whether to accept them. It encourages genuine appreciation and allows for optional sharing of accepted notes.
- Send private thank-you notes
- Recipients accept or decline
- Share accepted notes publicly
- Optional nonprofit cause
- Friday gratitude reminders
- Sign in with Apple, email, or phone
Read full descriptionHide full description
OpenThanks helps you thank the people who make your life better. Write a short appreciation and send it by email, text, or link. The recipient reviews it and chooses whether to accept. Nothing is shared publicly until they accept. WHY OPENTHANKS • Personal thank-yous, not performative posts • Recipients decide what to accept • Keep notes private, or share accepted ones with the community • Optional nonprofit cause on your profile • Gentle Friday reminders to thank someone who helped you HOW IT WORKS 1. Write a thank-you note 2. Send the link by text, email, or copy/paste 3. They accept — and kindness can travel Sign in with Apple, email, or phone. Built for real gratitude.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: OpenThanks at 3 against getping!'s 1. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for getping! against 5.0 for OpenThanks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
getping! ships an update every 3 days, OpenThanks every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | getping! | OpenThanks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ping Ring Inc. | OpenThanks |
Customer experience
getping!
OpenThanks
In-app purchases
getping!
No in-app purchases
OpenThanks
No in-app purchases









