Pingboard vs Gartner C
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pingboard
Access a comprehensive employee directory to find colleagues by various criteria, view organizational charts, and stay updated on team statuses. Recognize peers for their contributions and celebrate employee milestones like birthdays and anniversaries.
- Employee directory search
- Rich employee profiles
- Team status updates
- Peer recognition (Applause!)
- Organizational charts
- Employee milestone tracking
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With Pingboard, you have access wherever you are to: + A Powerful Employee Directory Search the directory for answers to everyday questions. Find coworkers by name, office location, skills, interests, and more. Learn more about the people you work with through rich profiles that go beyond the basics. + Who’s Who Put a face to a name and discover fun facts about people on your team. + The Away Message, Reimagined Status tells you who’s in and who’s out. Update your status with just a few taps to keep everyone informed. + Genuine Peer Recognition Recognize each other for going above and beyond with Applause! + An Always-Relevant Org Chart See who reports to who, and how departments and teams fit together. + Employee Milestones See who’s celebrating a birthday, first day, or work anniversary today—and in the future. If you have feedback or encounter an issue, drop us a note at support@pingboard.com. We love to hear from you!
Gartner C
Connect with a network of C-level executives to share insights, validate strategies, and solve leadership challenges. Access upcoming and past programs, manage your profile, and engage with peers in exclusive, trusted communities.
- Manage executive profiles
- View and register for programs
- Access past program content
- Connect with community members
- Join virtual sessions
- Manage personal agenda
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Facilitated by Gartner. Driven by Peers. Gartner C-Level Communities are role‑based, regional C-Level communities for executives from the world’s leading organizations. Built "by and for" C-Level executives, these networks bring leaders together to share insights and learn from each other through peer-driven topics and discussions. Gartner’s trusted communities serve CIOs, CISOs, CHROs, CDAOs, CFOs and CSCOs around the world. As a community member, the Gartner C-Level Communities app gives you access to: • Manage your profile • Access in-person and virtual events from one place • View and register for upcoming events in your community • Manage your event participation: - View program and session information - Select sessions, manage your agenda, and provide session feedback - Exchange business cards, view profiles, and message other participants • Contact your Community Program Manager • Access past programs you have participated in, including shared presentations from speakers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gartner C at 100% against Pingboard's 28%. Gartner C also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pingboard's advantage is ratings volume (174 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Gartner C holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pingboard has 174 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Pingboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gartner C's.
Pingboard ships an update every 4 weeks, Gartner C monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pingboard | Gartner C |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (174 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 174 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pingboard, Inc | Gartner, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pingboard
Gartner C
Bugs and requests
Pingboard
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes on launch
- App freezes after login
- Login fails with ADP/SSO
- Homepage is unclickable
- Employee details not loading
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- Calendar status changes difficult
- Birthday dates are incorrect
- App crashes when opening org chart
- App crashes during game aspect
- Status update feature removed
- Automatic renewal despite cancellation attempts
- Contact sync not to main folder
Requested features
7 requests- Fix unclickable homepage
- Restore contact sync option
- Add option to sync contacts to a separate folder
- Fix SSO/ADP login crashes
- Fix birthday bug
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- Add button to create status
- Improve customer interaction
Gartner C
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pingboard
No in-app purchases
Gartner C
No in-app purchases









