Insistent vs Pingy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insistent
This app ensures you never forget important tasks with persistent, unignorable alerts. It offers customizable recurring reminders for daily, weekly, or monthly events, helping you manage responsibilities effectively.
- Persistent, unignorable alerts
- Customizable recurring reminders
- Daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling
- Task completion and snooze options
- Useful for managing forgetfulness
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I made this app for myself as the normal reminder apps just allowed me to ignore the reminders. This app really doesn't let you ignore them, it'll annoy you every minute until you deal with the reminder! I figured other people might be like me too so here it is! Dealing with the reminder might be stopping it as you've taken care of the task, or snoozing it as now might not be the best time. Your reminders can be recurring, every day of the week, or select days of the week or even monthly. Use Insistent as a reminder for anything that you can't afford to forget; taking a pill, paying a bill, doing a chore, calling your dearest mother, you name it! This app could be useful for those with ADHD where things out of sight are quickly forgotten. Word of caution though, don't let the app rule your life and bombard you with reminders throughout the day as that could end up making things worse!
Pingy
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Pingy — Reminders That Don't Give Up Pingy is the persistent reminder app for people who struggle to stay focused and keep resetting timers without ever actually doing the task. Most reminder apps ping you once and vanish. Pingy doesn't. It keeps coming back — again and again — until the thing is actually done. HOW IT WORKS Tell Pingy what you need to do and choose how often it should remind you. It'll keep nudging you at that interval until you mark the task complete — straight from the notification with a single tap, or in the app. You can dismiss any individual notification, but Pingy won't let the task quietly disappear. PERFECT FOR - Taking medication on time - Drinking water throughout the day - Starting tasks you keep putting off - Staying focused on what matters - Building better habits - Actually doing the thing instead of just swiping notifications away SIMPLE & EFFECTIVE No complex task management, no overwhelming features, no account to create. Just persistent reminders that keep coming back. Set quiet hours and Pingy stays silent overnight — it picks back up in the morning. Built for people who need that extra accountability push. FEATURES - Customisable reminder intervals — every few minutes to once a day - Persistent notifications that keep coming until the task is done - Complete a task in one tap, from the notification or in-app - Quiet hours so you're never disturbed overnight - Edit a reminder any time without starting over - History and a running count of everything you've done - Full dark mode — follow your system or lock it to light or dark - Clean, minimal interface with no complicated setup - Works fully offline PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pingy collects nothing. No account, no analytics, no tracking. Every reminder stays on your device and never leaves it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Pingy at 3 against Insistent's 1. Pingy also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insistent | Pingy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Mash | Dion Jones |
In-app purchases
Insistent
No in-app purchases
Pingy
No in-app purchases









