Comparison

Insistent vs Pingy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Pingy

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Insistent4 screens
Pingy4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Insistent versus Pingy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInsistentPingy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris MashDion Jones

In-app purchases

None

Insistent

No in-app purchases

None

Pingy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Insistent free?
Insistent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pingy free?
Pingy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Insistent or Pingy have ads?
Neither Insistent nor Pingy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Insistent or Pingy?
Insistent ships an update every 6 months, and Pingy every 6 months. Most recently, Insistent was updated on September 23, 2026 and Pingy on September 27, 2026.

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