Comparison

Tawk.to vs PingBell

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

Head to head
About

Tawk.to

This free live chat application enables website owners to monitor and interact with visitors in real-time. It also offers a free, customizable page for communication. The service is entirely free with no hidden costs or spam.

Highlights
  • Live chat with website visitors
  • Visitor monitoring
  • Free customizable page
  • Real-time communication
  • No spam or hidden costs
Features
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tawk.to is a free live chat app that lets you monitor and chat with visitors on your website or from a free customizable page. No catch. No spam. No wares. It's truly free and always will be.

About

PingBell

Receive custom push notifications for any conversion event across your marketing funnel. Gamify your processes to rally teams around KPIs and celebrate wins with customizable visual counters and unique notification sounds. Connects with over 7,500 apps.

Highlights
  • Custom push notifications for conversion events
  • Gamified team KPI tracking
  • Customizable celebration pages with counters
  • Integration with over 7,500 apps via Zapier, Make.com, Pabbly
  • Birds-eye analytics for tracked events
  • Customizable notification sounds
Features
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Hear every sale the moment it happens — on your phone, and on every screen in the room. PingBell turns the numbers that matter to your business — sales, signups, donations, goals — into live pings on your iPhone and live counters on any TV, tablet, or browser. Connect Shopify, Stripe, or any app that can send a webhook, and every win arrives as a notification with your own sound, then lights up the screens you’ve paired. PINGS THAT FIND YOU A sale rings your iPhone whether the app is open or closed, with the message you wrote and the sound you chose from more than 70 audio options. Tap the notification and you’re on that source’s chart. Mute a source or a whole workspace on this phone without silencing the TVs or your teammates. ONE VIEW FOR EVERY STORE YOU RUN Manage more than one business? The dashboard opens with a card per workspace — today’s pings and revenue in that store’s own time zone, a seven-day trend, and what’s new since you last looked — plus a feed of the latest pings from all of them. Tap a card to dive into that workspace. YOUR SCREENS, PAIRED FROM YOUR PHONE Open PingBell on an Apple TV or any computer screen and scan its code with this app. From then on, every screen follows your workspace: counters, celebrations, leaderboards, and the boards you design in the web editor at pingbell.io. BUILT FOR EVERY SCREEN IN THE ROOM - Live counters for sales, orders, revenue, signups, or donations - Leaderboards that rank your reps, stores, or sources - Celebrations: fireworks, sound, and on-screen messages on every win - Your logo, fonts, colors, and 70+ sounds CONNECT WHAT YOU ALREADY USE Shopify, Stripe, Zapier, Make, and any tool that can send a webhook. If it can fire an event, PingBell can ping your phone and put it on a screen. PERFECT FOR - Sales floors and team leaderboards - Retail and store counters - Fundraising and donation thermometers - Crowdfunding and launch-day counters - Call-center and SaaS dashboards: MRR, signups, tickets HOW IT WORKS 1. Create your workspace and connect a data source — or start with a static screen, like a menu or an announcement. 2. Design your screens in the PingBell web editor at pingbell.io on any computer. 3. Open PingBell on your TV and scan its code with this app to pair it. 4. Get every ping on your phone; edit anytime from your computer and every screen updates live. Terms: https://pingbell.io/terms Privacy: https://pingbell.io/privacy

Screenshots

Tawk.to4 screens
PingBell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PingBell at 4.5 against Tawk.to's 3.7. PingBell also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and device support (4 vs 2). Tawk.to's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (211 vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. PingBell sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Tawk.to asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PingBell holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tawk.to has 211 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Tawk.to's written reviews are positive against 100% of PingBell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tawk.to ships an update fortnightly, PingBell every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tawk.to versus PingBell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTawk.toPingBell
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (211 ratings)4.5 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings211 — better8
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB169 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertawk.toPingBell LLC

Customer experience

Tawk.to

All ratings211 ratings
Positive61.6%
Neutral10.0%
Negative28.4%
Written reviews423 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral10.4%
Negative31.0%

PingBell

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tawk.to

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable notifications
  • Inconsistent chat history
  • Login and logout issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
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  • Visitor tracking not working as expected

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode
  • Multilingual support
  • Improved notification system
  • Visitor history and analytics
  • Attachment support in chat
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  • Agent status visibility
  • Customizable branding options

PingBell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tawk.to

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

PingBell

Subscriptions7
  • PingBell Core - Monthly$15.001 Month
  • PingBell Hustlers - Monthly$25.001 Month
  • PingBell Team - Monthly7 Days trial$25.001 Month
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  • PingBell Plus - Monthly$35.001 Month
  • PingBell Business - Monthly7 Days trial$50.001 Month
  • PingBell Ballers - Monthly$75.001 Month
  • PingBell Team - Agency7 Days trial$150.001 Month

Questions

Is Tawk.to free?
Tawk.to is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PingBell free?
PingBell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tawk.to or PingBell?
PingBell is rated higher. Tawk.to averages 3.7 out of 5 from 211 ratings, while PingBell averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Tawk.to or PingBell have ads?
Neither Tawk.to nor PingBell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tawk.to or PingBell?
Tawk.to ships an update fortnightly, and PingBell every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tawk.to was updated on October 2, 2026 and PingBell on September 13, 2026.

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