Pinglet
A ping says nothing — and everything.
Hold a contact until their tile fills, and they get a notification. No message, no typing, nothing to read.
Coming soon to the App Store In private beta.That’s the whole thing. There’s nothing to open.
It carries nothing
No text, no photo, no voice. A ping is a signal, not a message — so there’s nothing to compose and nothing to reply to.
You decide what it means
“I’m home.” “Got it.” “Thinking of you.” It can mean something different tomorrow, and you’ll both know which from context.
One tap, from anywhere
Widgets, Control Center, Siri, the Action button. Never more than one tap, and never a message to write.
Every way to send one
A ping should take less effort than deciding to send it.
- In the appTap a name, or swipe the row to send without opening anything else.
- Home Screen widgetProUp to eight people as faces. One tap each.
- Lock Screen widgetOne person on your Lock Screen, a tap from a ping — free. Pro lets you choose who, and add more than one.
- Control CenterProSwipe down and ping — the same slot the flashlight lives in, and it works from the Lock Screen too.
- SiriPro“Ping Chloe with Pinglet.”
- Action buttonProAssign Pinglet to the side button and one press sends it.
- Group pingProUp to 25 people at once. Nobody sees they were part of a group.
- Scheduled pingProSet one for later and it goes out whether or not your phone is on.
Free covers three contacts, and one of them sits on your Lock Screen. Pro lets you ping everyone, from anywhere — up to 100 people, from the Home Screen, Control Center, Siri and the Action button, plus groups and scheduled pings. Pings are rate limited to one per person per minute, so a stray tap can’t become a barrage.
What people use it for
Nothing below is a setting. It’s just what the two of you decided a ping means.
- “Ping me when you get there.”The one bit of information that actually matters, without a check-in text and without needing a reply.
- “Ping me when you land.”Works from the Lock Screen, so it happens before the phone is really back on.
- “Ping me and I’ll come get you.”A way for a kid to ask to be picked up without having to explain themselves in front of anyone.
- “Ping me when you’re outside.”Better than a phone call you have to answer while finding your shoes.
- “Thinking of you.”Some pings don’t need to mean anything useful at all.
- “Got it.”An acknowledgement that costs neither of you a sentence.
- The family groupProEveryone home, or everyone out the door, in one tap — while each person just gets an ordinary ping.
- The standing oneTwo people, one meaning, for years. It never has to be explained again.
Pinglet is not an emergency service. A ping is an ordinary notification — it can be delayed or missed, and it carries no location. Anything urgent still needs a phone call.
What people are saying
“As a parent of two teenagers, Pinglet is super valuable for quick, frictionless communication. Love it.”
Built to know as little as possible
Any note you keep about what a ping means is encrypted on your device — we store it, but we can’t read it. Contact photos never leave your phone, and Pinglet never asks for your address book. There’s no analytics, no advertising, and nothing is sold. Read the privacy policy.
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