Ping

Your private social network.

Your friends' posts, in the order posted. No algorithm, no ads, no account.

Download on the App Store How it works

For iPhone and iPad. Requires iOS 26.

The Ping feed: three friends' posts in the order they were made — a note about Sunday roast, a song on repeat, and a garden photo with an @mention.

Three things. Nothing else.

  • It's yours

    The photos and videos your friends post live on your phone. The real files, at full quality. Not previews. Not links to someone's server.

    Turn on airplane mode. It's all still there, full size.

  • No algorithm

    Posts appear in the order they were posted. That's the only order there is. Nothing ranked, boosted, suggested or held back.

    Nothing in Ping computes a score for anything you see.

  • Nobody in the middle

    No account. No email, no phone number, no password. What you post is locked for the friends you sent it to before it leaves your phone.

    We can't read your posts or your messages. There's nothing for us to read.

No signal. Full quality.

Everything your friends have sent is already on your phone, at full size. On a plane, in a basement, three stops into the subway — it makes no difference.

Every post is a conversation.

React, comment, reply, @mention — with the people who were actually there. Reactions show faces, not counts. No scores, no follower numbers, no leaderboards.

Notifications tell you who. Never what.

A post opened in Ping, with two reactions, two comments, and an @mention.

Share from anywhere.

A workout. A walk. A place you were. A memory from years ago. One tap, and it's a post.

Ping lives in the share sheet too. A post from Reddit, a song, a page — one tap, and it's a real post in your friends' feed. The picture, the video, all of it. Not a link they have to chase.

Ping's suggestions: a strength workout, a place you visited, an afternoon walk with its route, and a set of photo memories — each one tap from becoming a post.

What's in it

  • The feed

    Your friends, in order, at full quality. Signal optional.

  • Everything you can post

    Up to ten photos, a video, a Live Photo, a place, a song, a workout, a link, a memory from years ago, or a few words. One post.

  • Both cameras at once

    The view in front of you, and your face in it.

  • Conversations

    One to one and in groups. Photos, GIFs, voice notes — and messages that leave when you say.

Friends' posts stay for 29 days, then make room. Set it anywhere from a week to ninety. Everything you post is yours to keep.

What's not in it

no ads · no algorithm · no like counts · no followers · no strangers · no account · no analytics

No one can search for you, request you, or be suggested you. You add friends one at a time — in person, or with a code you send.

Made for iPad, and the new iPhone Duo.

On iPad, the feed sits beside what you're writing. Room for both.

On iPhone Duo, open or closed, Ping fits the screen you're holding.

Ping on iPad: the feed in one column, and a post being written beside it with a photo of flowers.

At a glance

What Ping is
Your private social network. Up to fifteen people you actually know, and no one else. There's chat in it, but what you keep is everything you've all posted.
Where your friends' posts are stored
On your phone, and on the phones of the friends they were sent to. That's the whole list.
Feed order
Chronological. Always. No ranking, no recommendations.
Account
There isn't one. No email, no phone number, no password. Your iPhone is your identity.
How quickly posts arrive
Near instant. Posts land in seconds, at full quality, on 5G or Wi-Fi.
How long they stay
Friends' posts, 29 days by default — set it from a week to ninety. Your own posts, always.
Price
Free, for up to fifteen friends. No ads, and nothing about you to sell. Safekeeping, the one paid extra, keeps your posts for three years.
Requirements
Any iPhone or iPad running iOS 26.
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