PingStatus
Connection Health Monitor
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
Is your internet acting up? Stop guessing and start monitoring.
PingStatus lives in your menu bar, giving you a constant, real-time heartbeat of your internet connection. Instantly distinguish between a local Wi-Fi issue and an ISP outage without ever opening a terminal.
— KEEP A PULSE ON YOUR CONNECTION —
PingStatus runs quietly in the background, continuously pinging a target of your choice (like Google, Cloudflare, or your own server). It provides immediate visual feedback when your connection degrades or drops.
FREE FEATURES:
- Real-Time Latency: See your current ping (in ms) directly in the menu bar.
- Gateway Monitoring: Automatically detects and monitors your local router/gateway. Know instantly if the problem is inside your house or out.
- Status Indicators: Simple icons (Green/Yellow/Red) let you know if your connection is Healthy, Slow, or Down based on your custom thresholds.
- Detailed Logs: helpful for proving intermittent issues to your ISP.
- Fully Customizable: adjust ping intervals, timeout duration, and packet loss tolerance to suit your needs.
GO PRO (In-App Purchase):
Upgrade to PingStatus Pro for the ultimate visual monitoring experience:
- Signal Bars Icon: Replace the standard icon with a dynamic, cellular-style signal bar. It updates in real-time based on your latency and packet loss—just like your phone, but for your Mac.
- Live Graphing: Visualize your connection stability carrying over time. The scrolling graph helps you spot "jitter" (spikes in lag) and packet loss patterns that simple numbers miss.
- Dual Graph views: Toggle the graph between your Target Host and Local Gateway with one click.
PERFECT FOR:
- Remote Workers: Know if your connection is stable before joining that Zoom call.
- Gamers: Monitor lag spikes and jitter.
- Network Admins: A lightweight, always-on utility to keep an eye on upstream connectivity.
Download PingStatus today and take the mystery out of your internet connection.
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Here are the highlights of this release:
Enhanced Graph History & Zoom
Persistent History: Your connection history is now saved, allowing you to review performance over a longer period.
Zoom Controls: You can now zoom in and out of the graph to see fine-grained details or a broad overview of your connection stability.
Time Navigation: A new slider lets you easily navigate through your connection timeline.
Jitter Monitoring
New Metric: We now monitor and display Jitter statistics. Jitter is a key indicator of connection quality for real-time applications like Zoom calls, gaming, and VoIP. High jitter can cause lag even if ping times are low.
Improvements & Fixes
Default Target: The default ping target has been updated to 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS) for a more reliable out-of-the-box experience.
Improved Status Details: The details window now provides more explicit status information about your target connectivity.
Stability: Added global exception handling to prevent crashes and provide better error reporting.
Bug Fixes: Various improvements to memory usage, logging, and UI responsiveness.
The developer, Jon Cavallo, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jon Cavallo
- Size
- 175 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- PingStatus Pro $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 IQ
