# PingStalker

7 Hacker News commenters recommended PingStalker and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A macOS app for network engineers that people find useful and well made, at a modest price. One commenter said the one-day trial put them off.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful tool for network work (2 comments): "Looks like a great tool to add to my toolkit for a very modest price!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865810)) "Looks like a great and useful app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45864104))

## What people warn about

- Name may evoke negative reactions (1 comments): ""Stalker" is a very loaded word and many people will have negative emotional reactions to it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865756))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NetViews](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netviews.md): 17 recommend
- [Whosthere](https://hackerapproved.com/p/whosthere.md): 16 recommend
- [Snitch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/snitch.md): 10 recommend
- [ping](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ping.md): 6 recommend
- [mtr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mtr.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "PingStalker", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pingstalker/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).