PingKit Black Friday 2026: Guardian Monthly at a Reduced Price for 3 Months
Short version. From 24 November to 1 December 2026, the code PINGKITBF26 gets you PingKit Guardian monthly at a reduced price for your first 3 months, on iPhone and on the Mac. It is for new subscribers and for anyone whose Guardian subscription has ended. It replaces the 1-week free trial, Apple shows you the price in your own currency before you confirm, and after 3 months Guardian renews at the regular monthly price until you cancel. Outside those dates the code does not work.
The Offer
The PingKit Black Friday offer runs from 24 November to 1 December 2026, and the code stops working at midnight Pacific time at the end of 1 December. It covers one plan, PingKit Guardian monthly, in the iPhone app and in PingKit Agent on the Mac. Redeem the code PINGKITBF26 and you pay a reduced price for your first 3 months, from the day you redeem instead of after a free trial. After those 3 months the subscription renews at the regular Guardian monthly price for your country until you cancel, which you can do at any time in your Apple Account's subscriptions.
The code is for new subscribers and for anyone whose Guardian subscription has ended. It does not change the price of a subscription you already pay for, and Guardian yearly and Guardian Plus are not part of it.
Why There Is No Price on This Page
The reduced price is set separately for each App Store country, in its own currency, so a single figure here would be wrong for most readers. Apple's redeem page shows the exact price for your account before you confirm, and nothing is charged until you do.
How to Redeem It
- From this page. While the offer runs, a Black Friday box at the top of this page has a Redeem on iPhone and a Redeem on Mac button. Each opens Apple's redeem page with the code already filled in.
- In PingKit on iPhone. While the offer runs, PingKit 3.3.3 and later shows a Black Friday card at the top of the Guardian upgrade screen if you are not subscribed; tap Redeem code on the card. You can also enter the code yourself: on the Home tab, tap the gear button to open Info, then tap Redeem code below Restore Purchases.
- In PingKit Agent on the Mac. While the offer runs, PingKit Agent 3.3.3 and later shows the same card on its Guardian upgrade screen if you are not subscribed. You can also enter the code in the Agent's Settings, with Redeem code under Subscription.
If Apple is offering you a free month back on a Guardian subscription that ended, the upgrade screen shows that offer first and the Black Friday card does not appear. The code still works through Redeem code.
What Guardian Adds
All 19 network tools in PingKit are free, and so is the Mac Agent. Guardian is the optional subscription for having your network watched for you. It puts the free Mac Agent's device list, timeline and alert history on your iPhone (gathered while the Mac is awake), raises Uptime Watch from one hourly URL to ten sites or ports checked every five minutes, and Cert Monitor from one domain to five, charts latency, speed, jitter and security-score trends per network, and adds AI answers from Apple Private Cloud Compute. The full list, and what stays free without it, is on the Guardian page, and every plan side by side is on Pricing.
After the Offer
When the offer ends, the code stops working and this page stays as a record of it. Subscribing without a code works as always: every Guardian and Guardian Plus plan starts with a 1-week free trial for new subscribers.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the PingKit Black Friday offer run?
From 24 November to 1 December 2026. The code stops working at midnight Pacific time at the end of 1 December.
Does the code work on the Mac?
Yes. PINGKITBF26 works on PingKit Guardian monthly in the iPhone app and in PingKit Agent on the Mac. Redeem it in the app you want to subscribe in; a Guardian subscription bought in either one unlocks Guardian on both through iCloud.
I already pay for Guardian. Can I use the code?
No. The code is for new subscribers and for anyone whose Guardian subscription has ended. If your Guardian subscription was bought in the iPhone app, PingKit shows you a separate Black Friday card in the app during the same dates.
Do I still get the free trial with the code?
No. The code replaces the 1-week free trial: you pay the reduced price from the day you redeem. If you would rather start with the free trial, subscribe without the code.
What happens after the 3 months?
Guardian renews at the regular monthly price for your country until you cancel. You can cancel at any time in your Apple Account's subscriptions, and Guardian stays on until the end of the period you paid for.
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All 19 network tools are free on iPhone, and PingKit Agent is free on the Mac. Guardian is optional, and you can add it whenever you want your network watched for you.
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