E vs Ring Helper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
E
Customize your e-bike's performance and update its firmware. Adjust assist power, fine-tune automatic shifting for trails or city riding, and personalize your ride.
- Update firmware
- Customize e-bike assist power
- Adjust AUTO SHIFT timing
- Personalize trail ride settings
- Optimize city riding gear switching
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Maximize Your Bike Performance. With the smartphone app, you can easily update firmware and customize electric shifting in addition to the e-bike assist power program. -Maximize the trail ride with customized settings in your own image. -AUTO SHIFT not requiring any gear shifting operation is comfortable. But to make the shift timing a bit quicker, change the timing to your preference with the app. Ride comfortably even in a city with many traffic lights since it automatically switches to your favorite gear when stopping.
Ring Helper
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Set timers, stopwatches and sparring counters for ATA Taekwando tournaments
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: E at every 3 months against Ring Helper's every 8 months. Ring Helper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
E ships an update every 3 months, Ring Helper every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | E | Ring Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (83 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHIMANO.INC | Kevin moore |
Bugs and requests
E
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on iOS 13 and newer
- Unable to change password
- Bluetooth connection keeps dropping
- Firmware updates fail and brick the system
Requested features
4 requests- Add Russian language support
- Allow custom cassette size selection
- Integrate with Garmin devices
- Provide more detailed data and analytics
Ring Helper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
E
No in-app purchases
Ring Helper
No in-app purchases
