MyPermobil vs e
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyPermobil
This app provides real-time connectivity for power wheelchairs, offering continuous updates on battery range, distance traveled, and seating behavior. It helps users gain independence by providing crucial information to manage their mobility device and plan their journeys.
- Real-time battery range estimates
- Distance traveled tracking
- Seating behavior monitoring
- Integrated map for journeys
- Battery charge/replacement alerts
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MyPermobil has been developed with real-time connectivity in mind and strengthens your independence by providing continuous real-time information on individual battery range estimates, distance and seating behaviour. Download MyPermobil to get more out of your Permobil power wheelchair. MyPermobil communicates directly with your power wheelchair to get the most up-to-date information. A Permobil exclusive advanced calculation method provides in app estimated remaining travel distance and lets you know when it's time to charge or replace batteries. Now you can go further with confidence in your power wheelchair. From where you have been to where you want to go. The MyPermobil app provides an integrated map that can assist you on your power wheelchair journey. Additionally, seat activity tracking provides support by remembering seating behaviour and can therefore facilitate communication with healthcare providers. MyPermobil requires additional hardware on your power wheelchair. All of Permobil's M3 Corpus, M5 Corpus, F3 Corpus, F5 Corpus, and F5 Corpus VS in the USA, Canada and Australia after December 2017 are equipped with such hardware.
e
This app enhances the functionality of e-motion electric wheelchair wheels. It offers pre-set driving profiles, GPS tracking, and error diagnostics in a free section. An optional paid package unlocks advanced features like increased speed, cruise control, and remote parking.
- Pre-set driving profiles
- Speed, mileage, and charge display
- GPS tour recording
- Error diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Software updates
- Increased speed support
- Cruise Mode for constant speed
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Smartphones have become an integral part of our everyday lives. It goes without saying that e-motion also makes full use of the benefits of this technology. The e-motion Mobility App is divided in three sections. The free section provides you with four pre-set driving profiles that influence the driving behaviour of your e-motion. You can also display the current speed, mileage or charge level on your smartphone and even record and save tours via GPS. In addition the app informs you about eventual errors and helps you to solve them. It shows you how to properly use the e-motion and the app helps you to prepare when travelling. If necessary you can also update the software of the e-motion wheels via your smartphone. You want have both hands free while moving or an extra dose of speed to go faster? With the Mobility Plus Package you can activate a variety of clever additional functions in the Mobility App. With the Mobility Plus Package you can increase the support speed from 6 km/h to 8,5 km/h and benefit from the Cruise Mode that allows you to keep a permanent speed of your wheelchair with only one deflection on the push rim. This does even work on uphill and downhill slopes. In addition you can use all functions of the ECS remote control on your smartphone and remotely control you wheelchair for parking. Moreover the Mobility Plus Package allows you to count the amount of pushes during a recorded tour. All this gives you even more from your e-motion! In the protected professional section you can individually adapt the driving behaviour of the e-motion. The following parameters can be adjusted: Maximum speed, maximum torque, sensitivity of the sensors as well as the ramp-up and follow-up time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyPermobil at none against e's 6. MyPermobil also leads on rating (2.6 vs 2.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). e's advantage is chart position (#159 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. e sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. MyPermobil asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyPermobil holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of MyPermobil's written reviews are positive against 19% of e's.
MyPermobil ships an update monthly, e every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyPermobil | e |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (73 ratings) — better | 2.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews — better | 18.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #159 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Permobil, Inc. | Alber GmbH |
Customer experience
MyPermobil
e
In-app purchases
MyPermobil
No in-app purchases
e
- Push$8.99
- Remote$32.99
- Cruise$84.99
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- ECS$84.99
- Speed$84.99
- Mobility Plus Package$249.99






