Espire Hub vs Esper+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Espire Hub
This application allows prosthetists to wirelessly configure and control the Espire Elbow series. It offers calibration, adjustment of thresholds, speeds, and other settings for optimal patient fit and function. The app simplifies programming and allows for remote adjustments, benefiting both clinicians and patients.
- Wireless Bluetooth configuration
- Calibrate Espire Elbow system
- Adjust threshold and speed settings
- Control user settings
- Simplify programming process
- Remote programming capabilities
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The Espire Hub by Steeper Group grants prosthetists unique access and control of the Espire Elbow series. Using a wireless, secure Bluetooth connection, prosthetists are able to calibrate the system, adjust threshold, speeds, and control settings to best fit their patients’ needs. Espire Hub has a simple setup, clear instructions, and ultimate tunability for the Espire Elbow. It benefits both prosthetists and patients, simplifying a once complicated process. Additionally, clinicians have the ability to make fundamental programming changes from the comfort of their offices rather than sending the device back to Steeper Group.
Esper+
This app facilitates the setup and control of a bionic prosthetic hand. It allows users to connect to their device, utilize pre-defined grips, and create custom ones. Users can also adjust control settings, sensor sensitivity, and monitor battery status.
- Connect to Esper Hand
- Use pre-defined grips
- Create custom grips
- Customize grip order
- Adjust control settings
- Adjust sensor sensitivity
- Track battery status
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What is Esper Hand? The prosthetic hand featured on TIME Magazine’s cover as TOP 200 Best Products of 2022. A Reddot “Best of the Best” winner of 2022. Light, anatomical, reliable, multi-articulated bionic hand for your everyday routine. Please welcome a renewed app for easy setup, control and adoption of your Esper Hand. With the Esper+ app, you can: • Connect to your Esper Hand, • Use pre-defined grips created for your everyday use, • Or add up to 10 own grips for your specific needs, • Create, customize, personalize and change the order of your grips, • Chose the control settings presets that suit your needs and abilities best, • Easily adjust the sensitivity of sensors, • Track the Hand’s battery status, • Get support from within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Esper+ at every 3 weeks against Espire Hub's every 5 months. Espire Hub's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Espire Hub against 5.0 for Esper+. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
Espire Hub ships an update every 5 months, Esper+ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Espire Hub | Esper+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hugh Steeper Limited | ESPER INC |
Customer experience
Espire Hub
Esper+
In-app purchases
Espire Hub
No in-app purchases
Esper+
No in-app purchases
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