The Handle Bar vs Pan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Handle Bar
Easily book your indoor cycling class with a few taps. View the schedule, purchase credits, and reserve your preferred seat quickly and conveniently.
- View class schedule
- Purchase credits
- Select seat
- Easy booking
- Indoor cycling
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Booking your bike has never been easier. Check the schedule, buy credits, and select your seat in just a few taps.
Pan
This app supports participants and volunteers of the Pan-Mass Challenge, PMC Unpaved, and PMC Winter Cycle events. It allows for mobile check deposits, donation tracking, profile updates, and event logistics management. It replaces the previous fundraising app with enhanced functionality.
- Mobile check deposit
- Track donations and fundraising progress
- Update profile page
- Manage contacts
- Launch integrated Facebook Fundraiser
- Register to ride or volunteer
- Review event logistics
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The PMC App is for anyone who is part of the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) community! Whether you ride or volunteer in the PMC, PMC Unpaved, or the PMC Winter Cycle, use this app to support your fundraising and event logistics. This PMC App (released spring 2023) has new and improved functionality, and replaces the previous PMC Fundraising App. Use the new PMC App to: Mobile deposit checks to your PMC or PMC Unpaved fundraising. (Team captains, you can now deposit checks to your team account, too!) Switch between events (PMC and PMC Unpaved) Track your donations and fundraising progress Update your profile page Manage your contacts Launch an integrated Facebook Fundraiser Register to ride or volunteer Review your event logistics and personal information Please note: The app currently supports the PMC and PMC Unpaved. Access to the PMC Winter Cycle will be added in a future release in 2023.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Handle Bar at 5.0 against Pan's 4.2. The Handle Bar also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 10). Pan's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
The Handle Bar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Handle Bar has 1.9K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of The Handle Bar's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pan's.
The Handle Bar ships an update every 3 weeks, Pan fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Handle Bar | Pan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mariana Tek Corporation | Pan-Mass Challenge |
Customer experience
The Handle Bar
Pan
In-app purchases
The Handle Bar
No in-app purchases
Pan
No in-app purchases
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