Pengu vs The Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pengu
This app allows users to order and transport anything, anywhere. It offers upfront pricing for services and aims to meet modern consumer needs with innovation, ease, and speed. Customer support is available via email for any issues.
- Order and transit anything
- Upfront price estimates
- Modern consumer needs focus
- Innovation, ease, and speed
- Customer support via email
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Pengu promises to change your day to day, transforming the delivery sector. The innovative app gives you the ability to order and transit anything, anywhere. Pengu’s business model is based on charging per order and not by commission from vendors. Check your initial estimated price for your service before ordering. You’ll always know the initial cost upfront. By understanding how valuable your time is today, Pengu pioneers. Now there is someone to do anything you want as you would do it yourself. Our goal is to create a culture that portrays the modern smartphone user’s consumer needs. Innovation, ease and speed are the qualities that facilitate the smartphone as the absolute tool for your everyday purchasing and needs. If there is ever a problem, Pengu’s team will be happy to help you. For any question feel free to email us at support@penguapp.com. Download Now – Anything, Anywhere.
The Forge
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Seamlessly connect your products to the digital world. The Forge is the fastest and simplest way to pair Digital Product Passports (DPPs) with physical goods using QR codes or barcodes. Designed for brands using the Arianee Protocol, The Forge transforms the product onboarding experience—whether you're preparing items for sale, shipment, or post-sale engagement. With just a few scans, you can: - Link NFTs to physical products at scale - Securely pair DPPs using QR codes or barcodes - Ensure product traceability and authenticity from factory to customer Whether you're on the factory floor or in the logistics chain, The Forge makes DPP product registration quick and reliable.
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Verdict
Pengu and The Forge are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Pengu ships an update every 6 weeks, The Forge every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Pengu | The Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IDEA P.C. NEKYA | ARIANEE SA |
In-app purchases
Pengu
No in-app purchases
The Forge
No in-app purchases









