PSYONIC Ability Hand vs Esper+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PSYONIC Ability Hand
Control, configure, and update a prosthetic hand wirelessly via Bluetooth. Customize input systems, electrode settings, and pressure sensors. Create custom grips and manage firmware updates for enhanced functionality.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Input control system selection
- Electrode setting configuration
- Pressure sensing system setup
- Custom user grip creation
- Wireless firmware updates
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Welcome to the ultimate personalization platform for the Ability Hand - the world’s fastest, incredibly durable, and first ever touch-sensing bionic hand. KEY FEATURES • Your Activity, Your Grips: Easily build and organize dedicated collections of grips for your favorite daily activities. For even more customization, use the advanced Grip Editor to design, fine-tune, and save completely custom finger positions. • Touch Sensing: Adjust sensory feedback and vibration intensity so you can choose how you feel the world around you. • Fine-Tune Control Signals: View real-time muscle signals and adjust various settings to get to the ideal physical synergy. • Wireless Updates: Keep your bionics on the cutting edge. Update your hand’s firmware wirelessly and over-the-air the moment new features drop. BUILT FOR COLLABORATION For clinicians, the PSYONIC app provides a fast, precise toolkit to configure and calibrate the Ability Hand for patients during fittings. For users, it provides the independence to adjust, experiment, and optimize their device for the lifestyle.
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 rating: Esper+ at 5.0 against PSYONIC Ability Hand's 4.6. PSYONIC Ability Hand's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Esper+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PSYONIC Ability Hand | Esper+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PSYONIC | ESPER INC. |
Customer experience
PSYONIC Ability Hand
Esper+
In-app purchases
PSYONIC Ability Hand
No in-app purchases
Esper+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PSYONIC Ability Hand free?
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