Add vs Penhold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Add
Monitor your eBike's performance and status during rides. View battery life, power output, and speed. Access motor details and perform software updates.
- Real-time battery status
- Power level monitoring
- Velocity display
- Motor serial number and software version
- Software updates
- Reset motor/kilometer counter
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The add-e NEXT app can be used to display the most important information during your ride. The dashboard replaces the bicycle speedometer. Here you can easily monitor the actual battery status, power level, velocity and more. The info screen includes some more specific data of your motor, like the serial number, software version, chosen mapping and so on. You can also do software updates, reset the motor or kilometer counter when you switch to settings. The app will be updated from time to time so no need to worry. There will be more functions available in the future.
Penhold
This app offers focused table tennis training with animated exercises and customizable session building. Track your progress, plan your week, and train offline with a timer and visual aids. It's designed for serious players looking to improve their game.
- Animated exercise diagrams
- Customizable session builder
- Weekly and monthly training plans
- Run mode with timer
- Filterable exercise catalogue
- Offline functionality
- Ad-free experience
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Penhold is the app for focused table tennis training: exercises from coaches and active players, each with an animated diagram – and a session builder that automatically puts a training session together from your filters. Or you put it together yourself. Penhold is a paid app: try it free for 14 days, then as a monthly or yearly subscription or as a one-time lifetime purchase. A SESSION AT THE TAP OF A BUTTON Choose what you want to work on – footwork, consistency, opening, defense or match play, several at once if you like – and how many exercises you have time for. If you want, only easy, medium or hard exercises, only forehand or backhand, regular or irregular. Penhold builds your session from that. Prefer to pick yourself? Then put your session together in the catalogue. EVERY EXERCISE AS A PICTURE Every exercise comes with an animated diagram: ball paths, stroke order, forehand and backhand, placement. What takes three sentences in text is clear at a glance – for your training partner too, just hand them the phone. TRAINING PLAN FOR THE WEEK AND MONTH Choose the days you train and tick off what you've done. Move single exercises or whole sessions to another day with a tap. RUN MODE WITH TIMER During training, Penhold shows one exercise after another – with timer, sound and vibration. Swipe for the next one. The screen stays on while you train. CATALOGUE WITH FILTERS AND FAVOURITES All exercises, filterable by goal, difficulty, pattern and side, plus favourites for the ones you like. The catalogue grows with every update. IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN Switch the language in the settings. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO TRACKING Penhold needs no sign-in and works in the sports hall without a connection. Your training plan, favourites and ticks stay on your device. PENHOLD PRO After the free trial, the chosen subscription automatically becomes paid. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can cancel at any time in your Apple Account settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time payment with no renewal. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ttbene.de/datenschutz-en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Penhold at 100% against Add's 33%. Penhold also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). Add's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Add ships an update every 5 weeks, Penhold every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Add | Penhold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GP Motion GmbH | Benedict Meeske |
Customer experience
Add
Penhold
In-app purchases
Add
No in-app purchases
Penhold
No in-app purchases









