PingPod vs Gaitkeeping
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PingPod
Book and play table tennis at automated, 24/7 facilities. Reserve private or open tables, join leagues, or take lessons from coaches. Enjoy features like instant replays and automated scoreboards.
- 24/7 automated table tennis booking
- Private and open play table reservations
- Join leagues and open play sessions
- Attend group classes
- 1-on-1 coaching lessons
- Instant replays
- Automated scoreboards
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PingPod is a fully automated table tennis space open 24/7 currently located across 5 locations in New York City, further locations on the East Coast coming soon! Simply book a table on the app, invite your friends, let yourselves in to play and enjoy. Features include instant replays, automated scoreboards, music controls (private tables), open 24 hours in most locations. • Reserve Tables - either a table in an open environment or a private tables with ample space. • Join Open Play or League - weekly leagues and open plays to meet people of similar skill levels. • Attend a Class - small group lessons for people of any skill level. From someone just starting out to an advanced players. • Take Lessons - from world-class coaches to local club coaches who provide 1 on 1 instruction.
Gaitkeeping
Enhance your walking with music-driven tempo control and guided sessions. Improve your gait, fitness, and maintain independence with personalized playlists and tempo adjustments.
- Music sorted by tempo
- Adjustable playlist tempo
- Personalized walking playlists
- Guided walking instruction
- Tempo control for consistent pace
- Reinforce good walking form
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Power your gait and improve walking health with Gaitkeeping, your walking companion. Whether you're strolling through the park or power-walking through your day, Gaitkeeping helps you find music that energizes your walk and fortifies proper gait form. Keep your gait and stay independent! Walk to curated music sorted by tempo: Choose from Gaitkeeping’s playlists of curated walking music, and adjust the tempo of the playlist to your fit your natural walking rhythm. Explore different genres of music or songs other people using Gaitkeeping enjoy walking to. Personalize Your Experience: Mark songs you like to build your ultimate walking playlist. Play with different walking tempos to push your body and mind, and find what works best for you. Reinforce Walking Health & Improve Fitness: Stay on beat to reinforce good walking form. Help yourself maintain a consistent walking pace for longer with Gaitkeeping’s tempo control. Get more in-depth walking instruction through Gaitkeeping’s guided walks. These sessions teach you how to pick up the beat of a song, and refine the finer details of your walking form. Support Your Body When It Needs It: Adjust the music tempo at any time to match the support your gait needs. Enjoy Walking, Maintain Independence: Your walk is the bedrock of your physical independence. Use Gaitkeeping to enhance your walking experience, and keep your gait for longer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gaitkeeping at none against PingPod's shown. Gaitkeeping also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). PingPod's advantage is ratings volume (965 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PingPod against 5.0 for Gaitkeeping. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PingPod has 965 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of PingPod's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gaitkeeping's.
PingPod ships an update every 6 days, Gaitkeeping every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PingPod | Gaitkeeping |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (965 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 965 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PINGPOD INC | PD Movement Lab LLC |
Customer experience
PingPod
Gaitkeeping
In-app purchases
PingPod
No in-app purchases
Gaitkeeping
No in-app purchases









