Comparison

Padel Care vs Smash

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Padel Care

This app provides AI-powered, personalized training routines for padel players. It focuses on improving performance, preventing injuries, and building consistency off the court with tailored workouts and exercise guidance.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized workouts
  • Injury prevention programs
  • Complete conditioning system
  • Exercise video and audio guidance
  • Smart progress tracking
  • Customizable workout duration and difficulty
Features
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PadelCare is fitness built for padel. Tell it your level, how much time you have and what equipment you own, and it builds today's warm-up, workout and cool-down. Free every day. BEFORE YOU PLAY. AFTER YOU PLAY. AND THE WORK IN BETWEEN. • Warm Up, 10 to 20 minutes: dynamic stretches and activation before you play. • Workout, 25 to 95 minutes: strength and conditioning for padel. Pick the length and the session fits it. • Cool Down, 10 to 20 minutes: stretch and recover, for less soreness and more flexibility next time. WATCH IT, THEN DO IT • Exercise videos filmed for PadelCare • Log reps and weight for each set, with last time's numbers right beside you • Swap any exercise for another from the same category TRAIN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Pick your kit, from dumbbells and resistance bands to a plyo box or a jump rope, or go bodyweight only. Sessions fit Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced players, and your goal: performance, injury prevention, or a mix of both. PLAN AROUND YOUR MATCHES Add your matches and get a reminder to warm up before and cool down after. History shows every session and match, week after week. PADELCARE+: A PLAN BUILT WEEK BY WEEK • A program of 4, 6 or 8 weeks, planned around the days you train • Targets that rise as you get stronger. Hit every set and next week moves up a step. Fall short and it holds. • A progress card for every exercise you log • As many sessions a day as you want • Training-day reminders PadelCare+ is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription and starts with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Available in English and Spanish. Terms of Service: https://www.padelcareapp.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.padelcareapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Smash

Features
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Smash turns your Apple Watch into a padel coach. Start a match on your wrist and play. Smash reads the motion of every swing and gives you back the match you just played: how many shots you hit, how fast, which ones, and where you moved on court. NO PHONE ON COURT Everything is recorded on Apple Watch. Your iPhone stays in the bag. Heart rate, calories and duration land in Apple Health like any other workout. EVERY SHOT, COUNTED Forehands, backhands, volleys, serves, bandejas, lobs and smashes, separated automatically. See your shot mix change as your game changes. HOW HARD YOU HIT Smash measures the speed of every shot and remembers your fastest. Chase your own record, match after match. YOUR PADEL SCORE One number out of 100, built from four things that decide padel matches: power, movement, consistency and endurance. It moves when your game moves, and it tells you which one is holding you back. THE MATCH, AFTER THE MATCH Open any match for the score, the shot mix, your best shot, and how you compared to your own average. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Follow other players, share matches, and see what the people you play with have been doing. EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED No subscription and no cap on matches. Nothing is held back: - Every shot in a match, with the swing path of each one - Court heatmap showing where you moved and what you never covered - Winning Formula: what your wins have in common - Your edge: why you won or lost, read from your own sensors - Head-to-Head comparisons against any player you follow Requires Apple Watch Series 6 or later, watchOS 10 or later. Smash is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any padel federation or tournament organiser.

Screenshots

Padel Care4 screens
Smash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smash at none against Padel Care's 2. Padel Care's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Padel Care sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Smash asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Padel Care versus Smash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPadel CareSmash
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperElevate Padel IncHedgehog Solutions SIA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Padel Care

Subscriptions2
  • Padel Care+ Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Padel Care+ Yearly$99.991 Year
None

Smash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Padel Care free?
Padel Care is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smash free?
Smash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Padel Care or Smash have ads?
Neither Padel Care nor Smash shows ads.

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