Why we're building PongLens

Most competitive players have filmed a match on their phone. Far fewer have watched one back. The video sits in the camera roll, long and unedited, and finding the few points that decided the second game means scrubbing through all of it. So it rarely gets opened, and whatever the match could have taught you is lost with it.

Part of the problem is how little of a recording is table tennis. Most of it is picking up balls, toweling off and walking back to serve.

The tools were separate

Each part of reviewing a match already existed somewhere, but never in one place. A video editor can cut a match, but it doesn't know what a rally is, so you mark every point yourself. A scoring app keeps the score, but it never sees the video. Detailed analysis exists at the professional level, where people tag every shot by hand, but nobody does that for a league match on a Tuesday night.

We wanted one place where the video, the score and the analysis belong to the same match, so that each one makes the others more useful.

Three layers, built in order

We think of PongLens as a pyramid. Each layer needs the one below it, so we are building it from the bottom up.

Cut the rallies. Upload a match and PongLens finds every point, removes the time in between and gives each point its own clip, along with a highlights video of the best rallies. Everything above is built on this, because a point that was never found can't be scored or analyzed.

Score the match. With every point in its own clip, scoring is a short job. You watch each point and tap who won it, and the games, the server and the change of ends follow. We are teaching PongLens to score the match itself, so that all you do is check the result.

Understand the match. This is where a match becomes something you can learn from. A scored match shows your momentum and best runs, how you do on serve and on return, how you play when a game gets close, what happens after you lose a point, how long the rallies last and where your serves land. PongLens writes a short analysis with something to practice, tracks the same numbers across every match you play, and lets your coach leave a note on any point.

Who we are

We are two players who play a lot and film our own matches, so we know the problems firsthand: finding a spot for the phone, keeping the whole table in view, and scrubbing through hours of video to find the few points that mattered.

Adil is a product manager with fifteen years in tech, chasing a 2000 rating. PongLens grew out of his efforts to understand his own matches and improve as a player.

Anton has spent twenty years playing, coaching and training. He wanted a simpler way to review matches with his students and keep the details that usually disappear after a session.

PongLens started in July 2026, and the iPhone app reached the App Store in October.

What comes next

The next step is automatic scoring for everyone, because everything above it depends on the score. When nobody has to tap through a match, every match you film can be analyzed, not only the ones you had time to score. You can follow what we are working on in our roadmap.

If you film your matches, we'd love to hear what you want from PongLens. Write to us at support@ponglens.com or message us on Instagram at @ponglens.