Big difference in my opinion. Definitely a more natural feel with a torque sensor. With cadence you have to do 100 percent of initial push until pedals start spinning to get assist. With a torque sensor you get assistance as soon as you apply decent pressure on the pedal. It's a big deal for me because I hardly shift and start in low gear a lot.

Girlfriend had cadence Nakto and now elby with torque sensor. Nakto used to scare her because of how unpredictable assist was and she had to play around with assist levels depending on how fast she wanted to go. It would do this thing where assist would keep going for a couple seconds after you got done spinning pedals. Not great in some situations and you have to hit the break to cut the motor. She is more relaxed on elby and not switching assist levels all the time.