# LiveRowing — user reviews > 79 indexed App Store user reviews of LiveRowing by NRS Ventures, LLC., rated 2.11/5 from 81 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/liverowing/id961406544/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/liverowing/id961406544.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 42 ## What do users think of LiveRowing? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ✨ Nice graphics and information displayed - 💪 Motivates users to row more - 💯 Great idea with potential - 🌟 Good core ingredients for an app **Cons** - ❌ Terrible connectivity issues - 📉 Workouts not saving - 🚫 Cannot log in - 🔄 Frequent re-pairing needed - 🐌 Slow or non-existent support - 💸 Premium subscription issues - 🗑️ App feels abandoned - 😵 Bug-ridden and poorly designed - 🚧 UI is obtuse and unintuitive - 💔 Frustrating user experience - 🔌 Connection problems with PM5 - ⏳ Spinning circle timeouts - ⚠️ Error messages about connectivity - 🔄 Stuck in landscape mode - ❌ Strava integration unreliable - 👻 Developers seem unresponsive - 📉 App not updated - 🪲 Clunky and badly thought out UI - 💸 Paid for premium, doesn't work - 🚫 No refunds - ❌ Apple Watch app issues - 🔄 Overwrites workouts on Apple Health - ⚠️ Inconsistent performance - 🚫 Doesn't upload to C2 logbook - 🔌 Connection issues with rower - 💸 Scam, stolen money - 🚫 No trial offer - 📉 Data missing (HR, watts) - 😵 Workout won't populate correctly - 🔄 Manual upload needed - 🔌 Unstable Bluetooth connections - ❌ No pause button - 📉 Limited workout editing - 💥 Rankings cause crashes - 🚫 No support button - 🚫 No Apple subscription refunds - 🔌 Bluetooth connection issues - 📉 Workouts not uploading - 💥 App crashes mid-workout - 🔌 PM not supported warning - 🚫 No customer support - 📉 Data lost after crashes - 🔌 HR monitor connection sporadic - 💸 Paid membership a mistake - 📉 Not improving with age - 🔌 Connection issues with PM4 - 🐛 Crashing when uploading - 💸 Overpriced for functionality - 🔄 Workouts not saving consistently - 📉 Outdated and under-maintained - 🔌 Unstable Bluetooth connections - 🐛 Bugs encountered - 🔄 Heart rate syncing issues - 🔌 Strava integration on/off - 🚫 No response from customer care - 💸 Waste of money - 🚫 Doesn't work - 📉 Poor connectivity - 💸 Subscription issues - 🚫 Amateurish execution - 🐛 Constant crashes - 🚫 Zero support - 📉 Needs lots of work - 💸 Big mistake to buy membership **Commonly reported bugs** - Workouts not saving - Cannot log in - Intermittent connectivity - Spinning circle timeouts - Error messages about connectivity - App freezes - Stuck in landscape mode - Re-pairing needed before every row - App not recognizing start of a row - Strava integration issues - Apple Watch app not working - Workout data not saving - App crashes - Overwrites workouts on Apple Health - Doesn't upload to C2 logbook - Connection issues with rower - Data missing (HR, watts) - Workout won't populate correctly - Unstable Bluetooth connections - No pause button - Rankings cause crashes - PM not supported warning - HR monitor connection sporadic - Connection issues with PM4 - Crashing when uploading - Workouts not saving consistently - Bluetooth connection issues - App crashes mid-workout - PM5 connection issues - Workouts lost after crashes - Workout editing limitations - Cannot access history - App crashes when clicking on incomplete workouts - Slow to find PM5 monitor - Flashing 'stop rowing' or 'sit ready' - App exits without saving - Freezes at end of workouts - Poor connectivity - Subscription issues - Amateurish execution - Constant crashes - Zero support - Needs lots of work - Paid membership a mistake - Heart rate syncing issues - Strava integration on/off - No response from customer care - Doesn't work - Apple Watch companion doesn't sync - Uninstall/reinstall watch app needed - Premium subscription issues - No trial offer - Workout editing is limited - Leaderboard crashes - Heart rate syncing with Apple Watch doesn't always work - Strava integration works on/off - App crashes when trying to load history rows - Doesn't interface with Concept2 logbook - Unstable Bluetooth connections - No pause button - Workout editing is limited - Rankings make the app crash - No support option/button - No Apple subscription refunds - Bluetooth connection issues - Workouts not uploading - App crashes mid-workout - PM not supported warning - No customer support - Data lost after crashes - HR monitor connection sporadic - Paid membership a mistake - Not improving with age - Connection issues with PM4 - Crashing when uploading - Workouts not saving consistently - Bluetooth connection issues - App crashes mid-workout - PM5 connection issues - Workouts lost after crashes - Workout editing limitations - Cannot access history - App crashes when clicking on incomplete workouts - Slow to find PM5 monitor - Flashing 'stop rowing' or 'sit ready' - App exits without saving - Freezes at end of workouts - Poor connectivity - Subscription issues - Amateurish execution - Constant crashes - Zero support - Needs lots of work - Paid membership a mistake - Heart rate syncing issues - Strava integration on/off - No response from customer care - Doesn't work - Apple Watch companion doesn't sync - Uninstall/reinstall watch app needed - Premium subscription issues - No trial offer - Workout editing is limited - Leaderboard crashes - Heart rate syncing with Apple Watch doesn't always work - Strava integration works on/off **Most requested features** - More in-depth live data - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard - Manual workout upload - Calorie burn mode - Detailed analysis and side-by-side workout comparisons - Trial period for premium features - Improved workout editing - Fix Apple Watch app - Fix Strava integration - Fix C2 logbook integration - Add Zwift-like features for rowing - Improve UI intuitiveness - Add a pause button ## Newest reviews (18 of 79) ### 2/5 — Connects to PM5 and saves nothing *2024-02-13* I can complete a workout and while I’m rowing the app works well. Save and quit just presents a spinning circle which eventually times out and offers quit or cancel. Doesn’t save nor update any connected app. Bummer for tracking. Will try to find something else. ### 2/5 — Terrible reliability *2023-10-29* This app is software gore. It constantly freezes requiring a hard restart. When trying to create a new account it froze then said that username was taken (because I’d just registered) - couldn’t log in until closing then reopening the app. When you row it gets stuck in landscape mode and won’t revert back even when you’re done. When you finish a row half the time it freezes and doesn’t save your workout then crashes, losing it. The UI is obtuse and unintuitive. Needs significant revisions - will give it a month or so but if no improvement will cancel premium subscription. ### 2/5 — Could be great *2023-05-28* This has the makings of a great rowing app, but it falls flat on its face with glitches. I have to re-pair it with Strava before every single row, or it won’t upload at the end of the workout. Also it’s not uncommon for the app to not recognize the start of a row and have to be closed out and rebooted before it will work. The only reason I gave it two stars is that the graphics and information displayed are nice, although I’m sure diehard rowers would probably want more I depth live data ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2023-02-05* It doesn’t sync with other applications in the way it should and doesn’t record workouts properly, so all in all pretty frustrating. ### 2/5 — Developers seem to be nonexistent *2022-11-04, version 1.5.1* I’ve been using the app for a month now. The workouts are fine, graphics are better than most but it won’t hook up to Strava as advertised. It seems like the developers no longer exist to support their product. The don’t respond to emails and are unresponsive on their social media page. Glad I didn’t bother with the paid version. ### 2/5 — Has potential but…. *2021-12-23* Have used this App for a number of months now and have now worked out that it is inconsistent. When it works I have experienced some productive workouts. However I have had so many workouts that have not saved or have not transferred over to my other electronic logs. Just seems a shame. ### 2/5 — Frustratingly abandoned app *2021-06-21* This app could be much better than it is—the core ingredients are there, but some bad design choices and a lack of ongoing attention make it a disappointment. No updates for a year, during which Apple Watch app has stopped working, and main app frequently overwrites the same workout on apple health (do a 1 hr row on Monday, then the same row again on Tuesday, and it writes the second row at the same time as the first one. Frustrating!). Please devs get back to it—there aren’t any other good rowing apps and we need this one to work! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work. *2021-04-26* App will it connect to my concept 2 rower. Have tried contacting customer care. No response. Not usable. ### 1/5 — Great idea but needs major work *2021-04-10, version 1.5.1* ***UPDATE- DO NOT PAY FOR PREMIUM. I’m surprised Apple even allows this but it literally does nothing. You will not get premium features. I thought my subscription had run out and my premium features were all gone, I paid again and nothing. Tried contacting them, nothing. Tried their online chat, nothing..no one ever responds. I googled their offices in Denver and it’s basically a rent a cube space downtown. Pretty sure all it is now is a billing server in someone’s moms basement. Don’t get scammed. Bums me out because this was a great concept at the start. The hallmark of this app is it’s consistency...it consistently doesn’t work. Constantly disconnects from the concept 2, it can rarely find my heart rate monitor. I’ve never been able to get it to sync with my Strava after the first time. I started with the free version and it seemed ok but I wanted to do custom workouts so I went for the paid version and then all my problems began. I was really hoping to use this to work out with a friend in another state but it’s so unreliable I just use ErgData now because that seems to work 100% of the time. If they would work on getting the app right instead of collecting money I would change my review. The idea is great it is just so poorly executed. Also I contacted “support” which seems non existent as far as I can tell. Save your money ### 1/5 — Total Scam *2021-04-09, version 1.5.1* Do not give this company any of your money! I signed up for a premium subscription through the app and never received access to what I paid for. I sent numerous emails with no response. They flat out stole from me. Just use the Concept 2 website to find their Workouts of the day or look up your own workouts elsewhere on the web. This company stole from me and should not be trusted at all. ### 1/5 — Avoid *2021-03-19* I paid for a workout plan ($>50) but there seems to be no way to link this to your account in order to actually access it. I got the $29 premium subscription cost back from Apple but am still $50 down. No reply from customer services. I suspect this app is in fact no long maintained. ### 1/5 — No support *2021-02-26, version 1.5.1* This used to be my favorite app for rowing. It was easy to use, and I upgraded to the premium plan because it was worth it. Then they stopped supporting it. No updates, no communication, completely ghosted. I can’t recommend it. ### 1/5 — Does not function - maybe big/glitch? *2021-02-12* Stalls on connect screen. Watch perpetual loading spinner ### 3/5 — Apple Watch app no longer works *2021-02-02* The phone is works fine and is great, but you can’t get any heart rate info anymore after an update. The watch won’t connect to the phone app and it eventually times out and shuts down. Please fix. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy this app *2021-02-01, version 1.5.1* I just started using this app after several months of inactivity and discovered that it barely works anymore. It’s glitchy and doesn’t reliably connect with the C2 computer or C2 Logbook. There’s no tech support and no refunds. Basically this app is just a scam to rake in money from unsuspecting users. DON’T BUY THIS APP!!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-01-18* Lots of potential, no investment. Will be getting a refund ### 1/5 — Dodgy *2021-01-11* Don’t give this company any money, if you order anything, you don’t get it and get no responses. ### 2/5 — Apple Watch and heart rate *2020-12-10, version 1.5.1* Just found this app and it looked so promising. It met most of my needs but once I got on the machine and started the workout the heart rate function was not working then I noticed the watch app was not working. If the developers can clean this up it would be five stars. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible connectivity and saving issues *2024-05-25* I had this app with cable connection which was intermittent connectivity but now I’ve updated to a PM5 on the concept 2 my workouts don’t save anymore and can’t even login anymore after reloading app. Paid the subscription but zero support. Now looking for another rowing app !!!! ### 1/5 — Won’t save workouts *2024-01-16* “Error. Workout was not saved due to connectivity issues.” Even when phone is connected to wifi and tested before and after the workout. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother if you’re using Strava *2023-01-30* If you’re looking to connect and record workouts to Strava - don’t bother - even though it indicates that it is connected it simply doesn’t upload - better off adding your exercises in manually ### 1/5 — Do not download or by. Abandoned. *2022-11-03, version 1.5.1* This app has not been updated since 2019, three years from the day I’m writing this review. Do not download and do not buy anything in this app. It has been a Bandan and is not maintain and has plenty of bugs. It used to be a fantastic app ### 1/5 — Bug-ridden and poorly designed *2022-05-21* I love my Concept2 but the app is terrible. Clunky, badly thought out UI and also really buggy. ### 1/5 — Avoid *2022-01-01* Paid £25 for premium and cannot get it to work at all. Every time I go to row, it starts and stops and cannot be used. Has a lot of potential and I can’t even get my money back ### 1/5 — Strava integration is out of date *2021-12-04* Only workaround for me is to re-authorize Strava every single blinking workout. Stinky program. ### 1/5 — Excruciatingly buggy *2021-09-16* The app is excruciatingly buggy, regularly it decides not to correctly stream your workout data from the PM5 so it only displays and stores some (but not all) the metrics. It regularly disconnects from Apple health, C2 Logbook and Strava at random, then doesn’t post your workout and you only find out after the fact where there is no way to manually upload the workout (e.g. to Strava). When it works it’s great, but it consistently breaks more times that it works and it’s infuriating when this happens (which is more often that when it actually works properly). ### 1/5 — Do not buy premium *2021-07-25, version 1.5.1* Signed up for a one year subscription, which bricked the application. Will not let me sign in, change my password, or otherwise use the app. Support has not responded to multiple requests for a fix or my money back. This is now either a scam, or gross incompetence. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t upload to C2 logbook *2021-06-19, version 1.5.1* This app hasn’t been updated in a year. Looking at most of the recent reviews, connectivity and reliability are significant problems with this app. I’m not sure it’s worth wasting any more of my time worth it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app - bugs fixed. *2021-01-17* When I first started using this last summer, it was a bit glitchy...but all that seems to be fixed now. Great app. Links really well to my Concept 2 PM5 ### 5/5 — LOVE this app! *2020-12-05, version 1.5.1* Have been using the app for about 3 weeks and have been comparing it to many others. The number of featured workout options and community workouts has no equal in other apps. On top of that you have data that complements the data on the C2 logbook coupled with really nice design. Perfect? But please keep polishing this gem ! ### 5/5 — 1 year in... *2020-05-26* I have been using this for about a year now, and it is so much more convenient to not have to take my laptop into the garage. I have a PM5 and polar 0H1 HRM (connected to the PM5). I use the C2 logging feature which has been reliable, and I have the C2 log to Strava, and then the Strava on to my Health app. The Apple Watch integration worked for a few months but then just stopped, so I decided to go to the OH1 solution just for the reliability. I still have a rowpro license and had to use that for my annual half marathon as for some reason you can’t set a workout greater than 10km, but for a free app, I have been very pleased. ### 5/5 — Works great and keep me motivated. *2020-05-02* While it’s not Zwift (alas nothing like that exists for rowing, yet) it does the job and is a huge plus to indoor rowing as it lets me interact with my PM5 with a much nicer interface, set up my workouts super easy, and push to Strava. Never had any crash issues like the now two year old reviews suggest ### 5/5 — Game changer! *2020-03-28, version 1.5.1* This app unlocks a vast array of workouts for the concept 2 rowing machine and motivates me to hit my rower more than I would otherwise. Yes the app crashes from time to time but not enough to impair the experience. I just purchased the paid version with the 2K wod workout program and hope to start shaving my times. This app is the real deal! ### 5/5 — Game Changer for your Concept2 *2020-01-21, version 1.5.1* It is not an overstatement to say this app changes everything with your Concept2 workouts. The best feature of this app is the ability to choose from countless workouts and the PUSH THOSE WORKOUTS to your PCM all in just seconds. No more straining your brain for something different to try and then sitting there pushing buttons on the PCM like it is 1982. You will need a special cable or a PCM5 that can connect via Bluetooth. In addition - the metrics and feedback LiveRowing provides is excellent. You can also see where you rank against other users. LiveRowing can be easily set up to push your completed workout to your Concept2 logbook as well as your Strava account. I have been using the free version for about a week and cannot overstate how much better this has made my rowing workouts. I will definitely be purchasing the paid version. If you need to put some spice back into your relationship with your Concept2 this is the solution. ### 5/5 — Great app and listen to their user community. *2018-01-26* Great app, allows you to get the most out of the Concept 2 and makes working out more insightful and engaging. ### 5/5 — Great App that motivates me to keep training! *2018-01-09* This app is amazing. The workout tracking allows me to track my performance and see how I progress. Very user friendly and there are plenty of challenges to help with motivation. ### 5/5 — Great app. *2016-10-18* I love this app. Just getting into rowing and this app is helping. Like that it keeps all my stats and gives me some workouts to try. ### 4/5 — Keeps getting better *2017-09-23* App shows a lot of promise and has really helped me commit to my rowing. The developers have worked hard to improve battery life. As a data nerd I'd love to be able to do detailed analysis and side-by-side comparisons of workouts, not just against my best. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*