# Rowing Buddy — Strength and erg for rowers > Strength and erg for rowers (iPhone/iPad app by Bas van Rijckevorsel.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rowing-buddy/id6826321519 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Bas van Rijckevorsel](https://appshunter.io/developer/6818449730) - Category: Health & Fitness, Sports - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 17 MB - Languages: American English, Dutch - Released: 2026-10-27 - Data updated: 2026-10-29 ## What is Rowing Buddy? Train smart, row faster. All year round. Rowing Buddy is strength, erg, water and your races in one app. A twelve-week strength plan for your club gym, erg zones from your own 2k, your crew beside you on the water and a plan towards your race. THE STRENGTH PLAN • Twelve weeks, two sessions a week, in three phases: base, strength, and strength and power. • Built for the weight room of your rowing club: dumbbells, kettlebells, a bar and benches. No squat rack needed. Got a leg press? Switch it on and the app plans it in. • 37 exercises with a moving drawing, short cues and why it makes your drive stronger. • Log kilos and reps per set, with your rest on the clock. After a block the app asks how much you had left in the tank and adjusts your weight. THE ERG • Five zones from your own 2k, from easy steady state to sprint, each with a stroke rate and a split per 500 metres. • An erg plan of 24 workouts that you alternate with the strength sessions. • Your erg pieces, tests and records in one place, also imported from your Concept2 logbook. PM5 AND THE COURSE • Connect your Concept2 PM5 over Bluetooth (Premium). The app sets your workout with your target split on the PM5, reads along live and fills in your result. • On the course your crewmates race as boats beside you, with your target split as a ghost boat. • Start together on one signal, and heart rate straps over Bluetooth. ON THE WATER • Measure with your phone in the boat: the app counts your strokes and measures your split and distance by GPS, even with the screen off. • Drills and session types for in the boat, for each level and boat type. • The clock in the boat: work and rest run on by themselves, with beeps and, if you like, the minutes read out. • Afterwards you enter your pieces or link a file from your SpeedCoach. The app works out your split and metres per stroke. • Your coach plans a water session for the crew and sees the results. TOWARDS YOUR RACE • Add your race and the app builds a plan towards it, in phases with a taper that fits the distance. • Strength, erg and water come together in one week of 1 to 12 sessions. Cycling and running count as easy endurance. • After each session you note how hard it was. Miss a week or fall ill, and the app adjusts the plan. • Your coach adds the crew's races and boat days, and you say whether you take part. YOUR CREW • Start your own crew, or join with the crew code: scan your crew's QR code and the admin lets you in. • Everyone has a role: rower, cox, coach or admin. • Your usual seat and side, boats and line-ups: who sits where now, and which line-up to try. • Your coach sees your sets, RIR and notes only if you switch that on. Your weight, BMI, heart rate and nutrition always stay yours. YOUR ACCOUNT • Start with Apple, Google, an invitation or your crew's code. Without a crew you train solo. • After that you sign in with Face ID (passkey), Apple, Google or your email. • In English and Dutch; you choose your language in Profile. NUTRITION • A tab of its own with the basics for everyone: eating and drinking well around your training. • In Dutch, everyday foods come from NEVO online, the Dutch food composition table by RIVM. • With Premium (16 and over): your targets for each training day, thirty recipes and a food log with a barcode scanner. PREMIUM Rowing Buddy Premium is an auto-renewing subscription: €4.99 per month or €49.99 per year. It renews automatically until you cancel. You can cancel up to 24 hours before the end of the period in your Apple ID settings under Subscriptions. With Premium you plan towards several races and see your training load charts. The plan, the sessions, the erg plan, the course, the plan towards one race, the nutrition basics and your crew stay free. Terms: https://rowingbuddy.app/terms/ Privacy: https://rowingbuddy.app/privacy/ Made by a rower, for the crew. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium, one year | $44.99 | per year | | Premium, one month | $3.99 | per month | ## Is Rowing Buddy safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Rowing Buddy. ## Is Rowing Buddy legit? Rowing Buddy has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Rowing Buddy is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.2 — 2026-10-28 New in this version: • Plan towards your race: under Workouts > Race the app builds a plan with phases and a taper, and adjusts it when you miss a week. • Train 1 to 12 times a week, split over strength, erg and water. Cycling and running count as easy endurance. • On the water your phone measures your strokes, split and distance, even with the screen off. • Coaches add the crew's races and boat days. • The app is fully in English when your phone is set to English. You can choose your language in Profile. • Choose your club in Profile, and Premium shows more clearly how to cancel. • Small improvements. ### 1.1 — 2026-10-27 No release notes. ## More apps by Bas van Rijckevorsel - [Luxstop: Light Meter & Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/luxstop-light-meter-and-guide/id6818449728) All apps by Bas van Rijckevorsel: https://appshunter.io/developer/6818449730 --- *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 2026-10-29.*