RowingCoach vs CrewLAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RowingCoach
Track your rowing sessions on land or water with detailed metrics like stroke rate, distance, pace, and calories burned. Use your iPhone or Apple Watch independently or together for flexible workout recording and progress analysis. Syncs with iCloud and Apple Health, and exports to popular fitness platforms.
- Track stroke rate, distance, pace, pulse, and calories
- Use iPhone or Apple Watch for recording
- Siri integration for workout control
- Automatic stroke detection
- Workout display on map
- Export to Strava, TrainingPeaks, and more
- iCloud synchronization
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RowingCoach, available also for the Apple Watch, allows you to track your rowing sessions, compare your workouts and see your overall progress – whether you train on land or on water. == RowingCoach displays the following metrics: • Your current and overall stroke rate (SPM) • The distance covered • Your current and overall pace • Your pulse • Your calories burned == Use the app as suits you best: • Track your session on the iPhone • Only use your Apple Watch to record the training (and leave your iPhone onshore!) • Use the iPhone as display for your Apple Watch recording. Very useful for indoor rowing. == RowingCoach also offers these features: • Use Siri to start and stop your workout • Automatic Stroke detection • Get notified after a certain distance covered, strokes reached or time passed • Display your workout on a map • Speed/pulse shown in color-coding • Share your rowing track with iMessage • Weather conditions are recorded for outdoor workouts • iCloud synchronisation: Have your workouts on all your devices. • Apple Health App integration • Watch Complication: See your weekly progress at a glance • Use Force Touch in the Watch app to quickly start and stop a workout • Today Widget: See your weekly and monthly progress from the Today screen • Add notes (to remember who was cox for example) == Export and upload your workouts to other platforms: • Upload to Strava • Export to RowsAndAll • Upload to MapMyFitness • Upload to TrainingPeaks • Upload to Concept2 Logbook • Upload to Intervals.icu External bluetooth heart rate monitors are supported. If you want to export your workouts via e-mail or want to record more than 3 workouts - you can get to a subscription right in the app.
CrewLAB
This app is an all-in-one system for managing rowing, running, and swimming teams. It helps coaches organize schedules, track attendance, share feedback and plans, and foster team communication and community. It's designed to inspire athletes and streamline team management for improved performance.
- Organize training schedules
- Track attendance
- Share videos and workout plans
- Built-in chat tools
- Set team and individual goals
- Provide performance feedback
- Access leaderboards
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Running a multi-team sports club means managing coaches, athletes, parents, budgets, and registrations — often across spreadsheets, group chats, and paper forms. CrewLAB replaces that patchwork with one fully integrated platform built for program directors, club presidents, and treasurers who need to run a bigger operation without adding more overhead. CLUB-WIDE MANAGEMENT CrewLAB gives you a real-time view across every team in your organization. Collect payments, manage registrations, track attendance, and oversee rosters from a single club dashboard. When registration season opens, athletes and parents complete the entire onboarding flow — registration form, digital waiver, and payment — in one place, on their phone. PAYMENTS & REGISTRATION Stop chasing dues. CrewLAB handles payment collection across all your programs with automated reminders, real-time tracking, and reconciliation built in. Accept fees, deposits, and seasonal registrations digitally. Know exactly who has paid, who hasn't—without a single spreadsheet. DIGITAL WAIVERS Send, collect, and store legally binding digital waivers directly within the platform. Every waiver is tied to the athlete's profile, timestamped, and accessible from anywhere—so your club is covered for liability at an organizational level, not just team by team. MULTI-TEAM OVERSIGHT Whether you run 2 teams or 20, CrewLAB scales with you. Each coach manages their own team — lineups, attendance, workouts, and communication — while program directors retain visibility across the whole club. No more being blindsided by what's happening in a program you don't directly oversee. SAFESPORT-COMPLIANT COMMUNICATION All team and club communication happens inside CrewLAB's built-in chat and calendar — one auditable, compliant record across every team. For clubs managing SafeSport obligations and board reporting, this isn't just a communication feature. It's a governance layer. COACHING & PERFORMANCE TOOLS CrewLAB connects club administration directly to coaching. Coaches access workouts, lineups, attendance, athlete wellness check-ins, and performance analytics — all in the same platform where they collect payments and manage rosters. No switching apps or data silos. FOR EVERY ROLE IN YOUR CLUB - Program Directors & Club Presidents: Club dashboard, financial reporting, cross-team visibility, waivers - Treasurers: Real-time payment tracking, registration revenue, automated reminders - Head Coaches: Team management, athlete wellness, attendance, athlete communication - Athletes & Parents: Registration, payment, scheduling, team chat — all in one app BUILT FOR MULTI-PROGRAM CLUBS CrewLAB is purpose-built for clubs running multiple programs — rowing clubs, swim teams, running programs, and more. If you're managing 50+ athletes across 3 or more teams and your admin workload grows every season, CrewLAB is designed for you. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service available at crewlab.io
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CrewLAB at 4.4 against RowingCoach's 3.3. CrewLAB also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 38%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. RowingCoach sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CrewLAB asks for nothing beyond the download.
CrewLAB holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 98 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of RowingCoach's written reviews are positive against 75% of CrewLAB's.
RowingCoach ships an update every 2 months, CrewLAB daily. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RowingCoach | CrewLAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (117 ratings) | 4.4 (98 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.4% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 98 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gunther Cronenberg | CrewLAB Inc. |
Customer experience
RowingCoach
CrewLAB
Bugs and requests
RowingCoach
Reported bugs
20 issues- Distance resets to zero when workout is paused
- SPM not displaying in real-time during workouts
- App crashes when receiving phone calls
- GPS tracking stops working after iOS updates
- Stroke count significantly underreported (off by 30-50%)
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- Distance values wildly inaccurate (2-3x actual distance)
- Workouts not appearing in app history despite being tracked
- Subscription validation fails on Apple Watch
- App hangs on workout start
- Data not uploading to Apple Health
- Clock overlay blocking metrics on Apple Watch
- Display elements overlapping when phone is rotated
- SPM showing zero for entire workouts
- Metrics switching between metric and imperial units mid-workout
- App freezing when trying to save workouts
- PM5 connection showing as connected but not syncing data
- Strava export missing distance data for indoor rows
- Watch app not appearing after installation
- Contact/feedback link in app not functional
- Inconsistent heart rate detection
Requested features
18 requests- Calibration settings for different rowing machines
- Automatic pause/resume detection
- Customizable workout countdown timers
- Bluetooth connectivity for Concept2 PM5
- Improved calorie burn calculations
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- Watt power output calculations
- Distance per stroke efficiency metric
- Audible stroke rate announcements
- Always-on display support for Apple Watch
- Manual workout editing capabilities
- Automatic Strava uploads
- Detailed heart rate and pace graphs
- Training plan integration
- Ghost/challenge mode for self-competition
- Garmin Connect integration
- Multiple language support (French, German)
- Improved watch display optimization for larger screens
- Better contrast for outdoor visibility
CrewLAB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RowingCoach
- Unltd. recs & export (1 Month)$0.99
- Unltd. recs & export (3 Months)$1.99
- Unltd. recs & export (1 Year)$4.99
CrewLAB
No in-app purchases









