Comparison

SmartRow vs Holistic Cloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SmartRow

Transform your WaterRower into a high-precision ergometer. Track detailed workout metrics including force curves and heart rate, and monitor fitness indicators like Watts-per-Beat. Sync your progress seamlessly with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Lab-grade ergometer conversion
  • Detailed force curve analysis
  • Heart rate graphing
  • Workout tracking and history
  • Fitness metrics (Watts-per-Beat, Watts-per-Kilogram)
  • Apple Health synchronization
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The SmartRow App (together with the SmartRow-conversion) will turn your WaterRower into a lab grade ergometer. It will not only show you power, distance, work-per-stroke, calories etc., it will show you each force-curve, heart rate graph and much, much more! It keeps track of your workouts, and even shows you well-known fitness metrics like 'Watts-per-Beat' and 'Watts-per-Kilogram'. It even syncs your workout data with Apple Health. This is the best training tool you can invest in—after hiring a coach, of course!

About

Holistic Cloud

Features
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One system. Five connected dimensions. 
  
Holistic Cloud is a self-development and reflection app for people who want to pursue meaningful goals regularly, understand progress in context, and decide what comes next with greater clarity. 
  
CHOOSE WHAT MATTERS 
  
Select a suggested goal or create your own. Connect each goal with the dimension that best represents its primary purpose: 
  
• Physical 
• Mental 
• Emotional 
• Intuitional 
• Existential 
  
You can also use the optional Personal Roadmap to reflect on your passions, values, purpose, current focus, vision, commitments, and expected benefits—or skip it and begin directly with a goal. 
  
BUILD REGULAR FOLLOW-THROUGH 
  
• Set optional reminders for your goals 
• Use the integrated timer for time-based activities 
• Create personal challenges or choose suggested challenges 
• Invite selected Holistic Cloud users, such as friends, to join a challenge 
  
A challenge is completed successfully only when you follow the chosen action on every day of its set period. At the end, the app shows whether the challenge was completed successfully. If it was not, you can choose to try again. 
  
SEE PROGRESS WITH CONTEXT 
  
Review your activity in daily, weekly, quarterly, and yearly views. See how your attention is distributed across the five dimensions without reducing personal development to a single score. 
Receive real-time insights from your current entries, progress, and emerging patterns as you use the app. 
Recommendations adapt to your behavior and prior use, evolving as you continue working with the app. 
  
You can optionally share selected progress with selected Holistic Cloud users, such as a friend or coach. Nothing is shared automatically, and a coach does not receive unrestricted access to your account. 
  
Holistic Cloud is not a public social network, public feed, or leaderboard. 
  
REFLECT AND REALIGN 
  
Use recurring reflection for shorter periods and Future Me as a dedicated year-end reflection. 
  
Look back at what supported you, what changed, what repeated, and what may deserve attention next. 
  
14 DAYS OF FULL ACCESS 
  
Register inside the app and explore every function for 14 days. 
  
• No credit card, PayPal, or other payment method required 
• No automatic renewal 
• No cancellation required 
  
After the trial, access ends automatically. You can then actively choose a monthly, quarterly, or yearly subscription—or stop using the app. You will not be charged unless you actively select and confirm a plan. 
  
WHY THE NAME? 
  
Holistic reflects how the five dimensions belong together. 
  
Cloud represents one shared digital space where your goals, progress, and reflection connect across them. 
  
FOUNDED FROM EXPERIENCE 
  
Holistic Cloud was founded by Kathy Syring, a former paratrooper, KOKORO Camp finisher, and Unbeatable Mind Coach. 
  
Her experience shaped the central idea behind the app: discipline and regular action matter, but sustainable self-development also needs context, reflection, and a wider view. 
  
Build consistency. Understand patterns. Choose what comes next. 
  
Holistic Cloud is a self-development and reflection app. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, therapy, or emergency support and does not replace qualified medical or mental-health care.  Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SmartRow4 screens
Holistic Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartRow at none against Holistic Cloud's 3. SmartRow also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Holistic Cloud sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. SmartRow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartRow ships an update every 2 months, Holistic Cloud every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SmartRow versus Holistic Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartRowHolistic Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErgometer Innovations B.V.Holistic Cloud

Bugs and requests

SmartRow

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes during long rows
  • Workout data not saving properly
  • Connectivity issues with Bluetooth devices
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Distance-based interval workouts
  • Audible cues and prompts during workouts
  • Ability to duplicate/sort custom workouts
  • Integration with Garmin devices
  • More advanced performance analytics
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  • Customizable heart rate zone settings

Holistic Cloud

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartRow

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Holistic Cloud

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Quarterly$24.993 Months
  • Holistic Cloud Yearly$89.991 Year

Questions

Is SmartRow free?
SmartRow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holistic Cloud free?
Holistic Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SmartRow or Holistic Cloud have ads?
Neither SmartRow nor Holistic Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartRow or Holistic Cloud?
SmartRow ships an update every 2 months, and Holistic Cloud every 6 weeks. Most recently, SmartRow was updated on October 5, 2026 and Holistic Cloud on September 19, 2026.

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