Ludum vs iCrew Rowing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ludum
Access your entire training program, data, and team communications in one centralized mobile platform. Track sessions, monitor progress, and import data from popular devices to optimize athletic performance.
- View training programs
- Write training programs
- Track session data
- Add scores for sessions
- Collect morning monitoring
- Team communication
- Import data from Garmin, Polar, Suunto
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Access all your Ludum data from your phone. Ludum is the first to bring your training program, data and communication in one place, helping teams go faster. With the Ludum mobile app you can: See your training program from anywhere Write your training program View and training data for your session Add Scores for Ergo Sessions Add Scores for Water Sessions (coaches only) Collect your morning monitoring Communicate with your team through session walls Import your data from Garmin, Polar or Suunto Get a rowing specific training load
iCrew Rowing
Manage rowing team activities, documents, and payments. Track practice attendance, view boat lineups, and monitor test results. Stay organized with session notes and payment status.
- Practice check-in/out
- Attendance tracking
- Boat line-up history
- Test result viewing
- Document status tracking
- Payment status viewing
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iCrew is an application to help rowing crews manage team activities, documents, payments, and more. With iCrew you can: Check in and out of practice sessions online View attendance and boat line-up history View your test results Schedule "days away" from practice View your documents status and expiration date Keep notes on every session View outstanding payments And More!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iCrew Rowing at 100% against Ludum's 22%. iCrew Rowing also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Ludum's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ludum holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 30 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of Ludum's written reviews are positive against 100% of iCrew Rowing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ludum | iCrew Rowing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (19 ratings) — better | 3.6 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Endurance Sports Research Ltd | Equussentials, LLC |
Customer experience
Ludum
iCrew Rowing
In-app purchases
Ludum
No in-app purchases
iCrew Rowing
No in-app purchases
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