Comparison

asensei rowing vs Haven & Hold

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

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About

asensei rowing

Enhance your rowing performance with guided workouts from world-class athletes and AI coaching. Connect to compatible rowing machines for real-time analysis and personalized training programs designed to improve your technique and fitness.

Highlights
  • Personalized training programs
  • World-class athlete coaching
  • Real-time performance analysis
  • AI-driven technique correction
  • Hundreds of guided workouts
  • Compatibility with major rowing machines
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Workout with your Concept 2, Rogue Echo, WaterRower or FluidRower rowing machine. Be guided by world-class athletes and instructors. Follow structured training programs to improve yourself and your times or just choose your own workout. asensei customizes challenges to meet your capability and pushes you to your potential. asensei rowing guides and monitors your practice on and off your rowing machine. Hundreds of workouts, no need to plan - get a recommendation every time! Structured programs - build strength and fitness alongside skill and technique as you are guided, monitored and corrected by great coaches assisted by your personal AI coach, asensei. asensei rowing talks to the monitor on your rowing machine, analyzes your performance and uses that to inform your practice. Are you losing power at higher stroke rates? Are you losing length when you’re tired? Do you find it hard to hold lower stroke rates consistently? Are you rushing the recovery? Compensating for poor leg drive with over-use of your arms? asensei knows. And she’ll be sure to let you know. Practice. Perfected. FEATURES: PROGRAMS, PERSONALIZED: there's a program for you whether it's a 2km, 6km or 30min challenge you are looking for. Designed to challenge, improve and adapted for you. COACHING, UNPARALLELED: Some of the world´s best coaches. Olympic Gold Medalist Eric Murray, British Rowing, Johan Quie, Shane Farmer of Dark Horse Rowing. Watching, responding, adjusting, encouraging - just as they would live. ANALYSIS, DELIVERED: Row - record - watch - rewind - remember. asensei watches you move, as you move, responds in the moment and evaluates over time. PERFECT FOR: * Beginners - if you are new to rowing learn correct technique and be challenged as you workout. * Intermediate rowers - refresh your skills, learn new tips, get back into the groove and take things to the next level. * High-school or college athletes who wish to get win a seat in the boat, get recruited, or compete nationally and internationally. * Indoor Rowers or Crossfit (TM) athletes who wish to improve their indoor rowing technique and scores. * Getting fitter and stronger, the excitement of a studio fitness class and the attention of a personal trainer REQUIREMENTS: Requires a compatible rowing machine: * Concept 2 with a PM5 performance monitor * Rogue Echo Rower with Bluetooth * WaterRower with Bluetooth S4 monitor, S4+ComModule or NEW PowerPulley Performance Ergo * FluidRower with a Bluetooth console. We connect to the Health app to monitor heart rate on some workouts. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “I was fortunate enough to have great coaches from the very beginning of my rowing career. This meant I wasn’t taking thousands of bad rowing strokes, ingraining bad habits. The potential for asensei to provide quality feedback before bad habits are formed is really exciting", Helen Glover, 2x Olympic Gold Medallist and World #1 Rower. "Just when you thought (sports) technology couldn't get any cooler, along comes asensei", CBS Television "... the next frontier in the fitness tech revolution ... a wildly ambitious goal ... able to guide you through everything from form and recovery to metrics and goals while improving your individual results ... future of personal training", Men's Health Here's what users had to say: "someone keeping an eye on you the whole time is really cool because ... it keeps you honest, keeps you on track in a way that I don't think a coach normally can unless you are doing a one on one session, so it was the benefit of a one on one, with the class dynamic, which I really like!" "It's a cool product. I've never ever seen anything like that. In 5 minutes I learned how to row, I thought I was doing it right, but I wasn't" "(asensei) said don't worry there's a bunch of exercises I'm going to give to you afterwards that are going to help you on that. ... that's amazing. ... this is not just about now, it's like building a relationship."

About

Haven & Hold

Features
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Some days, the words you need most aren't easy to find. Haven & Hold is a quiet companion for the space between therapy sessions. Therapeutic quotes written with the depth and care of someone who's done the work, organized around three collections that meet you where you actually are. Completely free. No paywall, no subscription, no locked content. THERAPEUTIC QUOTE CARDS 15 quotes across three collections: Grounding (when everything feels unsteady), Wholeness (when you need to feel complete), and Growth (when you're ready to unfold). Each comes with a guided mantra, plus "Use this when" and "Remember this when" reflections that sit with you after the screen goes dark. GUIDED MANTRAS Every quote opens into a full Mantra View, where a short literary reflection unpacks what the words are really holding. Language that trusts your intelligence and stays with you longer than a notification. DAILY ANCHOR Choose your time, and one quote arrives each day as a push notification. A quiet moment of being held by language, delivered at the hour you need it most. EMOTIONAL CHECK-IN One tap each day: Grounding, Wholeness, or Growth. Your check-in shapes which quotes appear and builds a personal Emotional Map over time, a gentle mirror of what you've been needing. YOUR EMOTIONAL MAP A monthly calendar of your check-in history. Patterns without judgment. What you've needed, without being told what to do about it. SHARE & SAVE Save quotes that hold you and share them with the people who need them. Every shared card is a tiny act of care. BUILT FOR WOMEN IN THERAPY (AND EVERYONE ELSE) Built for women who find most wellness apps insulting to their intelligence. You don't have to be in therapy to need words that hold you without telling you what to do. If that sounds like something you've been looking for, this is your space. WHAT THIS IS NOT - Not a meditation app (Calm and Headspace do that well) - Not a mood tracker demanding daily data - Not an affirmation generator with stock sunset photos - Not a habit tracker with streaks and badges One quiet moment per day of being held by language. That's all. FROM THE STUDIO Haven & Hold is a therapeutic wall art print studio. "Quiet anchors for turbulent minds." The app brings that same care from your walls to your phone, and when a quote holds you, you can bring it home as a print. Your phone can hold you now.

Screenshots

asensei rowing4 screens
Haven & Hold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Haven & Hold at none against asensei rowing's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
asensei rowing versus Haven & Hold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterasensei rowingHaven & Hold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASensei IncDANIEL KEITH VOLKENS

Bugs and requests

asensei rowing

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent pace and split time calculations
  • Workout history not saving properly
  • Bluetooth connectivity problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to select and customize workout programs
  • Integration with Apple Health and Strava
  • More detailed performance analytics and progress tracking
  • Live/virtual rowing classes and competitions
  • Support for more rowing machine models

Haven & Hold

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

asensei rowing

No in-app purchases

None

Haven & Hold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is asensei rowing free?
asensei rowing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haven & Hold free?
Haven & Hold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do asensei rowing or Haven & Hold have ads?
asensei rowing shows ads; Haven & Hold does not.

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