Comparison

asensei rowing vs RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

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

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

This platform connects to rowing and cycling machines via Bluetooth to automatically log workouts. It provides athletes with live performance data, historical analysis, and readiness scores. Coaches can monitor team progress, build training plans, and review technique videos.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth PM5 connection
  • Live performance metrics
  • Full workout history
  • Readiness scoring
  • Strava & Concept2 Logbook export
  • Coach training plan tools
  • Athlete technique video review
Features
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RowIQ is the rowing training app that connects to your Concept2 PM5 over Bluetooth. Log every stroke on the RowErg or BikeErg, see your force curve live, and get coaching built on your own data. Athletes train smarter. Coaches see the whole squad live. CONNECTS TO YOUR CONCEPT2 • Pairs with the PM5 monitor over Bluetooth — RowErg and BikeErg • Live split, pace, watts, stroke rate, distance, calories and heart rate • Load a planned workout onto the PM5 with one tap, or just row • The monitor is the source of truth: your debrief matches the PM5's own summary SEE THE SHAPE OF YOUR STROKE • Force curve drawn live on every stroke (RowErg) • Shape a target Optimal Force Curve and row against it with a live accuracy score • Debrief: your average curve vs. target, peak timing, stroke length and a cue for next time VIRTUAL COXSWAIN • Set a goal split, a stroke rate, or both before you row • Spoken pace calls tell you the split to hold, easing off when you're ahead and picking up when you fade • Works on single distance or time pieces on the RowErg AI COACH • Ask a coach that has your training history in front of it • Smart Plans: a personalised training plan from your goal, 2K, race date and weekly availability • Readiness from Apple Health — HRV, resting heart rate and sleep — combined with training load • Plain-English insights after every piece and weekly recaps TRAIN AND TRACK • Coach-assigned, built-in, self-built and AI-generated plans on a calendar • Full history with splits, stroke trends and force curves; personal records by distance, time and interval format • Fitness vs. fatigue, weekly effort and progress trends • Lift tracking, Erg Engine stroke video analysis, friend races and a community meters leaderboard SYNC EVERYWHERE • Automatic upload to the Concept2 Logbook with per-split and per-interval data • Strava export with the full stream • Bluetooth heart-rate straps and armbands connect directly to RowIQ FOR COACHES • Link athletes with an invite link or coach code • Live race board: every athlete's split, rate and force curve in real time • Build and publish training plans, push a workout straight to an athlete's erg • Team roster with readiness, weekly meters and compliance; Film Room technique video review • Coach web dashboard at rowiqapp.com COMPATIBILITY Concept2 PM5 over Bluetooth on the RowErg and BikeErg. The SkiErg and the older PM3/PM4 monitors are not supported. Requires iPhone with iOS 17 or later. APPLE HEALTH RowIQ reads HRV, resting heart rate and sleep from Apple Health to calculate daily readiness. Your health data is never used for advertising or shared with third parties. SUBSCRIPTION RowIQ is free to download and use for basic workout logging. RowIQ Premium unlocks the AI coach and Smart Plans, Virtual Coxswain live coaching, advanced analytics, the Optimal Force Curve comparison, premium training plans, video review and the full weekly calendar. • Monthly and annual plans available RowIQ Premium subscription terms: Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial for RowIQ Premium. After the free trial ends, the subscription automatically renews at the price shown at purchase unless canceled. RowIQ Premium is available monthly or annually. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase or, when a free trial applies, after the free trial period ends. To avoid being charged, turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial or current subscription period. Subscriptions, renewals, cancellations and refunds are managed by Apple. Terms of Use: https://rowiqapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://rowiqapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

asensei rowing4 screens
RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: asensei rowing at none against RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach's 5. asensei rowing also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (4K vs 14). RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. asensei rowing asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

asensei rowing holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: asensei rowing has 4K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of asensei rowing's written reviews are positive against 100% of RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

asensei rowing ships an update every 2 months, RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
asensei rowing versus RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterasensei rowingRowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4K ratings) — better4.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperASensei IncRowIQ LLC

Customer experience

asensei rowing

All ratings4,030 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative14.1%

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

asensei rowing

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

Subscriptions5
  • RowIQ Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • RowIQ Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Influencer Coach Access Premium$89.991 Month
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  • Row IQ Premium7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Influencer Coach Access$99.991 Month

Questions

Is asensei rowing free?
asensei rowing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach free?
RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, asensei rowing or RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach?
asensei rowing is rated higher. asensei rowing averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach averages 4.4 from 14 ratings.
Do asensei rowing or RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach have ads?
Both asensei rowing and RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach show ads.
Which is updated more often, asensei rowing or RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach?
asensei rowing ships an update every 2 months, and RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach every 3 days. Most recently, asensei rowing was updated on October 7, 2026 and RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach on October 20, 2026.

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