ScullingCoach vs Arcade Rowing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScullingCoach
This rowing application tracks your performance with metrics like 500-meter pace and strokes per minute. It offers map display for workouts and allows exporting data in GPX or CSV formats. All logged workouts are saved and presented with split times.
- 500 meter pace tracking
- Strokes per minute/Stroke Count
- Map workout display
- Export workout data (GPX/CSV)
- Workout history and results
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ScullingCoach is a free rowing app that features: 500 meter pace Strokes per minute/Stroke Count Map workout display. Export workout as gpx or csv file via e-mail ScullingCoach will save all workouts and display results in 1k and 500 meter splits.
Arcade Rowing
Engage in interactive rowing experiences by connecting to your rowing machine. Compete in real-time with rowers globally, play unique rowing games, and track your fitness progress. Explore virtual worlds or a social display of fellow rowers.
- Real-time global rowing social connection
- Interactive rowing games
- Progress tracking
- Competitive leaderboards
- Virtual world environments
- Social display of rowers
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Arcade Rowing connects to the PM5 on your rowing machine to row socially, play games and track your progress. See rowers from around the world in real time as you row. Compare your efforts to others. See how you rank and see other's workouts. Also, new rowing games unlike anything you've seen before. Shoot enemies by pulling hard and race against enemies! Choose a simple track or immersive virtual worlds! Also choose to simply see a display of everyone rowing along with their photo, location, age, distance and pace.... its a virtual rowing arcade on your device!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arcade Rowing at 5.0 against ScullingCoach's 4.0. Arcade Rowing also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). ScullingCoach's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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.
Arcade Rowing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
ScullingCoach ships an update every 5 months, Arcade Rowing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScullingCoach | Arcade Rowing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Charles Barden | Cyborg Syndicate, LLC |
Customer experience
ScullingCoach
Arcade Rowing
In-app purchases
ScullingCoach
No in-app purchases
Arcade Rowing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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