Row Forge vs Ergometer Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Row Forge
This app acts as a personal rowing trainer, offering personalized workouts and a scalable training program designed to improve your performance. It tracks your metrics and stats, providing targeted interval training and conditioning programs. Gamified elements like badges add a fun aspect to your fitness journey.
- Personalized signature workouts
- Targeted High Intensity Interval Training
- Effective conditioning program
- Eleven baseline tests
- Build a performance profile
- Earn badges
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FORGE A STRONGER ENGINE. Your Concept2 erg gives you numbers. Row Forge turns them into a personal training system: know where you stand, train with purpose, and see the progress. Connect your PM5 over Bluetooth and every session is captured as you row. Then Row Forge does what a spreadsheet never could. It tells you what the numbers mean and what to do next. MEET ROW FORGE INTELLIGENCE • Today's Workout — one clear session, chosen for you from your fitness tests, training history, and campaign progress, with the reasoning behind it. • Post-Workout Analysis — see what each workout meant and what to carry into the next one, grounded in the work Row Forge recorded. • Ask Row Forge — a training conversation that knows your history. Ask what to train, how a session went, or where to focus next. TRAIN WITH A SYSTEM Test. Train. Learn. Improve. Row Forge connects the pieces so every session has a place and a purpose. • Viking Power Profile — establish your baseline, see your strengths and biggest opportunities, and train to targets built from your own results. • Fitness Tests — benchmark the distances that matter and retest to measure the difference. • Signature Workouts — structured sessions with targets set to your ability. • HIIT — interval work with adaptive power targets that move with you. • Campaigns — training blocks that give every session a sequence and a purpose, from your first row to a stronger engine. • Free Row, Free Ski, and Free Cycle — build your own session on any Concept2 erg. • Live session view — watts, pace, stroke rate, heart rate, and interval targets in real time, with your Apple Watch along for the row. • Logbook — your complete performance history with analytics, achievements, and sync with your Concept2 Logbook. • Cold Impact — track cold exposure alongside your training and see how it relates to your rowing. BUILT FOR THE ERG Row Forge is made for Concept2 RowErg, SkiErg, and BikeErg with a PM5 monitor. Pair once and your erg data flows into the app automatically. Your account follows you across iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, and the web. BECOME A BETTER ATHLETE Rowing is a sport of honest numbers. Row Forge helps you understand them, act on them, and prove your progress against your own history. Whether you are chasing a faster 2K, building endurance, or rowing for a stronger life, you will know what to do today and why. MEMBERSHIP Free Row and your logbook are free. Row Forge membership unlocks Row Forge Intelligence, Viking Power Profile, personalized targets, Fitness Tests, Signature Workouts, HIIT, premium campaigns, and performance analytics. Monthly and semi-annual plans are available, and eligible new members can start with a 14-day trial. Membership is an auto-renewing subscription billed to your Apple ID. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://rowforge.com/privacy Train with purpose. Perform with confidence.
Ergometer Space
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Ergometer rowing app for concept2 PM5 The app support blue tooth for PM5. Features - Create your own dashboard with values and gauges and other widgets - Row together over the internet. (Alone or as a team) * See each other and projected positions * Publish a high score * Chat using text * Traffic light * login as observer to watch a race and collect the end times. * Row together as one team and race against other teams - Row in 3d or using an VR headset. - You can load your own map with a predefined course and show your rowing position on the map. - View your power curve and compare it with an base curve - Make your own base curve - View history of your race - Row stroke advisor which bases is based on the user defined base curve. - Get warnings when user defined stroke value limits are exceeded - Plugins (which you can create using the ergometer space website) - Share your power curve with other users. This way you can your train together over the internet. - Ad free and your data stays private. (this app is made for fun, not for making money) - Record an replay of all the ergometer data plus an optional video. The import/export function allows you to give this data to a coach for further analysis. - Test your condition in the 3d shark game - Spark lines in the value widgets to quickly see trends. - Connect to a blue tooth heart rate device or include the heart rate data from the concept2 performance monitor. - Show your heart rate as percentage of the total max rate or as graph in a heart rate zone widget. The zones and max heart rate are configurable. More information: https://tijmenvangulik.github.io/Ergometerspace/ You can also try the application online https://ergometer-space.org Some platforms have more features than the other (for example some have usb support). To help you make your choice: https://tijmenvangulik.github.io/Ergometerspace/FeatureTable.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ergometer Space at none against Row Forge's 6. Ergometer Space also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Row Forge sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Ergometer Space asks for nothing beyond the download.
Row Forge ships an update fortnightly, Ergometer Space every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Row Forge | Ergometer Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Row Forge LLC | Tijmen van Gulik |
In-app purchases
Row Forge
- Monthly1 Month trial$8.991 Month
- Row Monthly Subscription$29.991 Month
- Row Monthly with Two Week Trial14 Days trial$29.991 Month
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- Annual1 Month trial$89.991 Year
- Regular Six-Month Membership$143.996 Months
- Six-Months with Two Week Trial14 Days trial$143.996 Months
Ergometer Space
No in-app purchases
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