Comparison

ErgZone vs Haven & Hold

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

Head to head
About

ErgZone

Optimize indoor training with real-time performance data, personalized pacing, and engaging challenges. Seamlessly integrates with various fitness machines, automating setup and providing critical metrics to enhance your workouts.

Highlights
  • Easy monitor setup
  • Live performance metrics
  • Smart interval pacing
  • Real-time workout alerts
  • Workout variety options
  • Performance history tracking
  • Community challenges
Features
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ErgZone is a cutting-edge fitness platform designed to optimize your indoor training sessions. By seamlessly integrating with your Concept2, RP3, Rogue, WaterRower, Assault Fitness or FTMS-enabled machines, ErgZone provides real-time performance data, personalized pacing, and engaging challenges to push your limits. Why Choose ErgZone? Designed to streamline your training, ErgZone minimizes setup time, automates monitor configurations, and calculates critical metrics so you can focus on performance, not prep. Key Features: • Easy Monitor Setup: No need to manually set intervals – simply connect to the ergometer, and the app handles the rest. Start moving right away. • Live Metrics: View real-time data during workouts, including time, distance, pace, strokes/minute (SPM), calories, watts, heart rate (HR) zones, and more. • Smart Interval Pacing: Suggested pace per interval based on personal benchmarks (1K, 2K, 5K for rowing and skiing; 2K, 4K, 10K for cycling). • Real-Time Alerts: Instant feedback if your pace, SPM, or split time drifts from the target. • Workout Variety: Options to train by time, distance, or calories with flexibility for mixed or weighted workouts. • Daily Workouts: Access the Concept2 Workout of the Day, plus discover workouts and training plans from top coaches. • Performance History: Save your favorite workouts, track heart rate progress, and monitor key metrics. • Compete & Connect: Join challenges, follow ErgFlix workouts, and interact with our partner coaches who release weekly free workouts. • Beyond Default Metrics: Track advanced metrics like stroke count, drag factor (DF), calories, watts, SPI, HR zones, and more. • Automatic Syncing: Results are automatically uploaded to the Concept2 LogBook. Unlock ErgZone+ for Premium Tools: • Enhanced Metrics & Graphs: View each interval's post-workout heart rate and power zones in a single graph. • Expanded Metrics: Access Drive Length, Max Power, Avg. Force, Force Curve, and more. The app remembers your last-used metrics for easy setup. • Time Cap & AMRAP: For added versatility, use automatic time-capped workouts and AMRAP (as many rounds as possible). • Flexible Targets: Set workout intensity using power metrics like FTP (Functional Threshold Power), SPI, or Watts percentage. • ReRow, ReSki, ReRide: Revisit previous sessions and strive to beat your pace or time. • Communities: Create and join communities, share workouts, and engage with friends. Enable leaderboards for a fun, competitive edge. • Apple Health Integration: Sync workouts and heart rate data directly to Apple Health. • Heart Rate Monitor: Connect your favorite Bluetooth HRM to track your heart rate in real-time during workouts. • Web Dashboard: Manage workouts, schedule training, and view live stats on a computer. • MultiErg Workouts: Create custom workouts incorporating two or all three Concept2 machines in a single workout. • Dynamic Interval Intensity: Set workout pace based on a previous interval. • Apple Watch Integration: Capture heart rate data from our Apple Watch app. • Organize Your Training: Create groups, libraries, and training plans to manage better and organize your workouts. • FIT Workouts: Track non-erg workouts such as weight training, HYROX, CrossFit, etc. Requirements: • Supported Machines: Concept2 RowErg, BikeErg, SkiErg with PM5, RP3 Rower, Rogue Echo Bike or Rower, WaterRower S4 (with ComModule or CR BLE), FTMS-enabled machines. • Device: iPhone or iPad Terms of Use: https://www.erg.zone/terms

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

ErgZone4 screens
Haven & Hold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Haven & Hold at none against ErgZone's 2. ErgZone's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ErgZone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Haven & Hold asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ErgZone versus Haven & Hold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterErgZoneHaven & Hold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (458 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings458 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperERGZONE LLCDANIEL KEITH VOLKENS

Bugs and requests

ErgZone

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Heart monitor sync issues with Samsung Galaxy watch
  • Workouts not appearing in logbook when connected to ErgData
  • Inaccurate total time in uploads
  • Rest distance not included in Strava upload
  • Group membership premium features unclear
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  • Workouts not shown chronologically
  • Occasional hesitation to connect to PM5
  • Cannot figure out how to connect to PM5
  • Workout completion and upload to logbook could be more intuitive

Requested features

7 requests
  • Sync with Samsung Galaxy watch
  • Add a beep function for interval changes
  • Confirmation pop-up for unsaved workout changes
  • Require unique names for workouts
  • Apple Health integration
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  • Native Apple Health synchronization
  • Sharing with Apple Health

Haven & Hold

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ErgZone

Subscriptions2
  • EZ+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • EZ+ Annual$49.991 Year
None

Haven & Hold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ErgZone free?
ErgZone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Haven & Hold free?
Haven & Hold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ErgZone or Haven & Hold have ads?
Neither ErgZone nor Haven & Hold shows ads.

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