Comparison

ErgZone vs Staka

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

Staka

This app allows you to ski real trails on your SkiErg machine. Compete for top ranks, explore at your own pace, and follow guided workouts designed for nordic skiers. Track your power, pace, and heart rate to improve your performance.

Highlights
  • Virtual trail skiing
  • Competitive racing
  • Guided nordic workouts
  • Performance tracking
  • FTP testing
  • Free to use
Features
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But someone else may be faster than you. Compete for KOMs. Free ski. Race to improve your rank. FREE SKI Explore the trail network at your own pace, or chase the segment records. WORKOUTS The sessions nordic skiers actually do. Intensity 1, threshold intervals and sprints, guided on screen with power targets based on your FTP. Find yours with a 20-minute test. TRAIN Every session ends with the numbers. Power, pace, heart rate zones and your peak efforts. RACE About ten minutes per race. Run them back to back like intervals to improve your rank. Races go off every 15 mins. Staka is free. WHAT YOU NEED A SkiErg, and an iPhone or iPad. A heart rate strap is optional.

Screenshots

ErgZone4 screens
Staka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Staka at none against ErgZone's 2. Staka also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). ErgZone's advantage is ratings volume (505 vs 6) and device support (4 vs 2). 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. Staka asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Staka holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ErgZone has 505 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of ErgZone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Staka's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ErgZone ships an update every 2 months, Staka fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ErgZone versus Staka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterErgZoneStaka
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (505 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings505 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB256 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperERGZONE LLCStaka, LLC

Customer experience

ErgZone

All ratings458 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative14.5%

Staka

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Staka

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

Staka

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ErgZone free?
ErgZone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Staka free?
Staka is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ErgZone or Staka?
Staka is rated higher. ErgZone averages 4.8 out of 5 from 505 ratings, while Staka averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do ErgZone or Staka have ads?
Neither ErgZone nor Staka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ErgZone or Staka?
ErgZone ships an update every 2 months, and Staka fortnightly. Most recently, ErgZone was updated on November 6, 2026 and Staka on November 5, 2026.

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