RowHero vs CrewLAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RowHero
This app provides stroke-by-stroke rowing performance data for athletes and coaches, storing results indefinitely. It offers insights into technique and fitness to help users improve their rowing speed and performance.
- Stroke-by-stroke erg results
- Wireless Concept2 PM5 connection
- Permanent workout storage
- Stroke length and potential split metrics
- Personalized improvement insights
- Team performance comparison
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Coaches: get 100% accurate, stroke-by-stroke erg results for your team, stored forever Here's how it works: • Before a workout, every athlete quickly connects RowHero to their Concept2 PM5. It's all wireless. • Every piece/interval result then gets sent directly to your app at the end of every piece. • You get access to everything you're used to, plus stroke-by-stroke breakdown of every piece, and new metrics like stroke length and potential split. And because workouts are saved forever, so you get to see your team's progress over time without trying to put together the right set of spreadsheets every single time. Rank results by raw speed or performance improvement to provide opportunities for everyone to shine. Athletes, find personalized ways to get faster As a former youth coach, my goal is to help you be the best competitive rower you can be. Here's what RowHero can do for you: • Never have to wonder about your 2K or 6K PR again. It's all right in the app for you. • Getting faster is all about understanding where you have the biggest area to grow: technique, fitness, and mindset. RowHero can help you identify where to focus based on its stroke length and potential speed metrics. • When you row with a team you can automatically you see how you stack up against others, so you can use your teammates as motivation to keep pushing for more. Stats are only part of the equation, but if you're driven to improve, you can build your confidence tremendously with what RowHero shares with you. Are you in? Questions, feedback, suggestions? Check out our website https://rowhero.com or contact us at support@rowhero.com. We are very open to helping you create the rowing data solution you need!
CrewLAB
This platform streamlines sports club management by integrating registrations, payments, waivers, and communication for program directors, coaches, athletes, and parents. It offers a centralized dashboard for oversight and automates administrative tasks, reducing manual effort.
- Club-wide management dashboard
- Automated payment collection
- Digital waiver signing
- Multi-team oversight
- SafeSport-compliant communication
- Coaching and performance tools
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Running a multi-team sports club means managing coaches, athletes, parents, budgets, and registrations — often across spreadsheets, group chats, and paper forms. CrewLAB replaces that patchwork with one fully integrated platform built for program directors, club presidents, and treasurers who need to run a bigger operation without adding more overhead. CLUB-WIDE MANAGEMENT CrewLAB gives you a real-time view across every team in your organization. Collect payments, manage registrations, track attendance, and oversee rosters from a single club dashboard. When registration season opens, athletes and parents complete the entire onboarding flow — registration form, digital waiver, and payment — in one place, on their phone. PAYMENTS & REGISTRATION Stop chasing dues. CrewLAB handles payment collection across all your programs with automated reminders, real-time tracking, and reconciliation built in. Accept fees, deposits, and seasonal registrations digitally. Know exactly who has paid, who hasn't—without a single spreadsheet. DIGITAL WAIVERS Send, collect, and store legally binding digital waivers directly within the platform. Every waiver is tied to the athlete's profile, timestamped, and accessible from anywhere—so your club is covered for liability at an organizational level, not just team by team. MULTI-TEAM OVERSIGHT Whether you run 2 teams or 20, CrewLAB scales with you. Each coach manages their own team — lineups, attendance, workouts, and communication — while program directors retain visibility across the whole club. No more being blindsided by what's happening in a program you don't directly oversee. SAFESPORT-COMPLIANT COMMUNICATION All team and club communication happens inside CrewLAB's built-in chat and calendar — one auditable, compliant record across every team. For clubs managing SafeSport obligations and board reporting, this isn't just a communication feature. It's a governance layer. COACHING & PERFORMANCE TOOLS CrewLAB connects club administration directly to coaching. Coaches access workouts, lineups, attendance, athlete wellness check-ins, and performance analytics — all in the same platform where they collect payments and manage rosters. No switching apps or data silos. FOR EVERY ROLE IN YOUR CLUB - Program Directors & Club Presidents: Club dashboard, financial reporting, cross-team visibility, waivers - Treasurers: Real-time payment tracking, registration revenue, automated reminders - Head Coaches: Team management, athlete wellness, attendance, athlete communication - Athletes & Parents: Registration, payment, scheduling, team chat — all in one app BUILT FOR MULTI-PROGRAM CLUBS CrewLAB is purpose-built for clubs running multiple programs — rowing clubs, swim teams, running programs, and more. If you're managing 50+ athletes across 3 or more teams and your admin workload grows every season, CrewLAB is designed for you. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service available at crewlab.io
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CrewLAB at none against RowHero's shown. CrewLAB also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). RowHero's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RowHero holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 99 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RowHero's written reviews are positive against 76% of CrewLAB's.
RowHero ships an update every 3 weeks, CrewLAB daily. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | RowHero | CrewLAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better | 4.4 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RowHero, LLC | CrewLAB Inc. |
Customer experience
RowHero
CrewLAB
In-app purchases
RowHero
No in-app purchases
CrewLAB
No in-app purchases







