Comparison

EXR | Virtual indoor rowing vs Kinoment

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

Head to head
About

EXR | Virtual indoor rowing

Connect your rowing machine to explore virtual worlds and boost your fitness. Engage in challenges, races, and minigames to achieve your goals and compete globally. Analyze your performance with detailed reports and sync your data with popular fitness platforms.

Highlights
  • Row in virtual worlds
  • Beat challenges and goals
  • Race against global users
  • Play minigames
  • Analyze performance reports
  • Sync with Strava and TrainingPeaks
  • Connect FTMS Bluetooth rowers
Features
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Connect your rowing machine to row in virtual worlds. Boost your motivation as you beat challenges, crush goals and race to become #1. Row more than ever before with EXR! ___ Download the virtual indoor rowing app created by the award-winning game development studio Salty Lemon Entertainment. BOOST YOUR WORKOUT MOTIVATION - Explore real rowing hotspots and new courses - Beat daily, weekly and monthly challenges - Create and crush custom goals - Unlock achievements - Level up to unlock gear for your avatar SPICE UP YOUR ROWING ROUTINE - Row alongside friends at your own pace in Just Row - Race against rowers from all across the globe - Compete against your PR with ghost boats - Play minigames and become #1 TRAIN LIKE A CHAMP - Find out your FTP score with the ramp test and the 20-minute test - 100+ workouts based on your fitness level and 3 difficulty levels - Workouts created by the trainer of ex-indoor rowing champion Ward Lemmelijn ANALYZE & SHARE YOUR PROGRESS - Analyze your performance with detailed reports - Sync to Concept2 logbook, TrainingPeaks and Strava. - Visit your EXR web profile to download your workout data as FIT files for manual uploads. EASILY CONNECT YOUR GEAR - Connect your FTMS Bluetooth rowing machine in a few clicks. - Add your heart rate monitor for extra data (compatible with Apple Health). - Use EXR cross-platform on your favorite Apple devices. JOIN ONE OF THE BIGGEST VIRTUAL ROWING COMMUNITIES - “Never rowed as much in a period as I have with EXR.” - “I really like the Buoy Blast minigame! Real motivator for sprint rowing.” - “Works great and excellent motivator, customer service is great also.” - “I love all of the data the app collects and how easy it is to use.” - “EXR is the best app I have used and I think I have tried most of them. Absolutely love it.” GET STARTED IN 3 QUICK STEPS 1. Download the EXR app now on your iPhone, iPad, MacBook and Apple TV. 2. Enjoy a risk-free 14-day free trial by creating your free EXR account. 3. Connect your rowing machine and heart rate monitor and you’re ready to start your virtual rowing journey! A subscription is required after the 14 day trial period EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kinoment

Features
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Kinoment shows live metrics from your Bluetooth fitness machine and saves your workouts to Apple Health and Fitness. See power, cadence, speed, distance, pace or calories depending on what your bike, treadmill, rower or elliptical trainer sends. On Apple Watch, Kinoment adds your heart rate to the workout. If the machine provides heart rate too, you choose the source. The app works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch with no Kinoment account. Data stays on your devices and in Apple Health. A shareable diagnostic helps us investigate unsupported machines without including workout metrics. Live metrics from your machine are free, with no limit. Your first ten workouts are also added to Health and Fitness. After that, a one-time purchase with no subscription adds every workout to Health and Fitness and unlocks complete history with CSV export. Compatibility depends on the Bluetooth data sent by each machine. Tested devices and support are available at kinoment.com.

Screenshots

EXR | Virtual indoor rowing4 screens
Kinoment4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kinoment at every 5 days against EXR | Virtual indoor rowing's fortnightly. EXR | Virtual indoor rowing's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EXR | Virtual indoor rowing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.95 per month and Kinoment sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EXR | Virtual indoor rowing ships an update fortnightly, Kinoment every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EXR | Virtual indoor rowing versus Kinoment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEXR | Virtual indoor rowingKinoment
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (299 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings299 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size921 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalty Lemon EntertainmentEpacus

Bugs and requests

EXR | Virtual indoor rowing

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Account creation and login issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Inaccurate data sync with Concept2
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Live multiplayer races
  • More training programs and maps
  • Customizable workout editor
  • Age-based leaderboards
  • 360-degree live footage

Kinoment

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EXR | Virtual indoor rowing

Subscriptions3
  • EXR (1 Month)$14.951 Month
  • EXR (6 Months)$65.906 Months
  • EXR (1 Year)$119.991 Year
1 purchases

Kinoment

One-time1
  • Kinoment Full$5.99

Questions

Is EXR | Virtual indoor rowing free?
EXR | Virtual indoor rowing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kinoment free?
Kinoment is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EXR | Virtual indoor rowing or Kinoment have ads?
Neither EXR | Virtual indoor rowing nor Kinoment shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EXR | Virtual indoor rowing or Kinoment?
EXR | Virtual indoor rowing ships an update fortnightly, and Kinoment every 5 days. Most recently, EXR | Virtual indoor rowing was updated on November 11, 2026 and Kinoment on November 6, 2026.

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