The Rowing App vs Ghoolf Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Rowing App
This app provides rowers and coaches with essential tools to manage fleets, track rosters, build lineups, and record workouts. It includes a pace calculator, VO2max calculator, multiple stopwatches, and a stroke rate timer to enhance training and performance analysis.
- Fleet and roster management
- Daily lineup building
- Workout recording
- Pace calculator
- VO2max calculator
- Stroke rate timer
- Erg scanner
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The Rowing App is the all-in-one app for rowers and coaches, created by former U.S. Junior National Team coxswain Wyatt Harrell. Whether you’re on the water, in the boathouse, or on the erg, The Rowing App provides the tools you need to perform at your best. Calculate pace, monitor stroke rate, run stopwatches, and more. Coaches can manage athletes, organize boats, build daily lineups, and record workouts all in one place. Features: • Manage Your Fleet - Add fleet info from your entire boathouse into the app. Log information like boat class, rig, length, notes, and more • Track Your Roster - Keep track of your rowers within the app. Record information like position, height, weight, contact info, notes, and more • Build Daily Lineups - Select from your fleet and roster to build daily lineups with ease • Share Lineups - Export as images and send directly to your rowers and coaching staff • Record Workouts - Easily log a workout for a rower or an entire lineup. Add notes to keep track of how they performed Coaching Tools: • Pace Calculator - Easily switch between calculating pace, distance, or 500m split given a pair of values • VO₂max Calculator - Measure your rower's capacity for aerobic work by calculating the amount of oxygen their body is capable of utilizing in one minute • Stopwatches - Add and run multiple stopwatches at a time. One for every boat you have at the starting line • Stroke Rate Timer (SPM) - Keep your eyes on the boat and not your phone. Tap anywhere on the screen to record a stroke • Metronome - Set a desired stroke rate to hear audible cues while you're on the erg or in the boat • Watts Converter - Determine power in watts or average pace per 500 meters when converting from watts to pace • Weight Adjustment Calculator - Compare your athlete's potential in a measurable way by taking into account their body weight • Erg Scanner - Scan and export workout data from multiple Concept 2 monitors at a time Subscription Information: If you purchase a Gold Medal Standard subscription, payment will be charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by visiting your subscriptions in the Settings app. Privacy Policy: https://therowingapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://therowingapp.com/terms
Ghoolf Book
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Ghoolf Book keeps golf days together: scoring, friends, tee times, tournaments, and Money Games in one focused app. Start a round, choose a course and tee, invite your group, and keep every scorecard clear from the first tee to the final putt. LIVE GROUP SCORING Play solo or with a group. Follow every hole with a clean live scorecard, play-order navigation, stroke index, course handicap, strokes received, and support for 9-hole and 18-hole rounds. FORMATS THAT FIT THE ROUND Score Stroke Play, Stableford, Singles or Pairs Match Play, and Skins, with optional Sixes for casual groups. Choose full-handicap or off-low stroke allocation where applicable, with the selected rule shown in setup and summaries. MONEY GAMES Track Skins stakes and settle up with your group. Ghoolf shows pairwise statements, records what players say was paid, and keeps an auditable history. Ghoolf never accepts deposits, processes payments, initiates transfers, provides payment links, acts as the house, or takes a fee. Any payment happens outside Ghoolf. FRIENDS AND TEE TIMES Find golfers by friend code or, only with permission, match selected phone contacts. Post tee times, invite friends, see when friends are playing, and follow live rounds as a read-only spectator. FRIENDS-ONLY SOCIAL Share golf photos and round moments with friends. React to posts, report concerns, block accounts, and delete your own posts. TOURNAMENT TOOLS Create and manage golf events with flights, pairings, tee sheets, handicap rules, Four-Ball pairs, Team Best Ball, share links, and live standings. Follow each round from setup through the final leaderboard. COURSE DISCOVERY Search the course catalog or allow location while using the app to find nearby courses. Course lists load from cache first and refresh quietly. BUILT FOR THE COURSE Use light or dark mode, responsive iPhone and iPad layouts, clear outdoor contrast, and accessible score controls. Demo Mode lets you explore the core experience before creating an account. Ghoolf Book is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ghoolf Book at none against The Rowing App's 4. Ghoolf Book also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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. The Rowing App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ghoolf Book asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Rowing App ships an update every 3 weeks, Ghoolf Book every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Rowing App | Ghoolf Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wyatt Harrell | Ghoolf |
In-app purchases
The Rowing App
- Gold Medal Standard Monthly$2.991 Month
- Gold Medal Standard Monthly$4.991 Month
- Gold Medal Standard Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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- Gold Medal Standard Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Ghoolf Book
No in-app purchases
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