Ergometer Space vs Afoot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Ergometer Space
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Ergometer rowing app for concept2 PM5 The app support blue tooth for PM5. Features - Create your own dashboard with values and gauges and other widgets - Row together over the internet. (Alone or as a team) * See each other and projected positions * Publish a high score * Chat using text * Traffic light * login as observer to watch a race and collect the end times. * Row together as one team and race against other teams - Row in 3d or using an VR headset. - You can load your own map with a predefined course and show your rowing position on the map. - View your power curve and compare it with an base curve - Make your own base curve - View history of your race - Row stroke advisor which bases is based on the user defined base curve. - Get warnings when user defined stroke value limits are exceeded - Plugins (which you can create using the ergometer space website) - Share your power curve with other users. This way you can your train together over the internet. - Ad free and your data stays private. (this app is made for fun, not for making money) - Record an replay of all the ergometer data plus an optional video. The import/export function allows you to give this data to a coach for further analysis. - Test your condition in the 3d shark game - Spark lines in the value widgets to quickly see trends. - Connect to a blue tooth heart rate device or include the heart rate data from the concept2 performance monitor. - Show your heart rate as percentage of the total max rate or as graph in a heart rate zone widget. The zones and max heart rate are configurable. More information: https://tijmenvangulik.github.io/Ergometerspace/ You can also try the application online https://ergometer-space.org Some platforms have more features than the other (for example some have usb support). To help you make your choice: https://tijmenvangulik.github.io/Ergometerspace/FeatureTable.html
Afoot
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Ever finished a walk and realised you forgot to press start? Start Afoot once and it records your day for you β telling walking, running, cycling, and driving apart on its own. No account, no server: everything stays on your device. β Records without pressing start - Tap Start once; Afoot keeps recording in the background until you stop it or the device sits still for 2 hours - Tells walking, running, cycling, and driving apart from speed and motion sensors - Trips on the water β a ferry, a river crossing β show as a boat - Detects the rests in between and splits your day into activities - Notifies you each time an activity is recorded, and if a recording stops β Wrong? Fix it in two taps - Split, merge, and re-type any activity right on the timeline - Clean up whatever the automatic classifier missed β itβs your record β Replay it on a map - Colour-coded routes per activity on the map - Choose a route colour gradient and out-and-back sections stay distinguishable from start to finish - Scrub the speed and elevation graphs to see the value and position at any point - Distance, average/max speed, steps, flights, and pressure at a glance β Group activities into collections - Keep related activities β a trip, a route you repeat β together under one name - See every activity in a collection on one map, each in its own colour - Add from the Activities tab, or pick activities from inside the collection β Move through your history fast - A density strip shows how much you moved on every recorded day - Jump back a day, a week, or a month β or pick any date from the calendar - Filter by walking, running, hiking, cycling, or driving β Your data stays yours - No account, no login, no server β everything stays on this device - No ads, no tracking, no analytics SDKs - Lock the app with Face ID or a 6-digit passcode - GPX import, and GPX export of the activity youβve selected β take your data anywhere β Built with battery in mind - Location is used only while a recording session is running - The system pauses updates automatically when you stop moving - After 2 hours without movement, recording stops itself and tells you Afoot keeps your movement yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ergometer Space at every 6 days against Afoot's every 2 months. Ergometer Space also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ergometer Space ships an update every 6 days, Afoot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ergometer Space | Afoot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days β better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tijmen van Gulik | Hyunjin Shin |
In-app purchases
Ergometer Space
No in-app purchases
Afoot
No in-app purchases









