Comparison

Ergometer Space vs Afoot

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

Head to head
About

Ergometer Space

Features
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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

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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€” it’s 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 you’ve 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.

Screenshots

Ergometer Space3 screens
Afoot4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Ergometer Space versus Afoot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterErgometer SpaceAfoot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size64 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTijmen van GulikHyunjin Shin

In-app purchases

None

Ergometer Space

No in-app purchases

None

Afoot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ergometer Space free?
Ergometer Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Afoot free?
Afoot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ergometer Space or Afoot have ads?
Neither Ergometer Space nor Afoot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ergometer Space or Afoot?
Ergometer Space ships an update every 6 days, and Afoot every 2 months. Most recently, Ergometer Space was updated on September 21, 2026 and Afoot on September 22, 2026.

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