Rowr vs Arcade Rowing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rowr
This app connects to your indoor rowing machine to offer guided workouts and challenges. Experience virtual rowing with videos of real locations, designed by expert coaches to enhance your fitness.
- Connects to indoor rowing machines
- Virtual rowing video experiences
- Coach-designed workouts
- Individual fitness challenges
- Supports Concept II rowers
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Row'r connects to your indoor rowing machine to provide workouts and individual challenges to improve your rowing times or general fitness. Row'r uses video of real rowing sites to transport you around the world, while still in your basement, garage, or gym. Workouts and training programs are designed by real coaches and competitive rowers. Rowers currently supported: Concept II
Arcade Rowing
Engage in interactive rowing experiences by connecting to your rowing machine. Compete in real-time with rowers globally, play unique rowing games, and track your fitness progress. Explore virtual worlds or a social display of fellow rowers.
- Real-time global rowing social connection
- Interactive rowing games
- Progress tracking
- Competitive leaderboards
- Virtual world environments
- Social display of rowers
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Arcade Rowing connects to the PM5 on your rowing machine to row socially, play games and track your progress. See rowers from around the world in real time as you row. Compare your efforts to others. See how you rank and see other's workouts. Also, new rowing games unlike anything you've seen before. Shoot enemies by pulling hard and race against enemies! Choose a simple track or immersive virtual worlds! Also choose to simply see a display of everyone rowing along with their photo, location, age, distance and pace.... its a virtual rowing arcade on your device!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Arcade Rowing at every 3 weeks against Rowr's every 3 months. Arcade Rowing also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Rowr's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rowr against 5.0 for Arcade Rowing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Rowr ships an update every 3 months, Arcade Rowing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rowr | Arcade Rowing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rowr Fitness, Inc. | Cyborg Syndicate, LLC |
Customer experience
Rowr
Arcade Rowing
In-app purchases
Rowr
No in-app purchases
Arcade Rowing
No in-app purchases
