RowFit vs Arcade Rowing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RowFit
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Experience a revolution in your rowing workouts with RowFit - the ultimate app for tracking and improving your performance like never before. With all the essentials and none of the frills, RowFit measures vital stats like stroke rate, heart rate, and calories burned to help you achieve your fitness goals. Snap commemorative photos to showcase your session highlights and track your progress over time. Rest easy knowing that RowFit prioritizes your privacy, accessing only necessary health data and never delivering personal information to our servers. No need for a user account - simply download and start rowing!
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 ads: RowFit at none against Arcade Rowing's shown. RowFit also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Arcade Rowing's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RowFit ships an update every 2 days, Arcade Rowing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RowFit | Arcade Rowing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | George Gonzalez | Cyborg Syndicate, LLC |
In-app purchases
RowFit
No in-app purchases
Arcade Rowing
No in-app purchases
