ErgData vs Echo Bike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ErgData
This app acts as a personal training partner for Concept2 equipment. It allows users to set up custom workouts, view real-time stats, track progress, and sync data with online platforms. It also offers workout of the day challenges and detailed post-workout analysis.
- Custom workout setup
- Real-time workout stats
- Progress tracking
- Sync with Concept2 Logbook
- Workout of the Day
- Post-workout analysis
- Apple Watch compatibility
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ErgData from Concept2 is your personal training partner. Set up workouts from your phone or tablet, view customized stats and information during workouts, track your progress, sync with the Concept2 Online Logbook, take part in the Workout of the Day and much more. Features -Set up workouts from your phone, making it simple to create even the most complex of interval workouts. You can choose to store workouts as favorites or rerow past efforts straight from ErgData. -Set the Concept2 Workout of the Day on the monitor with a single tap. -Compatible with the Apple Watch. Watch users can now see real-time heart rate data on the screen during the workout and in analysis afterwards. -Choose from different workout display options, including small, medium and large data screens, a pace graph screen, an interval and split table or a pace boat. Easily swipe between screens during your workout. Customize the data shown to suit you. -Syncs with the Concept2 Online Logbook, making it easy for you to take part in our many challenges. From the Online Logbook, your workouts can get sent to platforms such as Strava, Garmin Connect or Training Peaks. -Detailed post-workout analysis helps you know exactly what happened during your workout. See all your interval and split data, as well as pace and rate graphs, plus how long you spent in each heart rate zone. -Optional voice guidance to send audible workout data and results. Technical Specifications -Compatible with the PM5. -Compatible with the Concept2 RowErg, SkiErg and BikeErg -Connects to Apple Health -Connects to PM5 via Bluetooth only Note: Please do not have a USB stick in the PM5 at the same time as using ErgData, as this may prevent workouts being saved.
Echo Bike
Track your Rogue Echo Bike workouts with real-time metrics like power, cadence, and heart rate. Enjoy automatic recording, workout history, and optional advanced features like structured workouts and analytics. Upload your rides to popular platforms.
- Real-time power, cadence, speed, distance, calories, and heart rate
- Automatic ride recording
- Bluetooth heart rate strap and Apple Watch integration
- Structured workouts and custom interval training
- Ride analytics and performance charts
- Strava and Intervals.icu integration
- Chromecast and AirPlay casting
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Echo Bike Connect turns your Rogue Echo Bike into a smart trainer. Pair over Bluetooth and see six real-time metrics on your iPhone: power (watts), cadence (RPM), speed, distance, calories, and heart rate. Stream live heart rate from the companion Apple Watch app, start Watch heart-rate streaming from iPhone, or pair a Bluetooth chest strap (Polar, Wahoo, Garmin, Coospo, etc.) directly to the app. Every second of every ride is recorded automatically — no account required and no cloud dependency. Connecting, free rides, and History stay free. Echo Bike Pro is optional and unlocks structured workouts, the Echo Baseline, live interval targets, and ride analytics. Getting started is simple: open the app, tap Scan, and connect to your Echo Bike. For heart rate, tap Connect on the Apple Watch card or start Echo Bike on Apple Watch, then begin your ride. Bluetooth heart-rate straps are still supported from the same Connect screen. Start a workout and your live metrics appear instantly. Use splits to track intervals. When you're done, review detailed charts for power, cadence, and heart rate over time. Subscribe to Echo Bike Pro from the Pro tab to load Tabata, Norwegian 4×4, Zone 2, and more, or build and save custom workouts with named steps, repeats, and optional heart-rate and power zone targets. Remaining interval time is the large clock on the Workout screen while Echo records every second. Workout stats start compact so they fit on iPhone; tap the density control to enlarge the HUD, timer, and cards. Run the 8-minute Echo Baseline to set heart-rate and power zones, then check Analytics to see whether you are improving. Upload completed workouts to Strava or Intervals.icu with a single tap — full trackpoint data including power, cadence, and heart rate is included. After a successful Strava upload, tap View in Strava from History to open the ride. If a Strava copy is wrong, delete that Echo Bike activity on Strava, then re-upload from History. Indoor rides are marked as trainer / virtual rides. Cast your live workout to a TV via Chromecast so you can see your stats from across the room, or use AirPlay to mirror to an Apple TV or external display. All workout data stays on your device. Nothing is sent to any server unless you choose to upload to Strava or Intervals.icu. The app is free to ride and supported by ads. Purchase Remove Ads for a one-time fee to hide ads permanently. Echo Bike Pro is a separate monthly subscription (1 month free, then $3.99/mo) for workouts and analytics; Remove Ads does not grant Pro. Echo Bike Connect is an independent project and is not affiliated with Rogue Fitness. Privacy Policy: https://echobikeconnect.clarved.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ErgData at none against Echo Bike's 1. ErgData also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5.1K vs 1). Echo Bike's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). On price 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. Echo Bike sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ErgData asks for nothing beyond the download.
Echo Bike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ErgData has 5.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ErgData ships an update every 2 weeks, Echo Bike every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ErgData | Echo Bike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Concept2, Inc. | Clarved Inc. |
Customer experience
ErgData
Echo Bike
Bugs and requests
ErgData
Reported bugs
6 issues- Workout data not saving
- Heart rate data freezing
- Disconnects during workouts
- Sync issues with Apple Health and Strava
- Login issues and frequent logouts
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- Incompatibility with older firmware versions
Requested features
8 requests- Add friend mode
- Integrate Apple Watch support
- Add manual workout entry
- Implement landscape mode for iPad
- Integrate pace calculator
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- Add recovery heart rate tracking
- Display METS data
- Allow custom heart rate zones in logbook
Echo Bike
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ErgData
No in-app purchases
Echo Bike
- Remove Ads$9.99







