Arcade Rowing vs Echelon Worlds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Echelon Worlds
Experience virtual racing on connected fitness equipment. Explore diverse worlds, compete with others, and enjoy terrain-based resistance adjustments. Available for cycling, running, and rowing.
- Virtual racing experience
- 3 unique virtual worlds
- Multiplayer and ghost racing
- Auto-adjusting resistance
- Supports connected equipment
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Work up a sweat in this new virtual racing experience - now available on your favorite connected equipment! • Explore 3 different virtual worlds with unique landscapes, terrain and scenery. • Compete with your friends, against the computer or your own ghost. • Auto-adjusting resistance based on the terrain and elevation*. • Available for Ride, Run or Row
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arcade Rowing at 5.0 against Echelon Worlds's 1.0. Arcade Rowing also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Echelon Worlds's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Arcade Rowing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Arcade Rowing ships an update every 3 weeks, Echelon Worlds every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arcade Rowing | Echelon Worlds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 751 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cyborg Syndicate, LLC | Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
Arcade Rowing
Echelon Worlds
In-app purchases
Arcade Rowing
No in-app purchases
Echelon Worlds
No in-app purchases
Questions
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