Arcade Rowing vs SweatDiary
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!
SweatDiary
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Sweat Diary is a fast, distraction-free workout journal for your iPhone and Mac. Log your workouts, jot down notes, and find them later — no dashboards, no gamification, no clutter. • Log any workout in seconds - gym, running, cycling, rowing, kitesurfing, hiking, or your own custom type • Free-text notes for every entry - capture the details that matter to you • Attach photos to your sessions • See all your activities on a map • Full-text search to find any past workout instantly • Synch between Mac and iPhone via iCloud • Import via HealthKit on iPhone • Weekly activity strip and stats to stay aware without obsessing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SweatDiary at none against Arcade Rowing's shown. SweatDiary also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Arcade Rowing's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Arcade Rowing ships an update every 3 weeks, SweatDiary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arcade Rowing | SweatDiary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cyborg Syndicate, LLC | Christoph Werner |
In-app purchases
Arcade Rowing
No in-app purchases
SweatDiary
No in-app purchases
