Rowing in Motion vs Oarca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rowing in Motion
This app helps rowers track and improve their performance with detailed metrics and custom workout programs. It analyzes boat acceleration, speed, and stroke rate, offering live feedback and post-session analysis. Features include customizable interfaces and sonification for real-time guidance.
- Track boat acceleration, speed, and stroke rate
- Create custom workout programs
- Live feedback and stroke analysis
- Upload and analyze sessions on online logbook
- Sonification for real-time feedback
- Supports various rowing types
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Rowing in Motion is the ultimate training performance tool for every rower looking to track and improve their rowing performance. TRACK: boat acceleration, speed and stroke-rate and stroke-metrics using your device's GPS and Accelerometer with detailed live feedback on how efficiently you move your boat forward and where you can improve your rowing technique to row faster. WORKOUT: Create custom workout programs with fully customizable distance, time and rest intervals. Intervals also support a target stroke-rate. Subscription: The App features a subscription via In-App-Purchases: ANALYZE: Upload and analyze your recorded rowing sessions to your account on our online logbook "Rowing in Motion Analytics" (https://analytics.rowinginmotion.com). Track your training volume and intensity, analyze your races and how your rowing technique improves over time. ALL FEATURES: * Measures Strokerate, Speed, Distance and Boat Acceleration, giving you insight into all aspects of your stroke * Full Screen Graphs: Showing your boat acceleration compared to an average of the previous strokes * Create, edit and row your custom workout programs * Customizable user interface: Display all the data you need to see to improve your rowing stroke * Instantly upload and analyze your recorded rowing sessions with your Analytics account (subscription required) * Stroke Analysis: Live average acceleration graphs, speed graph * Sonification: Turn your boat acceleration into a sound for a better realtime feedback to help you improve the effectiveness of your stroke. * Stroke Metrics: Stroke Metrics derived from boat acceleration allow you to easily focus on specific aspects of the stroke * Supports Canoe, Dragon Boat and Fixed Seat rowing (e.g. Surfboats, Para-rowing, Gigs...)
Oarca
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Oarca is a rowing app built for the water and for the clubs that row on it. Track every stroke with your phone, follow a structured plan, book your seat in the club boat and see your progress week by week, month by month and year by year. YOUR ROWING, AT A GLANCE The home screen opens on your week. Switch to month or year, change the metric between time, distance, strokes and calories, and pull the week down to see every day as a bar. Your last workout and your next booked session sit side by side, so you always know what you did and what comes next. Today's weather for your rowing spot, with wind, humidity and sunrise, is right there too. TRACK EVERY STROKE • Live stroke rate (SPM) measured by your phone while you row • GPS route with distance, pace, split times and speed along the course • Heart rate and heart rate zones with a Bluetooth chest strap or Polar sensor • A clear live screen made for quick looks between strokes • Works without mobile signal: the workout is saved on the phone and syncs later TRAIN WITH A PLAN • Just Row for a free session • Single distance, single time and stroke count workouts • Constant and variable intervals with rest periods • Saved locations and a training calendar with reminders UNDERSTAND YOUR PERFORMANCE • Split by split breakdown and interval comparison • Pace, stroke rate and heart rate graphs for every session • Heart rate zone distribution • Week, month and year totals on the home screen • Share cards with your route and numbers for social media ROWING CALCULATORS Five tools for coaches and athletes: pace calculator, split time calculator, race predictor, heart rate zones and stroke analysis. Each one explains what the result means, how it is calculated and when to be careful with it. YOUR CLUB, IN YOUR POCKET Oarca connects athletes, coaches and club staff in one place. • See the club schedule and book your seat in a specific boat • Memberships, credit packages and booking rules handled for you • Cancel the exact seat you want and see why a booking was refused • Sessions shown in the club's own time zone • Coaches assign trainings to groups and boats and edit session details • Staff place rowers into boats or row themselves from the same screen • Member profiles with club tags and level • A club leaderboard and friends to row alongside • Notifications you can tune club by club SAFETY ON THE WATER Club staff can follow crews live on the water. If a rower raises an SOS, staff are notified so help can move quickly. CONNECT YOUR GEAR • Polar and other Bluetooth heart rate sensors • ActiveLook smart glasses to see your numbers without looking down • GoPro cameras to record your session alongside your data • The Oarca playlist on Spotify to keep your rhythm • A guide to mounting your phone safely in the boat BUILT FOR THE BOAT A calm black and white design that stays readable in bright sunlight, large numbers on the live screen, and an app that speaks more than 30 languages, so the whole crew can use it in their own. OARCA PRO Oarca is free to download and to start rowing. Oarca Pro adds live stroke rate tracking, structured training plans beyond Just Row, detailed post session analysis and unlimited training history. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and can be managed in your App Store account settings. WHO IT IS FOR Club rowers and scullers, masters and juniors, coaches who want to see their athletes' work, club managers who run bookings and memberships, and anyone who wants to row with purpose on open water. Download Oarca, take your phone to the boat and turn every stroke into progress. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rowing in Motion at none against Oarca's shown. Rowing in Motion also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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. Rowing in Motion sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month and Oarca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rowing in Motion ships an update fortnightly, Oarca every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rowing in Motion | Oarca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 345 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Decent Rowing | Hamla Teknoloji |
In-app purchases
Rowing in Motion
- Analytics Subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Month
Oarca
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Oarca Premium$49.991 Year
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