Row Downstream vs RoxTarget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Row Downstream
This app transforms your Concept2 erg into a guided training system. Choose from a vast library of workouts or create your own, then schedule them for daily rowing sessions. It provides real-time feedback on pace and stroke rate, tracks all your metrics, and syncs with your Concept2 Logbook.
- Hundreds of pre-built workouts
- Custom workout creation
- Live pace and stroke rate targets
- Split-by-split feedback
- Automatic workout logging
- Concept2 Logbook sync
- Strava activity import
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Downstream turns your Concept2 erg into a coached training system. Pick from a catalog of hundreds of workouts or build your own and save them to your library — filter by training zone or duration. Drop them onto your calendar and each day's session is waiting for you, ready to row. While you pull, Downstream drives the workout: live pace and stroke-rate targets, split-by-split feedback, intervals and rest, and a customizable live screen. Every workout is captured — splits, strokes, and heart rate — and lands in your log automatically. • Works with any Concept2 erg (RowErg, BikeErg, SkiErg) over Bluetooth • Verified sync to your official Concept2 Logbook • Heart rate from a chest strap or your Apple Watch — free • Import your on-water rows, bike, and run activities from Strava • Start a Spotify playlist automatically when you begin a piece • Share-ready workout summary cards No ads.
RoxTarget
This app helps you train for fitness races by predicting your finish time based on your performance at each station. It generates a personalized training plan that adapts as you log your workouts, and allows you to train with others.
- Predicted finish time based on station times
- Adaptive training plan that rewrites itself
- Apple Watch integration for workout timing
- Race day simulation and split analysis
- Squad training for group predictions
- Private by default user profiles
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RoxTarget turns your own times into a predicted finish for a fitness race of eight runs and eight stations, and a plan that gets you there. EVERY NUMBER IS YOURS Your predicted finish starts from a typical time at each station and swaps in your own as you log. Runs straight off a station are measured as runs under fatigue, so the prediction knows how much you fade, rather than assuming it. A PLAN THAT REWRITES ITSELF Pick your race and the days you can train. RoxTarget writes your sessions onto those days, all the way to race day, and rewrites the plan around what you log. The coming week is held still, so a session you have arranged your week around does not move under you. APPLE WATCH Time today's session, a full simulation, or a session of your own from your wrist. Each run and station is split with its heart rate, the walk between them is timed as a transition, and an outdoor run ends itself at its distance. Double tap finishes a movement on watches that support it. Workouts are saved to Health, and the session goes to the app when you save it. RACE DAY Predict lays out every run and station against a typical time. The race day sheet puts your splits end to end, with the time in the transition zones in the clock, so the last row is your finish. SQUADS Train with people. A squad shows each athlete's predicted finish beside yours, and a pair or a relay is predicted from its members' own times. Everyone racing the same event can join that race's open squad. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Sign in with a passkey, an email code or a link: there is no password to leave lying around. Your profile is only public if you switch it on, and you can delete your account and everything in it from Settings. RoxTarget works for HYROX and other fitness races with the same format. It is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by HYROX.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Row Downstream at every 6 days against RoxTarget's every 3 weeks. Row Downstream also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Row Downstream against 5.0 for RoxTarget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Row Downstream ships an update every 6 days, RoxTarget every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Row Downstream | RoxTarget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Row Downstream LLC | Fells Code LLC |
Customer experience
Row Downstream
RoxTarget
In-app purchases
Row Downstream
No in-app purchases
RoxTarget
No in-app purchases








