Comparison

Dad Vail Regatta vs The Rowing App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dad Vail Regatta

Access real-time race day information, schedules, and results for the historic Dad Vail Regatta. Explore course details, maps, and local attractions. Stay updated on heats, semi-finals, and crew lineups during race weekend.

Highlights
  • Race day information
  • Schedule and results
  • Course information and map
  • Local establishment promotions
  • Real-time race updates
  • Crew lineups
Features
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Official app for the Dad Vail Regatta with race day information, schedule, and results. The Dad Vail Regatta is a historic rowing event hosted annually in Philadelphia. This app contains course information, course map, and promotional information on local establishments to help you visit the course and explore the area. During race weekend, the app has race updates so you can see who made it out of the heats, what your lane is in the next semis, and more importantly who’s in the boat!

About

The Rowing App

This app provides rowers and coaches with essential tools to manage fleets, track rosters, build lineups, and record workouts. It includes a pace calculator, VO2max calculator, multiple stopwatches, and a stroke rate timer to enhance training and performance analysis.

Highlights
  • Fleet and roster management
  • Daily lineup building
  • Workout recording
  • Pace calculator
  • VO2max calculator
  • Stroke rate timer
  • Erg scanner
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The Rowing App is the all-in-one app for rowers and coaches, created by former U.S. Junior National Team coxswain Wyatt Harrell. Whether you’re on the water, in the boathouse, or on the erg, The Rowing App provides the tools you need to perform at your best. Calculate pace, monitor stroke rate, run stopwatches, and more. Coaches can manage athletes, organize boats, build daily lineups, and record workouts all in one place. Features: • Manage Your Fleet - Add fleet info from your entire boathouse into the app. Log information like boat class, rig, length, notes, and more • Track Your Roster - Keep track of your rowers within the app. Record information like position, height, weight, contact info, notes, and more • Build Daily Lineups - Select from your fleet and roster to build daily lineups with ease • Share Lineups - Export as images and send directly to your rowers and coaching staff • Record Workouts - Easily log a workout for a rower or an entire lineup. Add notes to keep track of how they performed Coaching Tools: • Pace Calculator - Easily switch between calculating pace, distance, or 500m split given a pair of values • VO₂max Calculator - Measure your rower's capacity for aerobic work by calculating the amount of oxygen their body is capable of utilizing in one minute • Stopwatches - Add and run multiple stopwatches at a time. One for every boat you have at the starting line • Stroke Rate Timer (SPM) - Keep your eyes on the boat and not your phone. Tap anywhere on the screen to record a stroke • Metronome - Set a desired stroke rate to hear audible cues while you're on the erg or in the boat • Watts Converter - Determine power in watts or average pace per 500 meters when converting from watts to pace • Weight Adjustment Calculator - Compare your athlete's potential in a measurable way by taking into account their body weight • Erg Scanner - Scan and export workout data from multiple Concept 2 monitors at a time Subscription Information: If you purchase a Gold Medal Standard subscription, payment will be charged to your Apple account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by visiting your subscriptions in the Settings app.  Privacy Policy: https://therowingapp.com/privacy  Terms of Use: https://therowingapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Dad Vail Regatta1 screens
The Rowing App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dad Vail Regatta at none against The Rowing App's 4. Dad Vail Regatta also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). The Rowing App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Rowing App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dad Vail Regatta asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dad Vail Regatta against 4.9 for The Rowing App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Rowing App has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dad Vail Regatta ships an update every 12 months, The Rowing App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dad Vail Regatta versus The Rowing App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDad Vail RegattaThe Rowing App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharles River Timing LLCWyatt Harrell

Customer experience

Dad Vail Regatta

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Rowing App

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dad Vail Regatta

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

The Rowing App

Subscriptions4
  • Gold Medal Standard Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Gold Medal Standard Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Gold Medal Standard Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Gold Medal Standard Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Dad Vail Regatta free?
Dad Vail Regatta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Rowing App free?
The Rowing App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dad Vail Regatta or The Rowing App?
Dad Vail Regatta is rated higher. Dad Vail Regatta averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while The Rowing App averages 4.9 from 20 ratings.
Do Dad Vail Regatta or The Rowing App have ads?
Neither Dad Vail Regatta nor The Rowing App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dad Vail Regatta or The Rowing App?
Dad Vail Regatta ships an update every 12 months, and The Rowing App every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dad Vail Regatta was updated on October 21, 2026 and The Rowing App on October 15, 2026.

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