ErgBeatAndroid app for rowing machines
Your rowing machine, with a coach on the screen.
Connect over Bluetooth, pick a workout and row to a pacer you can follow from across the room. Pace zones from your 2k, voice cues, and your best session racing alongside as a ghost.
ErgBeat is in closed testing on Google Play. Join, row a few times and tell us what you think. Android 8.0 or newer, free with optional Pro.
A pacer you can read from the seat.
The bead plays the handle. It sweeps through the drive and drifts back on the recovery, at exactly your target stroke rate, while the arc fills with each stroke.
How it works
Three steps to your first piece.
Connect your rower
Any rower with Bluetooth FTMS, or a Concept2 PM5. Add a heart-rate strap or a watch that broadcasts heart rate.
Pick a workout
Today's suggestion, one of 21 built-in workouts, a program day or your own.
Row
The arc pacer swings through drive and recovery at your target stroke rate. The screen tells you whether you're too hard, in zone or too easy.
The workout screen
Made to be read from the seat.
Pace zones from your 2k. UT2 to AN, with live feedback on every stroke.
Race a ghost of your best or last session, with the gap in metres.
Voice, beeps and metronome, so you don't have to watch the screen on long pieces.
Start on the first stroke, auto pause when you stop, quick settings without leaving.
Portrait or landscape, keeps going with the screen off or in picture-in-picture.
Workouts and programs
Row with a plan.
21 workouts: steady state, intervals, sprints, pyramid, rate ladder, CrossFit-style WODs with burpees or wall balls, and 500 m, 1k, 2k, 5k and 30-minute tests.
- FoundationsStart rowing
- BuildMore volume
- PeakRace a 2k
- CrossFit EngineBox conditioning
Progress
See it add up.
Weekly distance goal and a streak of weeks.
A 2k estimate, pace trend and the same workout compared over time.
Every session with splits, heart rate and power, per interval.
Personal records, found automatically in every session:
Garmin
On your wrist too.
ErgBeat for Garmin is a free Connect IQ app. The watch shows the workout and records it to Garmin Connect with the numbers from your rowing machine, wrist heart rate and a lap for every interval.
Works with fēnix 8 (43 mm, 47 mm, Pro 47 mm, Solar 47 mm and 51 mm), Forerunner 965 and Forerunner 265.
Works with
Your rower, your strap, your apps.
Rowers with FTMS
Such as the Rogue Echo Rower. Most recent Bluetooth rowers speak it.
Concept2 PM5
With drive length, peak force and the force curve of every stroke.
Strap or watch
A chest strap, or a watch that broadcasts heart rate.
Your other apps
Health Connect. FIT and CSV for Garmin Connect, Strava and intervals.icu (Pro).
Private by design
Your workouts stay on your phone.
ErgBeat doesn't send your data anywhere. You decide what to export, share or back up.
- No account
- No ads
- No analytics
- No tracking
Free and Pro
Row free. Go Pro for the plan.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Rower and heart-rate connection, workout screen, pacer, voice cues | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workouts | 4 and free row20 min steady, 10 × 1 min, 4 × 500 m, 2k test | All 21 |
| Programs | – | 4 |
| Workout editor and interval generator | – | ✓ |
| History, weekly goal, reminders, Health Connect, Garmin watch | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ghost, personal records, progress charts, 2k estimate | – | ✓ |
| Power training (FTP, power zones) | – | ✓ |
| FIT and CSV export | – | ✓ |
| Choose your workout screen cards | – | ✓ |
€3.99 a month, or yearly, or once for life
Pro is bought through Google Play. Your exact price, with local taxes, is shown in Google Play.
FAQ
Questions.
Does it work with my rower?
If your rower or its console speaks Bluetooth FTMS (most recent Bluetooth rowers do), yes. The Concept2 PM5 is supported directly. Not sure? Install it and tap the Rower button: ErgBeat lists what it finds, and there's a demo rower to try everything without a machine.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no account and no sign-in.
Where is my data?
On your phone. You can back it up to a file you choose (for example on Google Drive) and export sessions as FIT or CSV.
Can I use it with Strava or Garmin Connect?
Yes. The Garmin watch app records straight to Garmin Connect, and Pro exports FIT files for Strava, Garmin Connect and intervals.icu.
Does it work with the screen off?
Yes. The workout keeps running with the screen off, with a notification on the lock screen.
Which languages?
English, Croatian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Dutch.
I found a bug or I have an idea.
Use Send feedback in the app or write to jaan.dsgn@gmail.com.