EXR | Row together Virtually 4+

Hooked

I’m new to rowing and recently invested in a Concept2 for the whole family’s use. Did loads of research on fitness/training programmes to use with the Concept2 and figured EXR would be the one for me (and the kids). I was not wrong, the environment is brilliant, the training programmes are excellent (if you like number-crunching for hours on end) and the virtual-world graphics, equipment and app connectivity and feedback are all superb. For the kids (big ones too) the games (buoy-blaster and shark-attack) are an added bonus to help get better, fitter and stronger in a super-fun/competitive way. However, I really am waiting for the time I can compete in live races on the platform, a la Zwift, and, in the meantime, will continue to thoroughly enjoy my training for it!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your fantastic review! We hope that you and your family enjoy the multiplayer mode and have fun training with rowers from all over the world! The competition mode is in the making... Once we have news on this, we'll let you know via the EXR Blog and our newsletter! Kind regards, The EXR team

Close but not quite

I love the concept of this app and it ticks loads of boxes for me. As an avid rower on and off the water and a user of Zwift I’ve been crying out for this app for ages.
However, on using it it doesn’t deliver and here’s why:
1. One of the key things which make Zwift great is the number of users and the feel of racing others - these things are absent on EXR and because they’ve gone to a paid model before getting a volume of users which might add the value needed, so there’s no one to race. I only ever saw two other users the whole time I had it - and they were see through so I wasn’t sure if they were real or not.
2. EXR default to their own splits system - concept of using their own splits which differ from Concept2s means that if you use the integrations, you get short changed on your effort - you can’t post a C2 pb while using this - this setting is pointless - they say it’s about accuracy but what’s the point if it’s different to the machine 90% of users have.
3. There’s no sense of speed, we know rowing isn’t the fastest sport but the UI in this app sits you a long way back from the avatar making it feel slow as the background moves too slowly the other view options don’t help with this.

The best rowing app

I love this app! I have been using it for about 18months now. If you want to elevate your rowing experience get EXR. I’ve started rowing much more and my pace has also gotten better using the in app training. Group rows are great, really motivating and there’s always someone to row with no matter what your pace. The community of people using it are amazingly supportive and friendly and the developers do a fantastic job of listening and implementing ideas from the community too and are really responsive at fixing any issues that crop up. There’s always weekly and monthly challenges to complete too.

Developer Response ,

Thanks so much for your amazing 5-star rating and feedback!