SmartRow Hack 4.3.1 + Redeem Codes

Admittedly this app doesn’t have all the features I wanted, but I have a feeling they’re coming. Things that are good... lots of rowing details, things that will help me become a better tower. I rely on Apple health a lot, so I’m glad it shares “workouts” with Apple health. The strava integration is great, and the integration with my polar H10 chest sensor is good too. I am coming to this app from polar beat, so there’s a few things on my wish list that I hope they include soon, like complete heart rate stats, and a split for fat burning vs aerobic fitness. My only concern is that the calories burned during exercise seems to differ from polar beat by about 25%, which is a considerable difference. Looking forward to the updates. 4 star rating reflects the missing features that would make it perfect for me. But to be clear, what is already included is fantastic!

This app requires each user to buy into Ergometer Innovations’ Bluetooth-enabled pulley for the WaterRower. On the face of it, there are a number of advantages with this upgrade kit and the associated software. It promises improved stat accuracy over the stock S4 monitor and durability of construction with its aluminum casing.

If I were to judge the app alone, I would be rating this four stars with only minor nitpicks. The software developers have been quick to respond to user requests and advance the capabilities of the software. In the last year they have added challenging workouts, races, and other features to improve iOS integration. It’s all good on the software side.

Unfortunately, the weak link remains the hardware itself. I bought a rev. B pulley for my home machine and the Bluetooth pairing mechanism eventually developed a fault and would no longer connect to my iPhone or the SmartRow app (no LED lights). The online FAQ is not very detailed when it comes to resolving this issue, so mine is either a corner case or just plain bad luck. Anyway, once the pulley goes, the software is no longer useful since you cannot use it with any other system. WaterRower states that these electronic add-ons have a limited 1 year warranty, so buyer beware.

I purchased my SmartRow unit when I saw rumors of Zwift adding rowing to their features. Although Zwift shelved actually rowing, I still am pleased with the Smartrow app. Thumbs up for the power curve overlay. I find it useful for improving stroke consistency. Also glad to see the new broadcast feature. I enjoyed the EXR free trial and contemplating a subscription and hope Zwift changes their mind and adds actual on water rowing.
I would hope in future updates we could link directly to our Garmin accounts for uploading. When I rowed a set distance of a 1000 meters on the smartrow app broadcast to Zwift, Zwift recorded the session as 1400 meters.

I got the SmartRow this past Christmas and have been using it for a bit now. Overall I’m a bit disappointed in the app it’s lacking a bunch features that I feel Should just be there at this point. I see a few from a few years ago where people thought some more functionality would be coming but I think they are probably still waiting.

- Calorie count seems way off compared to every other piece of exercise equipment and heart rate monitoring app I have ever used.

- No way to adjust heart rate zones. How they determine them I have no idea

- No way to pause a work out if you wanted to Distance does not It appear to be exported to Apple health if you do a just row.

- Very little adjustments to the top display of you wanted to tweak anything.

- At the end of a just row I have to “quit” and then make sure to save. I would prefer to be “done” or pause my work out and have it save it automatically. Then my workout data isn’t accidentally lost if I get distracted or click the wrong thing.

At this point I feel let down and feel like the pulley coupled with the app isn’t really worth the price. I’m just about at the point where I’m going back to my old heart rate tracking app and just using the S4 monitor.

Smartrow has amazing hardware and the overall experience is good. Thumbs up on connecting to apps like Kinomap or EXR. However, after the recent update the Apple Watch app struggle to send HR data to the phone app, and I could hardly use it as my heart rate monitor in the past a few days. As a result many good workouts in the app cannot be used for the lack of a HR monitor. I downloaded again the phone and watch app but the issue persisted. Hope this part can be improved.

This software coupled with the SmartRow pulley modernizes the WaterRower is a no brainer to bypass the original Series 4 Performance Monitor. This modern approach on phone directly measures force dynamically, graphs it and calculates multiple indices of performance, work and totals. The software talks to multiple 3rd party programs if want. As a lone rower and a fan of numbers, Smart adds entertainment and utility. Love it. Wish I had discovered it sooner. Also the mechanical conversion- swapping the original dumb pulley for the smart one is easy if you use the Hansen video (15 minutes) - better than written instructions.

For a $275 Waterrower add-on I would expect this app to be a 5++ star. The features are fine enough in the since that it tracks most functions of rowing. While it connects to Strava it doesn’t have any “community” aspects to it to showcase and compare your rowing with others on the app. A large draw of C2, Peloton, etc. is being able to compete against previous workouts, others doing the same workout, and having loaded workouts to follow beyond time or distance. I would expect integration with the rest of the SmartRow community to vastly improve soon!

The app is great. I wish it integrated better with Garmin and TrainingPeaks (it exports to Strava and you can import from there and as I understand they are working on a data portal to manually pull your data), regardless the app and the analysis it provides is pretty great. Its interesting that like swimming - a long, powerful smooth stroke goes a lot longer than high SPMs (not a rower so wasn’t obvious to me). There are certainly glitches here and there but I have to say that customer support is amazing.

The app is not being maintained. When I bought the SmartRow kit, all components worked together beautifully, including with heart rate monitors and the Apple Watch beta software. Now with new iOS versions new iPhones and Apple watches, the app has significant issues connecting with heart rate monitors (that work with everything else) or the Apple Watch. Please work on maintaining your software. Your hardware is great.

Assembly wasn’t too bad and the instructions were easy to follow. Both the physical device and the App seem high quality. Hope more features get added to the App like workouts, games, and maybe more flexibility with what displays on the screen as you work out. Even without that this is WAY better than the computer that comes on the Water Rower.