Hydrow Reviews

Removing 2 stars from my previous review since Hydrow no longer shows video at full res on iPad. Guys, this is Mickey Mouse functionality here. If your app isn’t capable of dealing with screen orientation, compile separate versions for portrait iPhone and landscape iPad. Now I see either a cropped portrait mode video or a half-res or smaller landscape mode video that doesn’t fill the screen.

I’m still paying $20 a month for a broken app that doesn’t integrate with other devices like every other app at this price point? Not much longer. Do better or I’m out the door like my friends who used to subscribe. Being taken for granted by developers is not motivating.

Previous: I love the workouts, and rowing among with the instructors on the water is spectacularly motivating. But there's absolutely ZIP ZERO NADA integration with other equipment like my water rower, and you don't even allow users to enter their stats after a workout for personal tracking. For $20 a month that's a baseline function. Even Peloton lets you use other bikes in their classes, and for only a bit over half your monthly fee.

If you were looking for Hydrow to connect to your machine, I would reach out to these people because that’s the only way you’ll be able to find it. You can’t activate it on the machine itself unless you reach out to them after I reached out to them I had to cancel my app purchase that I already made and they said they would activate everything for me on my machine. I go to my machine and I bought the free workouts so I didn’t need a membership and now that they’ve updated my account now I have no workouts for free every workout that was supposed to come with the machine is locked now even though I’ve completed all of them. Now wants me to sign up for the membership again prompting me on the machine, which has never done before. It seems like these people don’t really care about their customers as they would’ve made a better user-friendly experience for this frustrating issue.

This review is written by someone who doesn’t own a this app but spends $20 a month on the classes through Hydrow for use with my water rower. Many this app classes are great - that is where my 3 stars come from, but Hydrow isn’t polished and is frustrating to use during a workout. It doesn’t have native streaming to a television. It’s possible to mirror through an Apple TV but that does t work reliably. There’s also no way to filter classes, forcing you to scroll through all classes to find what you’re looking for. There are no options for on screen metrics like instructor stroke rate or elapsed time. Most frustrating, if you do want to touch the screen to pause or check elapsed time, the class will often just end and ask how you to rate the class. Forcing you to restart and scroll to where you were. this app needs to study the peloton app which is a perfect example of good app design and functionality. Peloton has a small button that says end workout and that doesn’t come up until you’ve touched the screen. Please this app - add filtering , screen casting and make it more difficult to end a workout.

I typically use my app for rowing and connect it to Apple TV via airplay. For two years had very few issues. After this last update I can no longer hear music with rowing sessions. My phone gives me the option to play more or less music during the row but no matter what I select I get only the voice of the coach. Please fix! Thank you! Great app otherwise.

I absolutely love the workouts. The instructors are great. I downloaded Hydrow based on my neighbor’s recommendation because she has the this app. The workouts keep me motivated! I’m rowing almost every day. The downside is that Hydrow does not integrate with my concept2. Honestly, I would be happy paying a higher monthly premium if I could participate in personal tracking and the leaderboard. Is this something that will be offered in the future?

Just opened and setup. $39 is steep for a single workout equipment membership but your do get quality. But add that to lack of apple health kit integration (really over $2000 equipment and $450 per year subscription costs) meaning a major component of my circuit training can’t be tracked is pathetic. If you want to pay luxury prices for the best, then we should get the best including integration with HealthKit. I mean really, this app even has an APP yet skipped integration with the device the goes on. Stupid and very annoying. Add Health kit and other integrations. No one developed products in silos anymore.

I love and at the same time am frustrated by Hydrow. The workouts are great and the scenery is gorgeous! But Hydrow comes with downsides, namely that there is zero integration with any other equipment and, my primary issue, there is no iPad version. I’m sure this is because they want you to purchase the this app itself, but my Concept2 is going to last forever and I can’t in good conscience get rid of a functional piece of equipment. The other rowing and exercise apps have iPad options (and city row offers integration with other machines) - and they are all rated higher than this app with more votes. Please make these improvements that people have been asking for consistently.

Great content, love the on water classes and instructors. I have a concept2 so integration with pm5 would be nice. But more importantly the digital app should show target metrics, otherwise you have to pay close attention to the cues and remember them. Even with the great content I’m likely to cancel and just go back to apple fitness where they at least show spm on the screen etc.

I absolutely love my new hydros rowing machine and all its offerings. The one minor improvement in my experience would be to make all videos closed captioning so I can at times continue to follow what the instructors are saying while listening to my own songs and keeping audio muted. Presently only some of the videos have this feature. Is this something in the works. Thank you for the great app LOR experience otherwise🚣‍♀️😉

The this app workouts and instructors are excellent. There’s a huge variety of workouts of varying intensity and duration to fit in just about any schedule and level of fitness. The music selection is also great however there is no way to adjust the audio mix between the instructor and the music. In many cases I can barely hear the music. this app says there are options on Hydrow to adjust the audio mix but I can’t access them on either my iPad or iPhone which is unfortunate given the cost per month for Hydrow .

I love my this app!!! I enjoy Hydrow but I wish I could search for classes more easily and I really wish there was more analytics. I’d love to see my yearly stats or be able to view my streaks further back than the 30 days shown. Also it would be so cool to a histogram of rhythm and meters throughout a workout. A girl can dream!

I like a lot about Hydrow, but one thing that makes my obsessive compulsive disorder flare up is that if one tried to click on “add to my calendar” for the live rows, it is not possible. There isn’t an option to allow Hydorw access to one’s calendar and support let me know that it is not possible to add a live workout to one’s calendar. Please remove the option to do it if it is not possible. It is not quite as easy to use as the device itself to lookin at my progress but it is still handy. I like that the Apple Watch app lets me use my watch as the heart rate monitor.

I have owned a rower for awhile and just couldn’t get going. I was struggling with whether or not to upgrade to a this app machine, but was worried that I would still not use it. Hydrow is a perfect gateway! There are some features and benefits that aren’t available, such as live leaderboards, machine connectivity, but I didn’t expect there to be. The content is great and well produced. The best endorsement of all is that I am now consistently rowing. I would like to see slightly better filtering, but I would think it’s coming down the road. Highly recommend Hydrow as a “try it before you buy it” app if you already have a rower.

this app is ergonomic, smooth, makes me work harder and more efficiently than any other rowers I've had in the past 14 years.
The Program has a variety of destinations and intensities. I love row in Miami and Boston. I've tried 6 different trainers, all very engaging. You can never get bored!
The interface, design and features are user friendly and so cool.

I'm passioned indoor Rower, had tried different rowers and apps before and was very disappointed with far too many bugs and bad customer service. Many times I built my own programs and rowed alone, better than frozen apps... now I'm in good hands! Thank you so much, guys! Lots of success to you! You deserve it!

I have a WaterRower but I’m not a fan of studio workouts like those found with CitRow Go. this app has great athletes and a great variety of workouts on and off the rower. I do wish there was a way to connect my club rower to Hydrow so my stats were all recorded in one place, but Strava helps with that.

My only complain about Hydrow itself is that it doesn’t translate well to my iPad. Specifically, the orientation doesn’t change with the iPad. This means I’m trying to read Hydrow sideways while my iPad is in landscape position on my rower until the class starts. The streaming is in the proper orientation, at least.

Also, I agree with the reviewer who wishes there was a way to filter the classes by things like instructor, duration, music type, etc.

I know I’m only 13 and I am a little big but the rowing machine has really opened up a lot of opportunity, the athletes are very inspiring and to be honest I used to have that maybe I’ll try to workout tomorrow mindset but now I’m doing 3 lessons a day starting from a 6 am, to a 4 pm, and an 8 pm one, it has improved my health and happiness. I would highly recommend and I hope that the people on here inspire you too.

Amazing app! Unfortunately I have a different water rower that I bought prior to learning about this app but the work ups are the best . The visuals are great I like thinking I’m rowing outside. Great choices. You may not feel like doing a power work up but you can still do a breathe and get your meters in! They are very receptive I missed not having the opportunity to do airplay and now they have provided that!! I can’t wait to try Pilates on the mat workouts with them. Talented athletic coaches !! Very inspiring. I wish I could track my meters with them but I’m not buying another water rower at this time.
Totally worth the monthly charge! Much cheaper than a gym membership. TOTALLY FIVE STARS!! motivates me to work out daily. Now you can filter through workouts to find your favorite coach or type of workout. Great job this app

Am new to rowing but in relatively good shape. Have a water based rowing machine and use Hydrow on ipad. Love that i can search for workout that fits my goal for the day. Love the visual and instructors. Love that the basics are reinforced in every workout. Only criticism would be that there is no way to track my progress or know if where i am at is normal or i should push harder.

Bought my this app Rower from a guy off marketplace (only I use FB for) for $800. My initial misgivings were high. I figured it was just another cheap hype machine. I was looking for something to complement what I had, and my gay friend Pooky told me about Hydrow. “They’re all the same,” I said. “That’s what you said about girlfriends, and the last one stabbed you four times, poisoned you, and left you for dead. At least Hydrow won’t sleep with all of your friends and try to kill you,” he said. I thought, why not? Pooky was right. This is going to be my go-to from now on. It’s easy to use, easy to understand, and the perfect addition to my workout repertoire. Not to mention I can share it with my friends and not worry about syphilis or gonorrhea. You guys really outdid yourselves! Thanks a million!

I like many bought my this app when the world shut down and my gym was gone. Seven months later, I still row five days a week, and love my this app. It is the very best exercise I have ever found, and, the athletes are great. I thought I would care less about the live in person row, but, I was dead wrong. I love it, and I find it something that has changed my life! Hydrow to is great. Tracks my work, allows me to see my friends and family, and, tracks my meters, performance, etc.....This company does it right, my friends all tell me I should work for them as I rave about it to everyone.