YouVsYou app icon

YouVsYouThe only rower
worth beating is you.

Connect to the PM5 on your Concept2 and your fastest, furthest and most recent rows appear in the water beside you.

Three workouts free, then US$4.99 once · no subscription

Paceboats, but they are all you

A number on the monitor tells you how you are going. A boat pulling away from you tells you something you can feel.

Your fastest row, your furthest row and the ones from last week sit in the water at the pace you actually rowed them. Hold position, close the gap, or watch them go.

One connection, then get rowing

Wake the PM5, pick it from the list, and YouVsYou reads your row as it happens. Distance, pace and calories come straight off the monitor.

Nothing to log, nothing to type in afterwards, and no second screen to keep an eye on.

YouVsYou connecting to a Concept2 PM5 performance monitor over Bluetooth

Heart rate, if you train that way

Wear an Apple Watch and the YouVsYou watch app sends your beats per minute across as you row. Prefer a chest strap? Use an ANT device connected to your PM5 instead.

Your current rate sits with distance and calories at the bottom of the screen, where you can read it without breaking rhythm.

YouVsYou heart rate tracking on Apple Watch, or from an ANT device connected to the PM5

Row it, then watch it back

Replay your last workout at up to ten times speed to see where you faded and where you found something. When it went well, the share card puts the distance, time, pace, heart rate and calories on one image.

Sharing anything is opt-in, every time. Nothing leaves the app on its own.

YouVsYou replaying a finished rowing workout with playback controls YouVsYou share card showing distance, time, pace, heart rate and calories for a row

Sit the phone however you like

Portrait keeps the boats stacked ahead of you. Landscape spreads the water out sideways, which suits some cradles better.

Both work the same way, so it comes down to where your phone ends up on the erg.

YouVsYou in landscape orientation on a phone mounted to a Concept2 rower

Your rows, under your control

YouVsYou keeps up to 30 workouts to compare against, and shows you exactly which ones are on record. Delete any of them, and if you delete a highlight, the next best row takes its place.

Turn on iCloud storage and your history follows you to your other devices. Leave it off and everything stays on this one.

YouVsYou settings — heart rate source, iCloud storage, and fastest and farthest highlights YouVsYou Manage Workouts list showing stored rows with distance and duration

Something to look at down there

A shipwreck, a giant squid, the Nautilus and a few things that should not be on the seabed drift past under your boat as the metres add up.

They are decoration, nothing more. If you would rather have flat water, switch them off in settings.

YouVsYou Deep Sea Mysteries list, the decorative objects that pass beneath your boat

Everything in YouVsYou

No account, no sign-up, nothing to opt out of later

YouVsYou does not collect, store or process personal information, and you never have to identify yourself to use it. Your workouts live on your device, and in your own iCloud account if you switch that on.

We collect aggregated usage analytics and crash reports to keep the app working. None of it can be tied back to you, and none of it is sold or shared for advertising.

Frequently asked questions

What do I need to use YouVsYou?

An iPhone and a Concept2 rower with a PM5 performance monitor. YouVsYou connects to the PM5 and reads your row as it happens, so no other hardware or subscription is involved.

How do I connect the app to my PM5?

Wake the PM5, open YouVsYou and pick your monitor from the PM5 Connection list. It appears by its serial number, for example PM5 530111097 Row. If it does not show up, the help page walks through what to check.

Which of my past workouts do I race against?

Your fastest and furthest rows are always in the water, along with recent ones, each shown as its own boat with a label. You watch the gap open or close in real time instead of doing arithmetic on a pace boat.

Can I use a heart rate monitor?

Yes. Use the YouVsYou Apple Watch app, or an ANT heart rate device connected to your PM5. Pick which one to read from under Data Sources in settings.

Do my workouts show up in the Fitness app?

Yes. YouVsYou writes to HealthKit, so your rows appear in the Fitness app with everything else you do. You can also turn on iCloud storage so your workouts follow you to your other iOS devices.

How many workouts does it keep?

Up to 30, which is what the app draws on for comparison. You can delete any of them from Manage Workouts, and deleting a highlight may promote another row into its place.

Can I row in landscape?

Yes. YouVsYou supports portrait and landscape, so the phone can sit in your Concept2 phone cradle whichever way you prefer.

What are Deep Sea Mysteries?

Things that drift past under your boat as you row: a shipwreck, a giant squid, the Nautilus. They are decorative, and if you find them distracting you can turn them off in settings.

How much does YouVsYou cost?

The app is free to download and the first three workouts are free. After that it is a one-time purchase of US$4.99 for lifetime access, with no subscription and no ads.

Go and beat last week

Three workouts free. One payment after that, and it is yours for good.

US$4.99 · requires a Concept2 rower with a PM5