FluidRower
This app works with Bluetooth compatible First Degree Fitness indoor rowing machines and upper body ergometer products, offering an easy to use training tool. Compare, analyse and review your training progress – creating new goals has never been easier!
By simply connecting your IOS or Android smart device via Bluetooth, you can select your training target, get on and go! FluidRower contains workout targets to ensure you train towards your overall goal – Select 500m Row or Distance Row.
Note: FluidRower is only compatible with the following First Degree Fitness product ranges:
• Horizontal V Series
• Horizontal XL Series
• 2019 Evolution Series
• 2019 Vortex Series
Category : Health & Fitness
Reviews (15)
This app looks more like a proof of concept than a finished product. The GUI is not really clear nor user friendly. What are the purposes of the different screens? I would remove the slides to set distance and pace and put buttons instead. I miss the calories burnt value. When you set a target pace, the blue progressing line works only for the first 500m. The pace boat goes way faster than the set pace. The activity log should allow to see more details, like breakdown by a given distance.
Where to start.... This app can mostly be called a proof of concept or maybe early beta version, when looking at functionality, design and bugs in the app. Considering the premium price for the rower and the lack of functionality on the rowers computer one would think the app would have more basic functionality available. But no. You can select the length of the workout you want, good. You cannot select a time based interval like row for 40min, so no time selection as far as I can see. Furthermore, want to do interval training and record it in the app, good luck, cannot setup intervals. And when a workout is completed, it ask if it is completed acknowledging this doesn't do much, but get asked again and again.... the result being that a lot of false trainings are logged. If you want to be able to look at previous training sessions, good luck all you get is a summary table with previous rows, including the false rows that occur when you acknowledging finished rows, which aren't possible to delete. No possibility to examine the results. Have any of the developers even tested the app or have it even been developed by professionals ? (Looks like a drag and drop tool have been made to create the app) Have anybody with any rowing experience participated in the development of the app ? Using their logo "your motivation drives our innovation" I guess users lack of lot of motivation, as the app lacks a lot of innovation or even basics, especially considering the price you pay for the rower. To say it short, if you are buying the rower and know about the lacking functionality in the computer of the rower and think you get more in the app, go find another product...
Needs Improvement. The recent update to 3.1 has fixed my problems with the app always disconnecting. Still many issues. Slider controls difficult to use, cannot set workout by time, extra data lost as soon as the app disconnects from rower and that data is not shown in the history. Need this app as my fluidrower won't connect to any 3rd party apps.
I enjoy the machine a lot, but both the monitor and the app are just horrendous (inconceivable to have this in 2021). FDF better sort this quick or they will be toast. At the very minimum, they should allow and promote integration of third party software
The fluidrower app is impossible to install. Tried row again 25 times. No data coming up on my screen. No indication if connection to Bluetooth is on or off. Results in android screen are all zeroes.
What a disappointment. Used 4 times, dropped out twice after 30 seconds and can't resume the session. Same experience as other users. Great rower but this app and the console bluetooth conection are unsatisfactory.
Unfortunately this app is poorly made. It looks ok on the surface but could be so much better. Having the Bluetooth enabled rower is a great and the water rower its self is brilliant . But please get better app development.
If I could rate with less than a star, I would do it. This app is absolutely useless. I haven't found a way to get data from my trainings. Do not download this app. The manufacturer of the rower should work on a better app. I've tried to connect the rower display to my phone and to my computer, nothing works.
Terrible User interface. No information on functions whatsoever. Not user-friendly in the slightest. Very sad, as their rowers are really good. Wish they spent just a bit more on the app...
Bought an Apollo Pro XL Rower and I'm very dissapointed by this App. Feels like a joke. Rower not worth the money if that's all you can get from a really expensive Rower with bluetooth connectivity. You get even less info than from the ergometer, really unworthy.
Just got my Apollo V and all seems good....BUT....the Android app is shockingly bad...my comments mirror the other users findings!...I hope nobody got paid to design this app!
Not only does it not connect to the rower, but it is not even closeable/minimizeable without android reboot!
As others have said needs alot of work.. Also ability to upload works to Strava etc is needed!
Totally useless...just displaying what's on the rower's screen anyway! And why do they need to access my location...?
Terrible app. Worst I've ever tried. Does nothing more than the console does except it *might* track multiple work outs (?). Not even sure because connection and performance were so inconsistent it never worked twice in a row. Deleted and reloaded to try it a few times bit it's just soooooo bad. Terrible app. Don't waste your time.