Record kayak, rowing, SUP, or any watercraft activity. Kayak and rowing paddles on Apple Watch record real-time stroke cadence.
Paddlr is a workout app designed for paddle sports enthusiasts.
Record your paddle sessions while keeping track of stroke count (SPM available only on Apple Watch for kayak and crew paddle type), distance, elapsed time, pace and map route.
Paddle sessions captured on watch will sync to iPhone so your entire history is available even when leaving your iPhone ashore.
Features include:
• With opt-in Health integration, paddle workouts contribute to your daily Activity Rings!
• Track your paddle route on iPhone with pace color-coded maps. Drop flags to mark points of interest.
• Compatible with Strava! Automatically upload new paddle activities to your Strava feed.
• Export routes to GPX (Garmin's open file format) for upload to other mapping / GPS services.
• Monitor kayak and crew stroke count and cadence on Apple Watch. Save workout to view interactive cadence charts.
• Active compass with bearing on Apple Watch.
• Interactive heart rate charts for workouts on Apple Watch.
• Receive in-workout minimum stroke cadence alerts on Apple Watch.
• Sync with iCloud so saved paddle workouts are available across all your devices.
• Get a quick glance at current and hourly weather conditions including wind speed, direction, and gusts. Reports provided by Apple Weather.
• Coming soon! Distance per stroke data points and charting.
Give it a try! We promise to keep the app updated with new features and improvements all driven by the paddle sport community. Please submit a review with any issues, comments and feature requests so we can respond and provide you the best experience using Paddlr.
Happy paddling!
Would be great to see the the app include average and top paddling speeds. I see the speed colour but no number indicator as what they are. To include the heart rate you need to use the watch app, iPhone app isn’t syncing to the watch.
- Support for iOS and watchOS 27.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Version 2026.2
The developer, Brian Buck, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Location
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Brian Buck
Size
29.2 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 10 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.