RowingCoach 4+

Name: RowingCoach
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Gunther Cronenberg

Make every stroke count‪!‬

Gunther Cronenberg

Designed for iPad

- 4.2 • 5 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

RowingCoach, available also for the Apple Watch, allows you to track your rowing sessions, compare your workouts and see your overall progress – whether you train on land or on water.

== RowingCoach displays the following metrics:

• Your current and overall stroke rate (SPM)
• The distance covered
• Your current and overall pace
• Your pulse
• Your calories burned

== Use the app as suits you best:

• Track your session on the iPhone
• Only use your Apple Watch to record the training (and leave your iPhone onshore!)
• Use the iPhone as display for your Apple Watch recording. Very useful for indoor rowing.

== RowingCoach also offers these features:

• Use Siri to start and stop your workout
• Automatic Stroke detection
• Get notified after a certain distance covered, strokes reached or time passed
• Display your workout on a map
• Speed/pulse shown in color-coding
• Share your rowing track with iMessage
• Weather conditions are recorded for outdoor workouts
• iCloud synchronisation: Have your workouts on all your devices.
• Apple Health App integration
• Watch Complication: See your weekly progress at a glance
• Use Force Touch in the Watch app to quickly start and stop a workout
• Today Widget: See your weekly and monthly progress from the Today screen
• Add notes (to remember who was cox for example)

== Export and upload your workouts to other platforms:

• Upload to Strava
• Export to RowsAndAll
• Upload to MapMyFitness
• Upload to TrainingPeaks
• Upload to Concept2 Logbook

External bluetooth heart rate monitors are supported.

If you want to export your workouts via e-mail or want to record more than 3 workouts - you can get to a subscription right in the app.

11 Feb 2024

Version 1.9.9

• Improvements

4.2 out of 5

5 Ratings

Disappointing, improvable

This app is maybe the only one that includes all the features necessary for rowing on a boat. It has gps tracking, spm, pace, distance and so on. It also has an app for Apple Watch that can monitor the heart rate during the training session. Still, it completely fails to count the strokes and keep an accurate spm. In an average-50 mins rowing session on a coxless four (22-28 spm), the spm shown on the app was between 6 and 15. Totally wrong. Of course the accuracy of such an app is expected to be lower compared to other devices, but the gap is too consistent. Also, the integration with the Apple activity app is improvable: RowingCoach displays the calories (thanks to the Apple Watch I suppose) but when checking the activity on the activity app the calories are different. Also, the user interface and the app graphics is not much intuitive and very simple. Different sections (sessions, start activity, preferences...) would be appreciated.

The developer, Gunther Cronenberg, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.