Comparison

SmartRow vs Reti Interval Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SmartRow

Transform your WaterRower into a high-precision ergometer. Track detailed workout metrics including force curves and heart rate, and monitor fitness indicators like Watts-per-Beat. Sync your progress seamlessly with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Lab-grade ergometer conversion
  • Detailed force curve analysis
  • Heart rate graphing
  • Workout tracking and history
  • Fitness metrics (Watts-per-Beat, Watts-per-Kilogram)
  • Apple Health synchronization
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The SmartRow App (together with the SmartRow-conversion) will turn your WaterRower into a lab grade ergometer. It will not only show you power, distance, work-per-stroke, calories etc., it will show you each force-curve, heart rate graph and much, much more! It keeps track of your workouts, and even shows you well-known fitness metrics like 'Watts-per-Beat' and 'Watts-per-Kilogram'. It even syncs your workout data with Apple Health. This is the best training tool you can invest in—after hiring a coach, of course!

About

Reti Interval Timer

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Reti is an interval timer that calls the rounds over your music instead of cutting it, and puts the clock on a TV so a whole room can run from one phone. SIX WAYS TO RUN A CLOCK Intervals, Tabata, EMOM, AMRAP, For Time and a lap Stopwatch. Four timers are ready on the first screen — Tabata 20/10 × 8, 45/15 × 10, EMOM × 10 and AMRAP 12:00 — and five preset workouts are built from a 40-movement bodyweight library: legs, core, upper body, cardio and static holds. No equipment. CUES OVER YOUR MUSIC A rising pair for work, a falling pair for rest, a 3-2-1 before each change — mixed in over whatever you're playing, so you know the phase without a glance and your podcast keeps going. Silent mode buzzes instead and keeps the screen on. ON THE TV AirPlay or a cable puts a ten-foot readout on the big screen: the phase fills the whole screen in color, the digits are sized for the back of the room, and the phone in your pocket keeps running the class. HANDS-OFF WHILE IT RUNS The whole screen is the button — tap anywhere to pause. Stop lives behind pause, so a sweaty thumb can't end a session by accident. Coach-mode rests wait for you to say GO, so a rest lasts as long as the load on the bar needs. Siri runs it too: "Hey Siri, start my workout in Reti," pause, resume, stop, skip — no setup. The lock screen and Dynamic Island show the phase, the digits and the round, with pause and resume without unlocking. A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR WEEK Coach, part of Reti Pro, asks five questions: what you're after, how many days, what you've got to train with, anything to work around, and whether there's a date. Then it builds a block, eight weeks or four to twelve if you're working to a date. Each session lands on Home ready to run. Rate how a session went and the weeks ahead can adjust. Away from your gym for a week? Change your equipment in Settings: this week and the rest of the plan follow, and the weeks you've done stay as they were. Reset the plan any time. Your Log stays. A LOG THAT COUNTS WORK Work time only — rest, get-ready and pauses aren't counted. Sessions and your day streak. Export everything as JSON. Delete everything in two taps. FREE, AND RETI PRO Free keeps every mode, every cue, the TV, Siri, three saved custom timers and 30 days of history — forever. Reti Pro adds Coach, 50 saved custom timers and your whole history. It is a yearly subscription with a one-week free trial, and it renews each year until you cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Built for the largest accessibility text sizes and VoiceOver. No account. No ads. Nothing leaves your phone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://norvela.app/reti-privacy.html

Screenshots

SmartRow4 screens
Reti Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartRow at none against Reti Interval Timer's 1. SmartRow also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Reti Interval Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per year. SmartRow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SmartRow versus Reti Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartRowReti Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErgometer Innovations B.V.Norvela LLC

Bugs and requests

SmartRow

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes during long rows
  • Workout data not saving properly
  • Connectivity issues with Bluetooth devices
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Distance-based interval workouts
  • Audible cues and prompts during workouts
  • Ability to duplicate/sort custom workouts
  • Integration with Garmin devices
  • More advanced performance analytics
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  • Customizable heart rate zone settings

Reti Interval Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartRow

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Reti Interval Timer

Subscriptions1
  • Reti Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Year

Questions

Is SmartRow free?
SmartRow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reti Interval Timer free?
Reti Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SmartRow or Reti Interval Timer have ads?
Neither SmartRow nor Reti Interval Timer shows ads.

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