Comparison

Paddle Paddle vs CalmMate

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

Head to head
About

Paddle Paddle

Track your kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, or rowing sessions with detailed metrics and a full-screen map. Enjoy high-visibility mode for bright days and set targets for your routes. Syncs with Apple Health and offers export options.

Highlights
  • Full-screen route mapping
  • Real-time speed, distance, and stroke rate tracking
  • High-visibility mode for sunny conditions
  • Target setting for routes
  • Stroke rate measurement via motion sensors
  • Apple Watch integration
  • GPX/TCX export and Strava sync
Features
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Paddle Paddle is the tracker made for life on the water. Kayak, canoe, paddle board or rowing shell: start a session and Paddle Paddle maps every stroke, keeps your numbers big and readable in the sun, and saves each outing so you can relive it, share it and beat it next time. See everything at a glance. A full-screen map shows your route as you paddle, while clean floating panels keep speed, one-minute and total average speed, distance, stroke rate, stroke effort and heart rate in view. On bright days, switch to high-visibility mode for opaque panels, extra-large numbers and full screen brightness. Pause, Resume and Finish use slide-to-confirm controls, so splashes and wet fingers never stop your session by accident. Paddle with purpose. Long-press anywhere on the map to set a target and Paddle Paddle shows the direction and distance to it. Loved a past route? Choose “Paddle this route again” and follow it on the map. Voice cues announce your time, distance, speed, heart rate and battery at the interval you choose, so you can keep your eyes on the water. Lock your iPhone and put it in a dry bag: tracking continues until you press Finish. Know your stroke. Paddle Paddle measures your stroke rate with the iPhone’s motion sensors, tuned separately for kayak, canoe, paddle board and rowing. Wear an Apple Watch for even better wrist-based stroke rate, or pair a standard Bluetooth heart-rate strap for live heart rate. Every session, beautifully organized. History gives you monthly totals, an eight-week trend and a route preview on every session, plus a map of everywhere you’ve paddled. Open a session to see your route colored by speed, charts of speed, stroke rate and heart rate over time, weather at the start and finish, notes and a timeline of your pauses. Trim the end of a session, merge two sessions, or change the equipment in a tap. A real Apple Watch app. Start a session right from your wrist with live time, distance, speed, stroke rate and heart rate, plus Water Lock built in. Leave your iPhone on shore if you like: sessions recorded on the watch sync to your iPhone automatically. Paddling with both? Your watch adds its stroke rate and heart rate to the session recorded on your iPhone. Share and sync. Create a shareable image of any session, export GPX or TCX files for other apps and services, or send sessions to Strava. Keep your history safe and in sync across your devices with iCloud. Paddle Paddle works with Apple Health: it reads your weight and age for accurate calorie estimates and saves each session as a paddle-sports workout. Distances can be shown in kilometers, miles or nautical miles. Paddle Paddle is free to download and use for tracking, with ads. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks iCloud sync, automatic upload to Strava and the full set of voice cues. Monthly and annual subscriptions are available, and the annual plan offers the best value. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://oxigenator.com/products/paddle-paddle/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://oxigenator.com/products/paddle-paddle/privacy-policy/ Grab your paddle. See you on the water!

About

CalmMate

This app provides immediate support for panic attacks with a one-tap breathing guide and evidence-informed techniques. It also offers daily tools like a meditation timer, journal, and mood tracking to help manage anxiety and promote well-being.

Highlights
  • One-tap panic guide
  • 9 evidence-informed breathing techniques
  • 5-4-3-2-1 sensory grounding
  • Trusted contacts integration
  • Meditation timer with on-device soundscapes
  • Gentle journal with mood trends
  • Apple Watch app with haptic guidance
Features
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When panic hits, you don't need a wellness platform. You need one button. CalmMate is a pocket panic-support companion built around a single promise: relief starts in 60 seconds, and the core tools are never behind a login, a paywall, or an internet connection. IN THE MOMENT • One-tap Panic Guide — a steady 4-4-6-2 breathing circle with calm prompts, gentle chimes, and haptic pulses that carry the rhythm even with your eyes closed • 9 evidence-informed breathing techniques: Extended Exhale, Physiological Sigh, Box Breathing, 4-7-8, Coherent Breathing, Bhramari humming, alternate-nostril, and more — each with exact timings and cautions • 5-4-3-2-1 sensory grounding that walks you back into the room, one checked item at a time • Trusted contacts: call or text your person straight from the session screen EVERY DAY • Meditation timer with synthesized rain, ocean, brown noise, and fire — generated on-device, zero downloads, works in airplane mode • A gentle journal with 60 rotating prompts and a mood trend that shows whether the breathing is actually helping • The Impact Bank: every minute of regulation stays counted, forever. No streaks to break. Progress, never pressure. • Energy slider that meets you where you are — frozen and numb gets a different reset than racing and wired ON YOUR WRIST • Full Apple Watch app: haptic-guided breathing that works wrist-down, one-tap panic mode, grounding, and a meditation timer MADE FOR REAL PEOPLE • Adult, Teen, Kids (with parent PIN), and Prenatal modes with age-appropriate guidance • Full dark mode designed for 3 a.m. • Reduce Motion support throughout CalmMate offers self-help breathing and grounding tools. It is not a medical device and is not a substitute for professional mental-health care. If you are in crisis, the app surfaces crisis lines (call or text 988 in the US) on every relevant screen.

Screenshots

Paddle Paddle4 screens
CalmMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalmMate at none against Paddle Paddle's 2. CalmMate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Paddle Paddle's advantage is ratings volume (386 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. Paddle Paddle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CalmMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CalmMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paddle Paddle has 386 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Paddle Paddle versus CalmMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaddle PaddleCalmMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (386 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings386 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOXiGENATOR LLCMohanaraman Namasivayam

Customer experience

Paddle Paddle

All ratings386 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative23.8%

CalmMate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Paddle Paddle

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • 🐛 App freezes when viewing history
  • 🐛 History not showing without upgrade
  • 🐛 Apple Watch shows speed in km/hr despite miles setting
  • 🐛 No data collected in Apple Watch stats
  • 🐛 Cannot view history due to unavailable ads/subscription

Requested features

7 requests
  • 💡 Add watch version
  • 💡 Grab heart rate data from Apple Watch
  • 💡 Make app fully functional without subscription
  • 💡 Improve Apple Watch integration
  • 💡 Allow starting/pausing/stopping recording on Apple Watch
Show 2 more
  • 💡 Show useful data on Apple Watch
  • 💡 Explain color coding (red, orange, green)

CalmMate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Paddle Paddle

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
None

CalmMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paddle Paddle free?
Paddle Paddle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalmMate free?
CalmMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paddle Paddle or CalmMate?
CalmMate is rated higher. Paddle Paddle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 386 ratings, while CalmMate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Paddle Paddle or CalmMate have ads?
Paddle Paddle shows ads; CalmMate does not.

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