Coxwain vs RitmoStrokeWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coxwain
This app assists users in tracking their running pace and can act as a virtual pacer using audio cues. It's designed to help athletes monitor their performance during workouts.
- Pace measurement
- Audio pacing
- Workout tracking
- Performance monitoring
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Coxwain helps you measure your pace. In addition Coxwain can be your pacer with headphones.
RitmoStrokeWatch
This app allows Apple Watch users to monitor and record rowing workouts. View detailed metrics for each piece and stroke on a companion iPhone app, and easily share your data to platforms like Strava. Features hands-free timing for workout segments.
- Rowing workout monitoring
- Companion iPhone app
- Strava integration
- Auto piece timer
- Workout data export (TCX/CSV)
- Detailed stroke and piece metrics
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Finally a useable rowing workout app for the Apple Watch! Monitor and record rowing workouts for viewing on the companion iPhone app and posting to Strava. The auto piece timer provides programming free and hands free timing of pieces during the workout. Share TCX or CSV file of workouts The watch portion of the app auto generates metadata for each workout with summary info for each automatically timed and detected piece. View metrics for each piece, subdivisions of each piece and each stroke on the companion iPhone app. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ritmostrokewatch.tiiny.site
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Coxwain at every 2 weeks against RitmoStrokeWatch's monthly. Coxwain also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Coxwain against 5.0 for RitmoStrokeWatch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Coxwain ships an update every 2 weeks, RitmoStrokeWatch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coxwain | RitmoStrokeWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | TANKTES MAKINA IMALAT VE MUHENDISLIK HIZMETLERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Full Compression, LLC |
Customer experience
Coxwain
RitmoStrokeWatch
In-app purchases
Coxwain
No in-app purchases
RitmoStrokeWatch
No in-app purchases
