Comparison

RitmoStrokeWatch vs KiraRowing

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Rowing workout monitoring
  • Companion iPhone app
  • Strava integration
  • Auto piece timer
  • Workout data export (TCX/CSV)
  • Detailed stroke and piece metrics
Features
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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

About

KiraRowing

This app helps you create personalized indoor rowing workouts with adjustable intensity and intervals. It tracks your progress and integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch for detailed performance analysis. Optimize your full-body fitness routine with guided training sessions.

Highlights
  • Individual training profiles
  • Interval training
  • Apple Watch sensor tracking
  • Heart rate capture
  • Energy consumption determination
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Rowing is an effective full-body workout. Whether at home or in the gym, rowing improves your health and fitness . KiraRowing supports you in your rowing training. You can create individual training profiles - from simple warm-ups to challenging rowing workouts with varying intensity in the intervals of your training profile. Your workouts are saved in Apple Health. Track your training success through Apple Health or Apple Fitness, whether you complete your training at home or in the gym. If you have paired an Apple Watch with your iPhone, the movement pattern of a rowing cycle is analysed and measured using the sensors of the Apple Watch. Your stroke rate per minute specification serves as a guideline for your training in this case. However, the actual rowing strokes are measured using the Apple Watch. Features: - Individual training profiles - Training with time limit and progress indicator - Interval training - The sensors of your paired Apple Watch track your individual movement pattern (stroke cycle) - Capture heart rate via your paired Apple Watch or alternatively a Bluetooth HR sensor if no Apple Watch is paired with your iPhone - Specify the number of strokes per minute for each interval of your training - Animation of the stroke based on the specified stroke rate - Determination of energy consumption - Importing training data into Apple Health KiraRowing can be used without Apple Watch. In this case, the use of a Bluetooth HR sensor is recommended and the number of strokes is estimated by the stroke rate specification and the duration of the training. KiraRowing can also be used on an iPad, but without Apple Watch support only.

Screenshots

RitmoStrokeWatch2 screens
KiraRowing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RitmoStrokeWatch at Free against KiraRowing's $1.99. RitmoStrokeWatch also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

RitmoStrokeWatch is free to download; KiraRowing costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RitmoStrokeWatch ships an update monthly, KiraRowing every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RitmoStrokeWatch versus KiraRowing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRitmoStrokeWatchKiraRowing
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFull Compression, LLCAlois Lohner

Customer experience

RitmoStrokeWatch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KiraRowing

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

RitmoStrokeWatch

No in-app purchases

None

KiraRowing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RitmoStrokeWatch free?
RitmoStrokeWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KiraRowing free?
KiraRowing costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RitmoStrokeWatch or KiraRowing have ads?
Neither RitmoStrokeWatch nor KiraRowing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RitmoStrokeWatch or KiraRowing?
RitmoStrokeWatch ships an update monthly, and KiraRowing every 16 months. Most recently, RitmoStrokeWatch was updated on November 8, 2026 and KiraRowing on November 12, 2026.

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