Comparison

Compound App Mobile vs Oarsum

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

Head to head
About

Compound App Mobile

Manage your fitness and nutrition plans with this comprehensive application. Track your progress and organize your health journey for personal use or client management.

Highlights
  • Training management
  • Nutrition planning
  • Client management
  • Progress tracking
  • All-inclusive health management
Features
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An all inclusive app to manage training and nutrition for yourself or for your clients.

About

Oarsum

This app helps kayakers, canoeists, and rowers track their time on the water. Record live sessions, view distance and pace on Apple Watch, and get detailed trip summaries. It offers on-device analytics, water body identification, and integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Live paddle session recording
  • Apple Watch companion display
  • Detailed trip summaries
  • HealthKit workout support
  • On-device analytics
  • Water body identification
  • Private route logging
Features
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Oarsum is a GPS paddle tracker and logbook for kayaking, canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) and rowing. You did the paddling. Give yourself something to show for it: routes to replay, records to beat, and a whole year of water worth revisiting. RECORDING — Wrist or phone. Your call. Record on iPhone or independently on Apple Watch. Track your route, distance, duration, speed and pace. See heart rate, calories and stroke rate when available. Pause, resume, check weather conditions, and follow your Watch session on iPhone when connected. HISTORY — Run that paddle back Replay a saved route and see where you picked up speed. Browse trips in your logbook or on the map, show past routes together, and choose their colors. Pin favorite paddles and waters. Less digging. More finding. WATERS — Put a name to the place That lake has a name. So does the river you keep going back to. Search lakes and rivers worldwide, explore water shapes and available facts, and connect trips to named waters. Confirm where you paddled, check repeat visits, and find your regular spots. CALENDAR — Your year. Accounted for. See your year on the water, open a month, and revisit its paddles. Follow streaks, compare activity across days, months and years, and see your most active days and favorite times to paddle. INSIGHTS — Settle it with the numbers Your fastest paddle? Your longest? Open your personal records and the trips behind them. Explore pace trends, heart-rate zones and stroke efficiency from your recorded data. Deep Detail compares individual paddles with your history, so you can see how they stack up. INTELLIGENCE — Go ahead. Ask. "How far did I paddle this month?" "Which water do I visit most?" Paddle Intelligence turns questions about your paddling into answers from your saved trips and available Insights. It uses Apple Intelligence on supported devices. IMPORT, EXPORT & SYNC — Your old paddles count, too Import paddle workouts from Apple Health and trips from GPX files. Save Oarsum workouts to Apple Health, export routes as GPX, and sync your logbook across devices with iCloud. IPAD & MAC — Spread out a little Explore Oarsum Atlas on iPad: your map, water search and logbook in one workspace, with adjustable panels. Bring the same iPad experience to compatible Apple silicon Macs. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS — Keep it handy Follow a session on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities. Reach Oarsum through widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, or find a saved paddle with Spotlight. Designed and built by an independent developer who paddles. Oarsum is for recreational tracking, not navigation or emergency use. Support: https://oarsum.com/contact Terms of Use: https://oarsum.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://oarsum.com/privacy

Screenshots

Compound App Mobile3 screens
Oarsum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oarsum at 100% against Compound App Mobile's 0%. Oarsum also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Compound App Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads 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. Oarsum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Compound App Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oarsum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compound App Mobile has 42 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Compound App Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Oarsum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compound App Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, Oarsum monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Compound App Mobile versus Oarsum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompound App MobileOarsum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (42 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew TurnerOddsplash LLC

Customer experience

Compound App Mobile

All ratings40 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Oarsum

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Compound App Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Oarsum

Subscriptions2
  • Seasonal Pass$2.993 Months
  • Annual Pass$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Compound App Mobile free?
Compound App Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oarsum free?
Oarsum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Compound App Mobile or Oarsum?
Oarsum is rated higher. Compound App Mobile averages 4.2 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Oarsum averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Compound App Mobile or Oarsum have ads?
Neither Compound App Mobile nor Oarsum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compound App Mobile or Oarsum?
Compound App Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, and Oarsum monthly. Most recently, Compound App Mobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and Oarsum on October 24, 2026.

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