Rowr vs PocketCox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rowr
This app connects to your indoor rowing machine to offer guided workouts and challenges. Experience virtual rowing with videos of real locations, designed by expert coaches to enhance your fitness.
- Connects to indoor rowing machines
- Virtual rowing video experiences
- Coach-designed workouts
- Individual fitness challenges
- Supports Concept II rowers
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Row'r connects to your indoor rowing machine to provide workouts and individual challenges to improve your rowing times or general fitness. Row'r uses video of real rowing sites to transport you around the world, while still in your basement, garage, or gym. Workouts and training programs are designed by real coaches and competitive rowers. Rowers currently supported: Concept II
PocketCox
This app uses your Apple Watch to monitor on-water rowing performance, providing detailed metrics like stroke rate, speed, and heart rate. Analyze your sessions with graphs and share them across popular platforms. It's designed for rowers of all levels aiming to improve their training.
- On-water rowing workout tracking
- Comprehensive performance metrics
- Workout segmentation
- Automatic workout pause
- Detailed session analysis on iPhone
- Workout sharing to Strava and others
- Secure data storage in Apple Health
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PocketCox is the most advanced rowing performance monitor for your wrist. It leverages the high-end sensors in your Apple Watch to track your on-water rowing workouts, and delivers you with comprehensive data, helping you elevate your training without the need for a dedicated device. PocketCox is the perfect tool for both amateurs and professional rowers looking to improve their performance on the water. TRACKED METRICS • Stroke Rate • Speed / Split • Distance • Number of Strokes • Recovery-Drive Ratio • Heart Rate • Calories Burned FEATURES • Record rowing workouts with your Apple Watch. • Easy-to-read design optimized for legibility on the water. • Break down your workout into individual segments. • Workout gets automatically paused if you stop taking strokes. • Review and analyze your rowing sessions on your iPhone with detailed graphs showing split, stroke rate, ratio and hear rate. • Share your workouts effortlessly on Strava, Concept2 Logbook, Rowsandall.com, and Intervals.icu. • All data is stored securely and privately in Apple Health and iCloud. --- PocketCox requires an Apple Watch running watchOS 9.1 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rowr at none against PocketCox's 2. Rowr also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PocketCox's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. PocketCox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Rowr asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rowr against 4.9 for PocketCox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketCox has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Rowr's written reviews are positive against 86% of PocketCox's.
Rowr ships an update every 3 months, PocketCox every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rowr | PocketCox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rowr Fitness, Inc. | Nicolas Camenisch |
Customer experience
Rowr
PocketCox
In-app purchases
Rowr
No in-app purchases
PocketCox
- PocketCox Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PocketCox Pro14 Days trial$12.991 Year
