Comparison

PocketCox vs RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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, TrainingPeaks, Rowsandall.com, and Intervals.icu. • All data is stored securely and privately in Apple Health and iCloud. --- PocketCox requires an Apple Watch running watchOS 10.0 or later. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pocketcox.com/privacy

About

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

This platform connects to rowing and cycling machines via Bluetooth to automatically log workouts. It provides athletes with live performance data, historical analysis, and readiness scores. Coaches can monitor team progress, build training plans, and review technique videos.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth PM5 connection
  • Live performance metrics
  • Full workout history
  • Readiness scoring
  • Strava & Concept2 Logbook export
  • Coach training plan tools
  • Athlete technique video review
Features
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RowIQ is the rowing training app that connects to your Concept2 PM5 over Bluetooth. Log every stroke on the RowErg or BikeErg, see your force curve live, and get coaching built on your own data. Athletes train smarter. Coaches see the whole squad live. CONNECTS TO YOUR CONCEPT2 • Pairs with the PM5 monitor over Bluetooth — RowErg and BikeErg • Live split, pace, watts, stroke rate, distance, calories and heart rate • Load a planned workout onto the PM5 with one tap, or just row • The monitor is the source of truth: your debrief matches the PM5's own summary SEE THE SHAPE OF YOUR STROKE • Force curve drawn live on every stroke (RowErg) • Shape a target Optimal Force Curve and row against it with a live accuracy score • Debrief: your average curve vs. target, peak timing, stroke length and a cue for next time VIRTUAL COXSWAIN • Set a goal split, a stroke rate, or both before you row • Spoken pace calls tell you the split to hold, easing off when you're ahead and picking up when you fade • Works on single distance or time pieces on the RowErg AI COACH • Ask a coach that has your training history in front of it • Smart Plans: a personalised training plan from your goal, 2K, race date and weekly availability • Readiness from Apple Health — HRV, resting heart rate and sleep — combined with training load • Plain-English insights after every piece and weekly recaps TRAIN AND TRACK • Coach-assigned, built-in, self-built and AI-generated plans on a calendar • Full history with splits, stroke trends and force curves; personal records by distance, time and interval format • Fitness vs. fatigue, weekly effort and progress trends • Lift tracking, Erg Engine stroke video analysis, friend races and a community meters leaderboard SYNC EVERYWHERE • Automatic upload to the Concept2 Logbook with per-split and per-interval data • Strava export with the full stream • Bluetooth heart-rate straps and armbands connect directly to RowIQ FOR COACHES • Link athletes with an invite link or coach code • Live race board: every athlete's split, rate and force curve in real time • Build and publish training plans, push a workout straight to an athlete's erg • Team roster with readiness, weekly meters and compliance; Film Room technique video review • Coach web dashboard at rowiqapp.com COMPATIBILITY Concept2 PM5 over Bluetooth on the RowErg and BikeErg. The SkiErg and the older PM3/PM4 monitors are not supported. Requires iPhone with iOS 17 or later. APPLE HEALTH RowIQ reads HRV, resting heart rate and sleep from Apple Health to calculate daily readiness. Your health data is never used for advertising or shared with third parties. SUBSCRIPTION RowIQ is free to download and use for basic workout logging. RowIQ Premium unlocks the AI coach and Smart Plans, Virtual Coxswain live coaching, advanced analytics, the Optimal Force Curve comparison, premium training plans, video review and the full weekly calendar. • Monthly and annual plans available RowIQ Premium subscription terms: Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial for RowIQ Premium. After the free trial ends, the subscription automatically renews at the price shown at purchase unless canceled. RowIQ Premium is available monthly or annually. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase or, when a free trial applies, after the free trial period ends. To avoid being charged, turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial or current subscription period. Subscriptions, renewals, cancellations and refunds are managed by Apple. Terms of Use: https://rowiqapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://rowiqapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

PocketCox4 screens
RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PocketCox at none against RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach's shown. PocketCox also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PocketCox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PocketCox holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of PocketCox's written reviews are positive against 100% of RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PocketCox ships an update every 4 weeks, RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PocketCox versus RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketCoxRowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (24 ratings) — better4.7 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNicolas CamenischRowIQ LLC

Customer experience

PocketCox

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PocketCox

Subscriptions2
  • PocketCox Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • PocketCox Pro14 Days trial$12.991 Year
5 purchases

RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach

Subscriptions5
  • RowIQ Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • RowIQ Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Influencer Coach Access Premium$89.991 Month
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  • Row IQ Premium7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Influencer Coach Access$99.991 Month

Questions

Is PocketCox free?
PocketCox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach free?
RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PocketCox or RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach?
PocketCox is rated higher. PocketCox averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do PocketCox or RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach have ads?
RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach shows ads; PocketCox does not.
Which is updated more often, PocketCox or RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach?
PocketCox ships an update every 4 weeks, and RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach every 4 days. Most recently, PocketCox was updated on October 17, 2026 and RowIQ | Rowing & Erg Coach on October 3, 2026.

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