Comparison

PocketCox vs Wobble Rowing

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

Wobble Rowing

This app measures the stability of your rowing shell in real-time, calculating a "Wobble Factor" to help you improve your technique. It also tracks stroke rate and pace, providing per-minute summaries and saving detailed data for analysis.

Highlights
  • Measures shell stability (Wobble Factor)
  • Tracks stroke rate (SPM)
  • Monitors pace (min/500m)
  • Real-time data capture
  • Per-minute session summaries
  • CSV data export for analysis
Features
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Wobble Rowing measures the stability of your rowing shell during training and racing. In the spirit of "You can't improve what you don't measure", Wobble Rowing captures the motion of your shell and calculates the Wobble Factor which is a measure of how much your boat is rocking side to side. What Wobble Rowing measures: Wobble Factor — shell stability in real time Stroke Rate — strokes per minute Pace — minutes per 500 meters After each session: A per-minute summary shows your average pace, stroke rate, and wobble factor so you can track improvement over time. A CSV file is saved to your iPhone for detailed analysis. The CSV file captures data 10 times a second. Privacy: No personally identifiable data is collected. An anonymous ID is used to contribute data to a research database to help improve the model. GPS is used only to determine speed and location. Wobble Rowing is always free.

Screenshots

PocketCox4 screens
Wobble Rowing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wobble Rowing at none against PocketCox's 2. Wobble Rowing also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). PocketCox's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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. PocketCox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Wobble Rowing asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PocketCox against 5.0 for Wobble Rowing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PocketCox has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of PocketCox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wobble Rowing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PocketCox ships an update every 4 weeks, Wobble Rowing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PocketCox versus Wobble Rowing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketCoxWobble Rowing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (24 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas CamenischWilliam North

Customer experience

PocketCox

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

Wobble Rowing

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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
None

Wobble Rowing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketCox free?
PocketCox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wobble Rowing free?
Wobble Rowing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PocketCox or Wobble Rowing?
Wobble Rowing is rated higher. PocketCox averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Wobble Rowing averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PocketCox or Wobble Rowing have ads?
Neither PocketCox nor Wobble Rowing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PocketCox or Wobble Rowing?
PocketCox ships an update every 4 weeks, and Wobble Rowing every 2 months. Most recently, PocketCox was updated on October 17, 2026 and Wobble Rowing on October 8, 2026.

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