On Apple Watch
Leave the phone in the boathouse and the dedicated rate watch in the shed. Strokes Per Minute runs natively on Apple Watch—tap at the catch, count three strokes, tap again, and read the rate at a glance.
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A traditional rowing rating watch does one job well, right up until the morning its battery dies, its lanyard snaps, or it stays on the hook in the boat shed. Meanwhile, your Apple Watch is already strapped to your wrist before you walk out the door.
Strokes Per Minute brings the classic tap-timing workflow to watchOS without clutter. There are no GPS maps to drain your battery, no Bluetooth impeller sensors to pair, and no tiny menus to navigate with cold fingers. You get a clean dark screen, a full-face tap area, and an instant strokes-per-minute reading.
Whether you are steering an eight from the coxswain’s seat, coaching from a bike along the towpath, or checking a training partner’s rate between pieces, the rating watch is always with you.
Once installed, the Apple Watch app times and calculates stroke rates completely on its own. Your iPhone can stay locked in the boathouse.
With wet hands, gloves, or spray on the glass, you do not want to hunt for a small button. Tap anywhere on the watch face as the blades go in.
Crisp white numerals on an OLED black background make the stroke rate readable in bright midday glare or pre-dawn mist.
Check the crew's rhythm with a quick tap while keeping both hands on the rudder strings and your eyes down the course.
The Apple Watch app installs alongside the iPhone and iPad app and shares a single purchase across all of your Apple devices.
Timing taps and stroke rate readings stay on your wrist. No workouts, GPS tracks, or crew telemetry are uploaded anywhere.
No modes to configure or sensors to pair before pushing off the dock.
Add it to your Dock or a watch face complication so it is one tap away when the piece starts.
Watch the blades enter the water and tap anywhere on the watch screen to start the 3-stroke sample.
Keep your eyes on the crew through three complete drive-and-recovery cycles while the watch times in the background.
Tap as the blades catch on the third stroke. The stroke rate appears immediately in large type; tap Reset when ready for the next check.
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Free Session Cards & Excel Logs
Structured rowing workouts for the ergometer and the water—complete with segment-by-segment stroke rate targets, seconds per stroke, printable boathouse cards, and downloadable Excel logs.
A classic 20-minute continuous rate pyramid climbing from 18 to 26 strokes per minute and stepping back down. Builds rhythm discipline on the erg or on the water.
The foundation of rowing endurance. Low-rate aerobic pieces at 18–20 strokes per minute (3.0 to 3.33 seconds per stroke) for the rowing machine or on the water.
High-intensity 500m sprint intervals at 2000m race pace and cadence (30–34 strokes per minute, 1.76 to 2.0 seconds per stroke) for the ergometer or on-water race prep.
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