Stroke Rate Coach

batyanko

About this app

Stroke Rate Coach is a rowing metronome - it beeps at a desired rate per minute.

- Simple SPM (Strokes Per Minute) rate setting

- Complex workouts based on distance, time or stroke count

- Speed measurement and control with speed control warning

- Beeps in the background - combine with other sports apps (let me know how that works for you, some phones frequently close background apps)

Tested & working on devices starting Android 5.0 Lollipop. No need taking your brand new $$$-Ultraphone for a swim - almost any old Android 5+ phone will do.

Feel encouraged to send me feedback and request new features, per e-mail or Github.
Open source available at:
https://github.com/batyanko/stroke-rate-coach

LICENSE:

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Parts of code from other developers have been used and annotated where necessary.
These parts are licensed under either Apache 2.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Ratings and reviews

I've been using this app happily for a while, but a recent update has broken many aspects of it almost to the point of becoming unusable. The progress bar no longer updates during a workout, the layout extends outside the edges of my phone display, and turning the phone between portrait and landscape ends my workout. It still technically works, but not nearly as well as it did just a few days ago.

It is a basic but functional app that concentrates on the things that matter. When I work out on a rowing machine, I can define what my workout is going to be like, with duration and cadence for each section of the workout. My one suggestion for the developer, add the possibility to edit your workouts.

Allows me to set my own cadence and intervals, which is all I wanted from an app. But the estimated workout time in the app differs greatly from the actual time of a workout. Would've given it 5 stars had it been more accurate. SPM is SPM no matter which machine you're on. And if by time, my custom workout of 15 intervals at 60 seconds each should be a 15 minute workout, but the estimated time is ~9 minutes?? Will keep using it though, still the most appropriate app for me.

What’s new

Bug fixes. Target API 36.