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Pip

Hi! I’m Pip.

I’m your rowing coach. I talk you through every row, so your eyes stay up and your phone stays face down.

Ask me anything.

What’s a row with you like?

Pip

Like this. A whole row, and you never have to look at your phone:

  1. Whenever you’re ready.The row starts on your first stroke.
  2. Let’s go. You’ve got this.I call every change, so you know what’s next.
  3. Halfway. Keep it steady.A word when it helps.
  4. You’re in front now.If you’re racing your last row, I tell you who leads.
  5. All done. Nice work making time for yourself.Then your splits and your progress are waiting.

I only talk when there’s something to say. Halfway, splits, cheers: you pick what I say.

What can you do?

Pip

Quite a lot! Here’s what’s in the boat:

12workouts
3live screens
3languages
Voice coachingFree
That’s it. Hold that stroke rate.
2:04/500 m24spm
Race your last time
+12 m
Workouts and tests
Just row2,000 m test5,000 m testYour own
Logbook, goals and personal bests
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Floating coach
2:04 · 24
On top of other apps · Android
With ProFriends join free.
Host rooms and races
Workout drafts from your words
Race your best row or a target
Stroke shape, live
Crews with scheduled rows
Coach mode for your crew

Everything outside the Pro box is free.

And twelve workouts ready to go. A few of them:

  • Pyramid intervals20 min
  • Ascending ladder20 min
  • 30/30 intervals16 min
  • Steady endurance40 min

Rowing bores me.

Pip

Fair. Here’s how I keep it interesting:

  1. 1
    Race your last time+12 m
  2. 2
    Today’s idea: it changes by the day and fits how you row
    Easy rhythmTempo repeatsRecovery reset
  3. 3
    I grow up as you row

What do I grow into? You’ll see.

Can you help my technique?

Pip

I can see the shape of every stroke. One tip at a time:

Stroke shapeLegs first. Nice.Push with the legs before the arms pull

This one needs a Concept2 PM5. It’s the rower that tells me how hard you pull through the stroke.

Will it work with my rower?

Pip

If it’s a Concept2 PM5, yes! Here’s what I talk to over Bluetooth:

  • Concept2 PM5
    paceratewattsforce curve
  • Heart-rate strap
    heart rate
OtterowConnected

No rower nearby? The demo rower lets you try everything first.

Can I row with friends?

Pip

Yes! Same workout, same time, each on your own rower:

Lanes · each at their own target
S
You
J

Up to 20 of you in a room. Everyone rows to their own target, so nobody gets left behind.

Joining is free. Starting a room is Pro.

What does it cost?

Pip

Rowing with me is free.

Free€0to row
ProMonthly or yearlythe price is shown in the app

Pro is for starting your own room, for workout drafts from your own words, and for your stroke’s shape on a row you share. You can’t buy it yet. When you can, it’ll be in the app.

  • No account needed
  • No ads
  • Works offline, even in the garage

What about my data?

Pip

Paw on heart:

I promise
  • No account neededOpen the app and row.
  • Rows stay on your phoneBack them up whenever you like.
  • No ads, everNot in free, not anywhere.
  • I listen only when you askTap the mic to dictate a note. Otherwise I just talk.

A row leaves your phone only if you share it or save it to Health.

The details are in the privacy policy.

Let’s row!

Pip

Yay! Here’s your ticket:

OtterowBOARDING PASS
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DEPARTS
First stroke
GATE
Your rower
SEAT
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I’m not in the stores yet. Soon!

Free to row · No account needed · Works offline

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See it the way you’ll row with it.

Pick a moment.

Live row with Pip: racing Pip 9 m ahead, pace 2:10.4, on target. Pip says: “Halfway. Keep it steady.”Live row with Pip: racing Pip 9 m ahead, pace 2:10.4, on target. Pip says: “Halfway. Keep it steady.”
Live row racing your last row: 9 m ahead, pace 2:10.4, on target.Live row racing your last row: 9 m ahead, pace 2:10.4, on target.
A 2,000 m test racing your best: 8 m behind, 1,240 of 2,000 m done, pace 1:58.6 per 500 m.A 2,000 m test racing your best: 8 m behind, 1,240 of 2,000 m done, pace 1:58.6 per 500 m.
Quick build: four efforts of 5:00 at 2:12 per 500 m, 1:00 rest between, 36 min, about 8.1 km.Quick build: four efforts of 5:00 at 2:12 per 500 m, 1:00 rest between, 36 min, about 8.1 km.
Summary of a steady row: 96% of the time on target, effort pace 2:10.5 per 500 m, 6,621 m in 30:00, the efforts’ paces.Summary of a steady row: 96% of the time on target, effort pace 2:10.5 per 500 m, 6,621 m in 30:00, the efforts’ paces.
Drawn from the app
Row together and races. A 2,000 m race with nine rowers: you are third at 1,240 m, with the rowers near you in lanes by metres.Row together and races. A 2,000 m race with nine rowers: you are third at 1,240 m, with the rowers near you in lanes by metres.

Otterow Pro

Rowing is free. Pro adds a room of your own and workout drafts.

A room of your own, for rowing with friends wherever they are. And workout drafts: say what you feel like, Pip drafts it, and you check it. Pro also puts your stroke’s shape on the picture of a row you share.

Host rooms and racesOpen a room. Friends join free.
Otterow ProMonthly or yearlythe price is shown in the app

Otterow has no ads and sells no data. Pro is how it stays that way, and how Pip keeps getting better.

Get the appYou can’t buy it yet. When you can, it’ll be in the app.

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