A row counter for Wear OS that counts with a tap or a turn
Rowpip shows your row or round as one big number on your watch. Tap it to count the next one, or turn the bezel or crown, and a buzz on your wrist tells you it counted.
- Free
- No ads
- Wear OS 3 or later
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
How counting works on Wear OS
Some Wear OS watches have a bezel that turns, some have a crown, and every one has a touchscreen. Rowpip counts with all three.
Tap the number
Tap anywhere on the big number to add a row or a round. A second tap within 0.3 seconds is ignored, so a jittery finger doesn't count twice.
Turn the bezel or crown
Turn the bezel clockwise, or roll the crown upwards, to add a row; the other way takes one off. A turn has to be deliberate, about 30 degrees, before it counts, so a small accidental nudge changes nothing.
Take a row back
One row too many? Turn back a step, tap −1, or tap Undo to take back your last change, whatever it was.
In step with your Android phone
Rowpip on a Wear OS watch works together with Rowpip on the Android phone it's paired with. Count on either one, and the other shows the same row within about 2 seconds whenever the two can reach each other. If you counted on both while they were apart, the newest change wins.
What a Wear OS watch adds
You don't have to look
Every count comes with a buzz on your wrist, so your eyes can stay on your stitches. When you do look down, the number is big enough to take in at a glance.
Your pattern comes along
Set up a pattern repeat or a finish target in the phone app, and the watch shows both under the number: which pattern row comes next, and how far you've got, as in “84/120”.
Ready the first time you open it
The first time you open Rowpip on your watch, a single screen shows your project's name and how to count. Tap “Start counting” and you're on the counter.
Wear OS questions
Which Wear OS watches does Rowpip work on?
Watches running Wear OS 3 or later. A rotating bezel or a crown that turns is a bonus, not a requirement: tapping the screen always counts.
Do I need to keep my phone nearby?
No. Rowpip on Wear OS is an app of its own, and it saves your row on the watch each time it changes. Knit with your phone switched off or left at home, and the phone gets the new count the next time the two connect.
Can I set up a pattern repeat on the watch?
Not on the watch itself: repeats and finish targets are set up in the phone app. Once they're there, the watch follows them, with one kind of buzz when a repeat finishes and another when you reach your target.
Can my Wear OS watch keep count for me?
Rowpip has an experimental feature for that, called auto-count. You start it on the watch and knit one row so it can learn the rhythm of your wrist. From then on a ring around the screen fills as it counts your stitches, and the row number goes up when the ring is full.
Tap as you pass your stitch marker to keep it in step, and change the stitches per row after an increase or a decrease. It doesn't suit every way of knitting, which is why it's still experimental, and you can always count by hand instead.
When can I get Rowpip for Wear OS?
Soon. Rowpip is coming to Google Play for Wear OS watches and Android phones.
Rowpip on your other devices
Rowpip runs on two kinds of phone and two kinds of watch, and each has a page of its own.
Row counter for Apple Watch
Count from your wrist with a double tap of your thumb and finger, or a turn of the Digital Crown.
Row counter for iPhone
One big number you can read from across the sofa, on a card that is one big button.
Row counter for Android
Count with a tap, or press a volume key and never look at the screen.
New to Rowpip? See everything the counter does
A tap or a turn, and the row is counted
Rowpip is free. No ads, no account, and nothing to sign up for.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play