Rowpip support

Rowpip is made for iPhone, Apple Watch, Android phones and Wear OS watches. Each app works on its own, so you don't need a watch.

If you have one, your phone and your watch show the same count: an iPhone pairs with an Apple Watch, and an Android phone with a Wear OS watch.

When both are within reach, a change on one shows on the other within about 2 seconds. Each also works offline, and they catch up when they reconnect. If you counted on both while they were apart, the newest change wins.

No. There's nothing to sign up for, and Rowpip works offline. The only connection it uses is the one between your phone and your watch, and there are no analytics or tracking.

Tap anywhere on the counter to add a row (or a round). Each count gives a small buzz, and the number is big enough to read from about a metre away.

On Apple Watch, tap the screen, double tap with your thumb and finger (on watches that have double tap), or turn the Digital Crown: one way adds a row, the other way takes one off. On Wear OS, tap the screen or turn the bezel or crown. A small, accidental turn doesn't count.

On Android, turn on the volume keys in the menu: while the counter is on screen, volume up adds a row and volume down takes one off. They stay off until you turn them on.

With a watch, you can count from your wrist: double tap on Apple Watch (on watches that have it), or turn the crown or bezel.

Tap −1 to take a row off, or Undo to take back your last change. Every change can be undone, even a reset: right after you reset the counter, Undo appears so you can bring the count back.

To jump to the right row, set the count from the menu and type in the number.

Knitting flat, back and forth like a scarf, you count rows. Knitting in the round on circular needles, like a hat, you count rounds. Pick one for your project and the counter says "Row" or "Round"; nothing else changes.

Set one up from the menu: how many rows the repeat has, how many times you'll work it (or leave that open), and how many of its rows you've already knitted.

The counter then shows the next pattern row and its repeat, such as "Next: row 2 of 6 · repeat 3 of 8", and says "All 8 repeats done" after the last one. Set repeats up on your phone, and your watch shows them too.

Yes. Set a finish target from the menu, such as row 120. The counter shows "of 120" with a progress line, and your watch shows "84/120". Reaching it is a small, quiet celebration, and counting goes on if you knit past it.

No. Every change is saved the moment you make it, so your count, project name, rows or rounds, pattern repeat and target are still there after you close the app or restart your phone.

Yes. While the counter is showing, your phone keeps its screen awake, so it doesn't go dark between rows. You can turn that off in the menu.

Yes. VoiceOver and TalkBack read the counter out, as in "Row 12". Text follows your system text size, and Rowpip follows your light or dark mode.

No. The first time you open Rowpip, "Just start counting" takes you straight to the counter. Or answer three short questions first: what you're knitting, rows or rounds, and how you like to count. You can change every answer later from the menu.

Auto-count is an experimental way to let your watch keep count, and you start it on the watch. You knit one row while the watch follows your wrist; after that, it counts stitches as you knit and moves on to the next row by itself, with a ring showing the stitches done in the row.

Tap the watch as you pass your stitch marker at the start of a row to keep it in step. After an increase or decrease, change the stitches per row or calibrate again. It doesn't work equally well for every way of knitting, so it stays experimental, and counting by hand always works.

Not yet: Rowpip keeps one project at a time. When you start something new, rename the project and reset the count from the menu. Keeping several projects is coming later.