Vectr - Your Activity Tracker
· v1.0.2
About
Vectr — Precision Rowing for Garmin
Vectr is a rowing workout tracker designed for Garmin wearables. Whether you're rowing on open water, a lake, or a river, Vectr delivers the key performance metrics you need in real time — right on your wrist.
Live Metrics
Monitor your performance during every session with:
• Stroke Rate (SPM) — current and average
• Heart Rate with training zones (Z1–Z5)
• Distance, speed, and pace
• Split times (500m, 1000m, and 2000m)
• Calories burned
• Performance score and stroke efficiency
GPS Route Mapping
View your rowing route directly on your watch using GPS tracking. Review your path and distance covered without needing your phone.
Animated Exercise Guide
Improve your technique with an interactive rowing guide that covers all four phases of the stroke:
• Catch
• Drive
• Finish
• Recovery
Includes visual animations and coaching tips to help refine your form.
Session History
Track your progress over time with workout summaries, including:
• Total distance
• Average heart rate
• Recent performance trends
Automatic Garmin Connect Sync
Every workout is automatically saved as a FIT activity file and synced to Garmin Connect for long-term tracking and analysis.
Resume Incomplete Workouts
Stopped a session by mistake? Vectr automatically saves unfinished workouts, allowing you to resume where you left off.
What's new
Version 1.0.1
• Real-time stroke rate (SPM) with average and max tracking
• GPS route map with live track visualization on watch
• Heart rate zones (Z1–Z5) with per-zone time breakdown
• Split times for 500m, 1000m, and 2000m
intervals
• Animated Exercise Guide: learn correct
Catch, Drive, Finish, and Recovery technique
• Today's Summary for session history and progress
• Auto-save FIT activity to Garmin Connect
- Added two new activity screens with additional workout metrics and data layouts.
- Added a step goal progress bar, heart rate zone indicator, pace, timer, stroke count, calorie tracking, and battery status display.
- Added a new grid-based metrics screen showing heart rate, distance, timer, pace, stroke rate (SPM), and ETA to 2000 m based on average speed.
- Improved text scaling to maximize readability across different watch screen sizes.
- Updated activity icons to use optimized bitmap assets for improved visual clarity.
- Improved screen layout and alignment for better readability on round Garmin watches.
- Combined sport name and workout status into a single centered header.
- Removed decorative separator lines for a cleaner interface.
- Simplified controls: pause and resume actions are now handled using the SELECT button only.
- Removed an unused background permission to reduce memory-related issues.
- Improved device compatibility by removing unsupported legacy Garmin devices.
- Verified successful builds across all remaining supported devices.