Garmin is here! • Garmin Connect: Link your Garmin and your walks, hikes and rucks land in Ruckaroo automatically, scored with your pack weight. • Mile splits: See your pace and climb for every mile, with your fastest one marked. • Breaks that just work: Pause for a snack or a view and your GPS and miles pick right back up. • Mobs & Community: A fresh look for your Mobs and challenges, plus Trail Karma for every challenge you finish. • Better comments: Cleaner threads and easier replies to your fellow Ruckaroos. • Smoother setup: Permissions now come one at a time, so you know exactly what each one is for. • Plus bug fixes and stronger watch syncing across Apple Watch, Wear OS and Garmin. Thanks for rucking with us. Ruck on!

Welcome to the Mob! • Mobs are here: join a crew or start your own, take on challenges together, and climb the leaderboard as a team. • A fresh new look: a cleaner, calmer design across the whole app. • Polished everywhere: smoother screens, sharper details, and lots of little touches. • Weather on Home: check today's conditions and get a tip for your next ruck. • Heart-rate zones that match Apple Fitness, plus a clearer heart-rate view in My Stats. • Invite friends: enter a friend's code at sign-up and you both earn Trail Karma. • Plus bug fixes and more reliable Apple Watch syncing. Thanks for rucking with us. Ruck on!

What’s New in 2.0.7 New Start Ruck screen: one-tap presets, finer pack-weight steps and a calorie-per-hour estimate before you go. Cause challenges: each now has its own patch and color, starting with breast cancer awareness this month. Ruckaroo Coach: greets you by name and suggests questions based on your data. New setup: set your weight on a bathroom-scale dial and tap to load your pack. Fixes: a dark mode toggle on the dashboard, cleaner notifications and stability fixes.

Ruckaroo 2.0.6: a big one. All-new My Stats. Week, month, year or all-time views, trends against the same point last period, a weekly streak, Ruck Score level-up tips, personal records, and Pack Boost: how many extra calories your pack burns. Your plan, explained. Plan Coach now shows you the full 12-week plan and why it fits you before you start it. My Plan opens on "This week": what to do on each ruck, and a one-tap start. Challenges, rebuilt. Create a mob challenge in 4 quick steps, add a cover photo, and discover official Ruckaroo challenges. Map overlay on shares. Add your route in orange on top of your photo, Strava-style, in shares and the Community feed. We only share the route's shape, never where you were. Dark mode by default. You can still pick Light in Settings. A smoother start. A friendlier setup, faster sign-up with password autofill, and the email code fills in by itself. Plus cleaner ruck cards, a city picker for ruck locations, and lots of fixes.

2.0.5 Ruck for a cause. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ruck 30 miles in October to earn the limited pink Awareness patch, and track your progress right from Home. Show off your patches. Earn a patch and celebrate it on the spot, then share it straight from the celebration or from your Pouch. Founders patch. Members now earn a special Founders patch as a thank-you for being here early. Your privacy, your choice. New Privacy Choices let you decide exactly what you share: analytics, crash reports, ad measurement, health data and marketing. Turn off health data and the app now shows it clearly instead of leaving blanks. A safer community. Report posts and profiles, block or unblock people, and see the outcome of any report or appeal in one place. More control. A new "Streaks and challenges" notification switch, plus easy ways to download your data or delete your account. Changed your mind? Just sign back in to cancel. Fixes: rucks recorded on Apple Watch now reliably show up on your phone, sharing a ruck with a caption works smoothly, and past purchases are restored to your account.

Ruck on! Here's what's new in 2.0.4: Plans made just for you — Training plans now adapt to your fitness level, experience, age, and body, so your weekly build fits you, not a generic template. Ask your coach "why?" — Your AI Ruck Coach can now explain why your plan was built the way it was, and gives more personalized advice. New plan options — Keep your weight steady and build distance instead (perfect if you only have one weighted vest), or cap your max weight when you're building strength. Easier setup — Spin a wheel to set your starting weight and distance, or just type it — your choice. Better sharing — A friendly nudge and one tap to add a photo, so your shared rucks look great in the feed. Fresh look — An updated app icon, cleaner numbers on your plan, and a handful of polish fixes. Ruck on!

Ruck on! Here's what's new in 2.0.3: - More reliable Apple Watch sync — your rucks now sync correctly even when your watch goes to sleep, whether you start on your watch or your phone. - Refer a friend — invite friends right from your home screen, and add a friend's code if you have one. - Pack Boost on your finish screen — see how many extra calories your pack earned compared to the same walk with no weight. - A cleaner AI Ruck Coach chat — the keyboard steps aside after each reply, and your watch status is clearer at a glance. - Polish throughout — clearer sign-in buttons, a tidier training-plan card, and an updated in-app tour. Thanks for rucking with us!

Version 2.0.2 See your heart-rate zones live during a ruck — your current zone and how your time is spread across zones, just like on Apple Watch. More accurate treadmill tracking when you change your speed or incline mid-ruck. A cleaner Live Ruck screen and general improvements.

What's New in 2.0.1 Add a personal bio to your profile — a short intro other ruckers see when they open your profile. Add or change the photo on any community post. Forgot to attach one? You can now add or swap it right from the post menu. More accurate treadmill tracking. When you change your speed or incline mid-ruck — including from your Apple Watch — your distance, elevation, and calories now stay correct all the way through to your saved ruck. Adjust your treadmill speed and incline right from your Apple Watch during a ruck. A smarter AI coach. It now speaks in your units (miles or kilometers) without mixing them, and it can guide you to features and walk you through the app when you're not sure where something is. Clearer Start Ruck. The home button now shows your options at a glance — outdoors, treadmill, or add a ruck manually. A cleaner, more consistent look for in-app confirmations and messages across the app. Your invite and referral stats now refresh the moment you open the screen. Plus general polish and bug fixes.

New: Personalized Training Plans. Get a custom 12-week plan created and guided by your own AI coach — it builds the plan around you, adapts as you go, and keeps you on track with milestones and karma. Also new in this update: - Treadmill rucking: adjust your speed and incline mid-ruck from your phone or Apple Watch, and your distance, calories, and score reflect every change. - Apple Watch: control your music right from your wrist during a ruck. - Invite friends and earn karma when they join. - A refreshed look and feel across the phone and the watch. - Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Fix the bug that prevented users from interacting with the chat module.

Fix the bug that prevented users from commenting on posts.

What's New in 1.6.11 Mob Challenges Rally your crew around a shared goal. Create your own challenge — pick a stat, set a target, choose a length — and invite ruckers by handle. Browse and join public challenges from the community in the new Discover shelf, follow everyone's standing on a live leaderboard, and see the mob leader behind every challenge. The current monthly challenge now shows right on your home screen for one-tap joining. A fresh look on iOS A brand-new light mode with a clean, native design — floating tab bars, softly frosted panels, and a reworked inbox that feels right at home on iOS. Tell us where home is Onboarding now asks for your city, so your experience is more personal from day one. More reliable Apple Watch sync Your watch rucks now save their final numbers accurately, empty sessions no longer slip in, and a ruck won't end before you do. A new connection indicator on My Rucks shows your watch's sync status at a glance, with a clearer prompt when it needs a nudge. Polish and fixes Smoother challenge invites and editing, and a range of stability and performance improvements throughout.

1.6.10 See where the community rucks Rucker locations now appear on profiles. Add yours and discover where fellow ruckers are from. Better conversations in the feed Reply to any comment and @mention other ruckers, with cleaner, easier-to-follow threads. Add a photo the moment you finish After you save a ruck, you now land right on it — ready to add a photo and share. Reliability and polish - More accurate distance between back-to-back rucks on Apple Watch - Steadier Live Activity for rucks started from your watch - Smoother ruck editing, with correct units when you make changes - Notification taps now take you to the right place

Version 1.6.9 Ruck Presets Save your go-to setups — pack weight plus terrain or treadmill — and start a ruck in one tap. Presets sync between your phone and Apple Watch. Redesigned Apple Watch setup Starting a ruck from your wrist is faster and easier: bigger, clearer options, quick-start presets, and Settings just a swipe away. Discard from your Apple Watch You can now discard a ruck straight from your watch, and it reliably stops on your phone too — nothing gets saved. Your Plan, in the app Your personalized rucking plan now lives in the app. Find it any time from your profile. Edit recorded pack weight Logged the wrong pack weight? You can now correct it on a saved ruck, just like distance and time. Tap to zoom profile photos Tap any profile photo to view it full screen. Plus onboarding improvements and other refinements.

Challenges & Mobs are here — rucking is now a team sport. Monthly Challenges Every month brings a new challenge to chase. Rack up distance, load, calories, time under load, or your Ruck Score and climb the ranks. Hit the tiers to earn patches — Base Camp, Ridgeline, and Summit — and show them off in your new Trophy Room. Global leaderboards See exactly where you stand. Every challenge now has a live leaderboard with the top ruckers and your own rank. Create your own challenges Design a challenge on your terms — pick the goal, the metric, and the window, then rally your crew. Compete on Ruck Score (fair for treadmill and manual rucks alike), longest single ruck, heaviest carry, active days, streaks, and more. Mobs — your rucking crew Start your own mob or join others. The redesigned Community screen splits things into My Mob and Mobs You're In, so it's easy to see your crew, check the roster, and jump between them. Invite Ruckaroos by handle or share link, and manage your members with a tap. Also in this update – Trail Karma points for every challenge you take on – A streak view on your week strip so you never lose momentum – Swipe to clear notifications – Clearer, friendlier alerts throughout the app – Sharper profile photos across feeds, mobs, and challenges Now grab your pack, round up your mob, and go earn some patches.

What's New in 1.6.7 This update is all about accuracy and reliability: More reliable Apple Watch rucks — completed watch rucks now save more dependably, even in spotty conditions. More accurate calories — the calories you see during your ruck now match what's saved, and they sync more faithfully to Apple Health & Fitness. Sharper stats — distance and time now show with more precision across the app. Smoother syncing across your devices. Various bug fixes and performance improvements. Thanks for rucking with us!

A fresh look for your Home Screen All-new home screen widget — kangaroo, brand colors, and a live view of your active ruck right from your Home Screen The Lock Screen ruck card got the same glow-up, and now adapts beautifully to dark and light mode Smarter starts Your last ruck setup (pack weight and terrain) is now the default on both phone and watch — set it once, tap Start Fixed the keyboard popping up over the welcome tour on first open Better heart rate insights Time in Zones now shows the % of your ruck spent in each zone Zone colors now match between your watch and phone Little things Replay the app tour any time from your Profile Tune-ups behind the scenes to make future updates even better

Ruckaroo 1.6.5 — What's New This update fixes an issue where a ruck recorded on your Apple Watch could fail to save to your phone if the screen was locked during sync. Your watch rucks now save reliably, every time. Thanks for the reports that helped us track this down — keep them coming.

Ruckaroo 1.6.4 — What's New Your rucks now save themselves. We removed the extra "unsaved rucks" step entirely — finish a ruck on your watch or phone and it's saved automatically, with a celebration to match. Nothing to confirm, nothing to lose track of. Rock-solid watch sync. Rucks recorded on your Apple Watch now make it to your phone reliably — even if your phone was locked, the app was closed, or the two were apart during your ruck. Your work always shows up. A better way to share. Your shared rucks now feature a clean, branded card with your badge and stats built right in — the same polished image everywhere you post it. Say goodbye to shrunken photos and cluttered layouts, hello to something worth showing off. More accurate numbers. Calorie estimates now factor in your heart rate for a truer read of your effort — especially on treadmills and steady-pace rucks. Elevation tracking is sharper too, using your device's barometer for real climb instead of GPS guesswork. Stay in the loop. A new notifications inbox keeps your reactions, comments, and activity in one place. Tap any profile to see a fellow rucker's journey. Plus polish throughout: enter your ruck time in hours and minutes, a smoother saving screen, cleaner stats that always add up, and a redesigned onboarding. Keep rucking.

Your ruck, live on your lock screen No more unlocking your phone mid-ruck. Distance, calories, and heart rate now update in real time on your lock screen and Dynamic Island — and they keep going even when your phone stays in your pocket, on the treadmill or on the trail. Treadmill tracking, sharpened We hunted down every remaining case where treadmill distance could record wrong — including rucks started from your Apple Watch. Your belt speed is now the single source of truth, on every screen, every save. Recorded a bad distance? Now you can fix it. GPS hiccup? Sensor glitch? You can now correct a recorded distance before saving — with a heads-up so your stats stay honest. Your score and calories recalculate from the corrected number. A cleaner home for everything Notifications moved to the Community tab, the full stats screen is one clearly-labeled tap from your dashboard, and we polished icons and badges throughout. Keep rucking.

Treadmill rucking, refined We rebuilt the treadmill experience from the ground up — a cleaner way to pick Outdoor or Treadmill when you start, more accurate indoor tracking, and a smoother handoff with your Apple Watch. Indoor sessions now sit right alongside your trail rucks. Apple Health, done right Your rucks now log cleaner, more accurate data: honest step counts (no more inflated numbers), calorie burn that actually accounts for the weight on your back, and sessions saved under the Ruckaroo name. A fresh look at your effort We redesigned the save and ruck-detail screens and added Pack Boost — a new highlight that shows exactly how many extra calories you burned from carrying your pack. Because that weight should get the credit it deserves. Smoother and more reliable Squashed a bug that could occasionally create a duplicate ruck after a watch session, plus polish throughout your stats. Keep rucking.

Hello Ruckaroo's! This release includes some enhancements to the Ruck setup screen where we made it easier for you to choose between an outdoor Ruck and a treadmill Ruck, and we squashed some bugs along the way. Enjoy!

Ruckaroo — the only app built for rucking and weighted walking. New in this release: share your rucks with style. We've added Strava-like share images with stats overlays so you can post your sessions with distance, time, pace, and weight right on the image. We've also refreshed the sharing image and made a bunch of UX improvements and bug fixes throughout the app.

Ruckaroos, this one's a big one. We've been busy on the trail — here's everything fresh in this update: A BRAND-NEW DASHBOARD Your stats just got a glow-up. Cleaner tiles, real units (lbs, cal, miles), and tap any stat to dive into its own detail screen with charts that actually tell your story over time. MY RUCKS, REORGANIZED Your ruck history is now grouped by month with tidy headers, so scrolling back through your epic months is effortless. A SMOOTHER FIRST RUN New ruckers get a friendlier welcome, a cleaner tutorial, and a "Your Plan Is Ready" moment built around real body-weight math — so you start strong and know exactly why. PERMISSIONS THAT MAKE SENSE We stopped asking for everything up front. Now we only ask for location, camera, or notifications right when you actually need them — your call, your timing. POLISH EVERYWHERE Easier-to-read text throughout light mode Fixed the Live Ruck timer so it never crowds your heart rate A cleaner post-ruck Ruck Score screen Squashed bugs, tightened screens, and a bunch of little touches you'll feel but won't notice Keep showing up. We'll keep making it better. Now go put some weight on your back The Ruckaroo Team