Kinapod
Sports sensor in your earbud
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
One AirPod. Eight sports. Kinapod turns an AirPod into a motion sensor inside your flying disc, inside your bowling ball, on your running shoe, on your bicycle wheel, under your swim cap, in your golf grip, or on your shuttlecock, measuring what no phone or watch can see.
DISC SPORTS: DISC GOLF & FRISBEE
1. Secure an AirPod in a mount at the centre of your disc
2. Start a session and throw
3. Hear each throw's stats spoken aloud, no need to look at the phone
• Spin rate (rpm) and revolutions per throw
• Release speed
• Airborne time per throw
• Nose and hyzer release angles
• Play catch with a partner: throws credited to each player automatically, with catch verdicts and rally streaks
• Game mode for ultimate: lay the phone on the sideline and get a live stall count, completions vs turnovers, hang time, and your backhand/forehand split on a big spectator scoreboard. A disc toss even decides which team starts
BOWLING
Drop an AirPod into the thumb hole and plug it with a piece of sponge. Every roll is measured:
• Ball speed and release rev rate
• Roll time, spin-axis tilt and axis rotation (hook potential)
• 3D replay of the ball spinning about its measured axis
• Up to 4 players sharing one ball, rolls credited by turn order
RUNNING: TREADMILL & OUTDOOR
Tuck an AirPod under your shoelaces and it becomes a footpod:
• Cadence, ground contact time, vertical oscillation, running power
• Outdoors, GPS adds pace, distance and your route map
• Upload runs to Strava, form metrics included, like a dedicated footpod
CYCLING
Strap the AirPod securely around your wheel hub, the same spot dedicated speed sensors use, or wear it on your leg as a cadence sensor. Your ears stay free while you ride:
• True ground speed and distance from the wheel itself, immune to GPS drift
• A customizable bike computer screen: swipeable pages, pick any metric for any tile
• Bluetooth power meters and heart-rate straps connect directly
• Rolling power averages, Normalized Power, TSS, laps, auto-pause
• Optional wind gauge showing wind direction relative to where you ride
SWIM
Slip the AirPod into a small waterproof pouch under your cap:
• Laps, distance and pace per length, counted automatically
• Live distance and pace on the phone at the lane edge
• Water lock ignores splashes on the screen
• Upload swims to Strava with the pace graph
GOLF
Tuck the AirPod into the end of the grip:
• Tempo (backswing over downswing) with the raw times
• Backswing and follow-through length in degrees
• Face rotation for putts, measured against your own address
• Estimated club speed for every club, custom clubs included
• 3D replay of every stroke with the measured arcs drawn on it
JIANZI
Strap the AirPod to the shuttlecock base, feathers up:
• Rallies counted automatically, from first kick to landing
• Kicks per rally, airborne time, average hang per kick
• Kicking tempo and idle time
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
• Every session saved, with per-throw, per-roll, per-stroke and per-rally charts
• Live heart rate during every workout (AirPods Pro 3 in-ear, or any Bluetooth heart-rate monitor), with session averages and Strava export
• Shareable session summary image
• Strava upload for runs, rides and swims
• Voice feedback through your phone speaker or AirPods
• Report a problem straight from any session
REQUIREMENTS
Requires AirPods with a built-in motion sensor: AirPods Pro (any generation), AirPods (3rd generation or later). All motion processing happens on your device.
AirPods is a trademark of Apple Inc. The cycling wind gauge uses Apple Weather.
Four new sports, all powered by an AirPod you already own.
SWIM: pod in a waterproof pouch under your cap. Laps, distance and pace per length count themselves, with a live pace card at the wall, a water lock against splashes, and Strava upload.
GOLF: pod in the end of the grip. Tempo, backswing and follow-through length, face rotation for putts, estimated club speed, and a 3D replay of every stroke with its measured arcs.
CYCLING: pod on the wheel hub for true speed and distance, or on the leg for cadence. Customizable bike computer screen, Bluetooth power meters and heart rate straps, Normalized Power, TSS, laps, auto-pause and an optional wind gauge.
JIANZI: pod on the shuttlecock base. Rallies, kicks, airborne time and tempo, counted automatically.
Also: a frisbee game-mode disc toss to decide who starts, Report a Problem from any session, optional anonymous data sharing to improve the algorithms (off by default), permission prompts moved to after you pick your sport, and detection and accuracy improvements across all sports.
The developer, Mykola Sharhan, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Mykola Sharhan
- Size
- 21.4 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.5 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Mykola Sharhan