Hoolan is a FREE performance tracking and analysis app for kitesurfers, wingfoilers and windsurfers who want to track their sessions, share the stoke with their friends and improve every time they ride.
Track directly from your Apple Watch or Garmin, see live stats while you ride and unlock detailed insights after each session.
TRACK ON APPLE WATCH OR GARMIN
Hoolan is built exclusively for smartwatch tracking, giving you the best experience on the water.
Record your jumps and GPS tracks, and see your speed, distance and jump data live on your watch during your session. Your data automatically syncs to the phone app for detailed analysis. *No watch calibration needed to track your jumps*
TRACK MULTIPLE WIND SPORTS
KITE: Kiteboarding (twintip), kitesurfing (directional), kite foiling, kite buggying, kite landboarding, snowkiting
WING: Wing foiling*, wing SUP, snow winging, wing landboarding
WINDSURF: Windsurfing, windfoiling*
* includes foil assist tracking
LOG & PROGRESS
Track your progression over time with a full history of your sessions.
- Personal bests & session bests by activity type
- Log spots, wind, waves and gear
- Add session notes
ADVANCED PERFORMANCE STATISTICS
Understand your performance:
Jumps - height, airtime, jump distance, takeoff speed, max airspeed, tack & totals.
Runs - distance, upwind gain, downwind gain, max speed, max speed over 100m, max speed over 500m, tack and stops.
Transitions - success rate, average speed, max speed, entry & exit speed, duration, tack and stops.
Health - max heart rate and calories burned.
DEEP SESSION ANALYSIS
Go deeper into your stats and view, filter and compare every run, transition or jump.
Relive your session visually on a map, or view your statistics in a list to scan, compare and focus down on a particular aspect of your performance.
RECORD HEALTH DATA
Hoolan integrates with Apple's health and activity apps. Your sessions will contribute towards your activity rings and you will be able to see your heart rate and calories burned.
FOLLOW FRIENDS
Follow your friends, see their sessions in your feed, celebrate their achievements and fuel the stoke.
SHARE YOUR SESSIONS
Create shareable highlights with your session map and stats. Choose your best metrics and post directly to social media or send to friends.
EXPORT YOUR DATA
Free GPX exports of your data for upload into other platforms, such as Strava.
ACCURATE. RELIABLE. FREE
- Doppler-based speed accuracy
- Advanced jump detection
- Optimised battery efficiency
- Secure cloud storage
All features are completely FREE.
SUPPORTED DEVICES
Garmin watches (2017+)
Apple Watch (Series 4+/ watchOS 9.0 +)
iPhone (iPhone 8+ / iOS 16+)
PRIVACY FIRST
Your data belongs to you. Sessions are private by default, and if you choose to connect with friends and share sessions, you stay in control of what's visible at all times. We do not sell or share your personal data.
ABOUT HOOLAN
Hoolan is built by riders, for riders. Our small, self-funded team is focused on delivering the most detailed, accurate GPS tracking, jump analytics and performance statistics - completely free from your smartwatch. No ads, no selling of user data. Every download, review and donation helps us keep building for the community.
Wow! I’ve had chance to use the App on my Apple Watch while wingfoiling and very impressed with the level of detail captured and ease of drilling down through the detail. It even tells me most of my transitions are about 130ft - I do love the glide on my Kajuira foils! Top speeds, average speeds and views on a map of individual or total runs just a part of what’s available. I haven’t started jumping yet but the facility to record that awaits me too! The developers are very available for feedback too - very polite and nice to deal with. I highly recommend this free App!
Promising Kitesurfing Jump Height App with Room for Refinement
Jigdd
I occasionally glance at my watch while on the water, especially when I sense a subtle vibration on my wrist, indicating that it's measuring my jump height – a convenient feature. However, I've noticed that during some significant jumps, the vibration doesn't always activate.My primary frustration lies in the fact that the watch seems to prematurely conclude my session without offering a "continue" option. It's unclear whether this is due to accidental pressure on the watch's side wheel or button while in motion, but it forces me to "hold to unlock" the water mode and initiate a new session. Consequently, the jumps I recorded in the previous session aren't integrated into the new one.Despite these issues, I remain enthusiastic about further app testing and its potential enhancements.
Developer Response
Thanks for your feedback, really happy to hear that you remain enthusiastic about continuing to test out Hoolan.In terms of your feedback. Firstly if you have the write to workout permission enabled in Apple Health for Hoolan, then short pressing the side button and the digital crown at the same time will finish your session. This feature allows riders to finish their session without using the touch screen when they have wet/cold/sandy fingers. However we have had some reports that people are triggering the button finish function accidentally while they are out riding. As a result in our recent release (1.7.0) you can customise the behaviour of this feature by either making it a double press to finish (helping to avoiding accidental presses), turning it off or keeping it as a single press (current behaviour).Secondly, we’ve looked into enhancing the haptic vibration after each jump. However Apple only allows us to use the default haptics on the watch and we are unable to use our own more prominent haptic which would be easier to feel. From our own testing we also noticed that sometimes it’s possible to miss the haptic alert, particularly if the jump and the conditions are a little hectic. One thing you can do is make sure that you have the default Apple haptic alerts set to prominent. You can do this from your watch by navigating to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and make sure Haptic Alerts is toggled on and set to ‘Prominent’.Hope this all makes sense. If you have any more questions or would like to chat further please reach out to us directly - we’re here for you :)
Best app for Wingfoil and kitesurfing!
B. Grist
I’ve used many apps over the years for kitesurfing and wingfoiling. This one is the best. It has loads of details for really analysing every aspect of your session, like individual jumps, where you took off, your path through the air, max height hangtime etc. This also works well for strapless and Wingfoil just from the watch. No need for a device on your board. This app also shows your transition success rate, which is quite fun for Wingfoil. I find the gps track far easier to view compared to the thick line you get on Strava. The support is also excellent. I don’t usually get on well with adding tech to Watersports, I find GoPros and other devices just get in the way and take too long to set up. Though this app is so quick to use, I can even start a session whilst on foil, if I forget whilst on the beach.
Fantastic app
AH6543210
This app is absolutely fantastic. Works really well for Kit bugging and Kite surfing. You can choose the size of Kite and send the data automatically from your Apple Watch to your iPhone. You can then see all of your tracks your speeds your turns and analyse everything to the finite detail.
LIGHT & DARK MODE
Switch between light and dark mode for a more comfortable viewing experience. We've also adopted Apple's new Liquid Glass design for a cleaner, more modern look.
IMPROVED SESSION BREAKDOWN
Improved breakdown of low-speed sessions into runs and transitions, giving you a clearer view of your performance.
WIND SPEED UNITS
You can now view wind speed in metres per second, as requested by users in Nordic countries.
Version 3.1.0
The developer, Hoolan Ltd, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Provider
HOOLAN LTD
Size
68.3 MB
Category
Sports
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.