# Hoolan: Kite Wingfoil Windsurf — user reviews > 84 indexed App Store user reviews of Hoolan by Hoolan Ltd, rated 4.90/5 from 70 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hoolan-kite-wingfoil-windsurf/id1639913635/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hoolan-kite-wingfoil-windsurf/id1639913635.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 66 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Hoolan? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 📊 Comprehensive session statistics and detailed analytics - ⌚ Reliable Apple Watch integration and seamless syncing - 🎯 Accurate jump height and transition tracking - 💰 Free app with premium features - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 🚀 Fast real-time feedback on watch during sessions - 📍 Detailed GPS tracking and mapping - 🔄 Seamless integration with Strava and Apple Health - 💬 Responsive and helpful developer support - 🏃 No external device/dongle required - 📈 Motivating progress tracking and improvement visualization - ⚡ Reliable session recording without glitches **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional session stops due to accidental watch button presses - ⌚ Compatibility issues with older Apple Watch models (Watch 3) - 📱 Cannot edit GPS tracks to remove accidental recordings - 🔋 Battery drain on older watch models - ❌ Limited social features compared to competitors - 📊 Jump height measurements sometimes lower than other apps **Commonly reported bugs** - App fails to load on some Apple Watch models - Session stops unexpectedly mid-activity - Vibration notification doesn't always trigger for jumps - Watch crown depression accidentally stops sessions - Mysterious session drop-outs and data loss **Most requested features** - Rotation/trick identification during maneuvers - Pumpfoiling and flatwater paddle-up tracking - Social leaderboards and friend activity feeds - Easy session editing/cropping to remove driving home - Garmin watch compatibility - Session sharing via text/messaging - Average heart rate statistics - Automatic Strava upload - Port/starboard tack and gybe differentiation - User accounts with better profile management ## Newest reviews (20 of 84) ### 5/5 — Great App for measuring you progression *2025-07-15* Have been using this app for about a month when I Wing Foiling. I love the simplicity, works flawlessly on my Apple Watch, helps me measure my Jibe progression. Uploading my data to Strava just works! Can’t say enough about how much I like this App. ### 5/5 — I canceled my Surfr subscription and moved to Hoolan. *2025-06-06, version 2.5.0* Best app for strapless kitesurfing ### 5/5 — Great App for Wingfoiling *2025-06-02, version 2.5.0* The app is really excellent the detail it gives you really helps analyse sessions and track improvement. In particular the transition analysis helps understand successful gybes and tacks versus the fails. Great app, I’m using an Apple Watch to run it. ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2025-05-27, version 2.5.0* Great app can’t get enough of it ### 5/5 — Wingfoil App *2025-05-14, version 2.4.0* I use it with my Apple Watch and my son uses it with his Garmin. We both love it after having used other apps that don’t offer the same level of feedback for wing foiling. Excellent app! ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2025-05-06, version 2.4.0* 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. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-04-04, version 2.4.0* Really nice app and Apple Watch companion app, appears to work well and track my sessions ### 5/5 — Great for wing foiling *2025-03-27, version 2.4.0* The app gives me everything I need and want. I just love it. The developers are quick to answer emailed questions. It’s free. What else could you want? ### 5/5 — Great app! Few features to add in the future *2025-03-22* This app is great, and the best wind sport app on the market! One thing I wish this had, was the ability to edit your gps tracks, so that when I accidentally leave my watch still on and tracking after a sesh, me driving off in my car doesn’t show as my speed record 😂 and so I don’t have to scrap the whole sesh. **Developer response:** Thanks very much for your review! We're happy to share that in the latest version (2.6.0) or our app you can now crop your session track :). When you crop your session it recalculates all of the stats for your session and therefore allows you to maintain the integrity of your stats and personal bests. It also gives you the option to crop the associated Apple Workout too! Please check out this link for more details: https://www.hoolan.app/help/crop-session ### 5/5 — Отличный продукт. *2025-03-20, version 2.4.0* Приложение очень понравилось, удобный и приятный интерфейс, Было бы ещё круче, если бы добавили ленту достижений друзей внутри приложения, например как в Strava — это бы дало дополнительную мотивацию и сделало процесс ещё интереснее. Надеюсь, разработчики услышат! В любом случае, спасибо за классный продукт, буду продолжать пользоваться! ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-02-24, version 2.3.0* Works seamlessly and without any bother. Love it. ### 5/5 — Wingfoiling *2025-01-12* Best tracking app out there for wingfoiling. Be great if you could forward your recorded session via text to friends etc **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your review - we're working on a social share feature right now :-). ### 5/5 — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *2025-01-11, version 2.2.0* Never lets me down. Support team is amazing! ### 5/5 — Great tool for any Wingfoiler *2025-01-01, version 2.2.0* Enjoy! ### 5/5 — Reliable, tracks exactly what I want *2024-12-29, version 2.2.0* Update 12/2024: Still great! Apple Watch integration is very reliable. Very easy user interface to start tracking out on the water when you forget to start before launch. Analysis is great and integrates with Apple Health. I’ve tried 3 other apps and this is the best by far. ### 5/5 — Amazing tool to improve your sessions *2024-12-27, version 2.2.0* I’m usually pretty hard to impress with apps and certainly don’t get inspired to review very often but the devs for this app have done a great job. Being able to see your improvement over time with transitions is just the bump you need to keep trying. Great job devs! ### 5/5 — Amazing kiteboarding app *2024-12-16, version 2.2.0* So much data about your sessions! ### 5/5 — This is the best kiteboarding app. Period. *2024-12-15* It not only tracks your track and heart rate. It measures jump heights, transitions, success rates, and so much more. Way better than WOO which is the same and costs $250 plus subscription. ### 5/5 — Perfect for kiter winger *2024-10-31* Perfect to track session and jump and its free. Only concern is how will they fund the project I guess they will switch to commercial after done testing ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2024-10-27* Can’t believe you get all these features for free. Wasn’t working on my Apple Watch 3 but just upgraded to an Apple Watch 9 and it seems awesome for tracking Kitesurf sessions. Better than other apps I was using. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hoolan *2024-03-05, version 1.11.0* Wouldn’t load to my Apple Watch. ### 4/5 — Excellent detailed record of wing foling sessions *2024-07-22, version 2.1.0* Details of each run recorded - duration, avg speed 100m, 500m and top speed Records transitions - looking forward to completing my gybes soon… It would record my jumps if it did any!! And it’s free (at the moment..) On the downside - can’t auto download to Strava (although can export gpx and import to Strava manually via web site Strava) - if you forget to stop the session it can’t be edited to not include the road trip! ### 4/5 — Promising Kitesurfing Jump Height App with Room for Refinement *2023-08-13, version 1.6.0* 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. ### 4/5 — Surprisingly Robust and Reliable *2023-07-24* After having several frustrating experiences with Woo’s customer support, and unreliable session recording, I began looking around for another app to track my kite sessions. I found about Hoolan from some of the kite forums I frequent, and decided to give it a try. It’s honestly *really* nice! The UI is really intuitive, and reviewing sessions in Hoolan have been far more informative for my progression. I really appreciate the timeline view and events to show you exactly how things happened, and how that compared to the rest of your session. Also, can I just say how nice it is to just hit record on your watch and ride? No fiddling with something on your board, and making sure they’re both on. It’s very liberating. Things for them to improve: user “accounts”are pretty half-baked as they stand. If you use it mostly to look at your stats, it’s not too big of a deal. There also aren’t any social features, which is not wholly a negative thing to be honest. But, I will say that it can be useful to see some of those spot stats, and see who is currently riding. If they can find the sweet spot of social discoverability, without all the extra ego booster “features”, I think this could really be a cool alternative to the bigger apps. So far, I plan to continue tracking my sessions in Hoolan. ### 5/5 — Best app for tracking your kiting sessions!! *2026-08-15* Been looking for an app to track my kiting sessions with data that helps me understand my progress, and this app does it beautifully! It’s a joy to use! They really thought of everything when putting this together! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-05-21* Excellent app. Easy to use. And superb customer support. If I have a new spot, I can request it from the app and they respond immediately. ### 5/5 — Best wind watersports tracking app *2026-05-09* Excellent app for tracking wind watersports. It’s reliable, simple to use, and gives very useful stats after every session. I’ve been using it for almost two years, and in my experience it performs much better than many paid apps that advertise themselves as the best in this category. ### 5/5 — Great app with advanced stats *2026-02-12* I’ve been using to measure my progress WingFoiling. I love seeing my jibe progression stats. Really keeps me motivated. Have had no issues using my Apple 6 watch and later uploading to Strava where I have a record of all my activities bike, hike, swim, eFoiling and now WingFoiling ### 5/5 — Best app for tracking your kiting sessions!! *2025-10-30* Been looking for an app to track my kiting sessions with data that helps me understand my progress, and this app does it beautifully! It’s a joy to use! They really thought of everything when putting this together! ### 5/5 — Thoroughly Recommended *2025-09-22, version 2.7.0* Have been using Hoolan for a while now, over a number of kite surfing sessions. Lots of features and stats, very well presented and easy to use. And at a great price too ;^) ## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A great app for kite surfing *2025-08-23, version 2.7.0* This app is great for kite surfing. It seems to be fairly accurate at measuring jump heights but I’d love it to add the ability to identify rotations during tricks as well. I really like the details of your session that can be reviewed on your phone and I’ve found the post-session sync process more reliable than other watch-based kite surfing apps I’ve used ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2025-08-13, version 2.6.0* Keeps track of every aspect of your sessions. Fun to see improvements in learning new tricks. ### 5/5 — Addictive (the good kind) and well designed! *2025-07-26* This app is so smooth to use and does just what it says in an intuitive way. I feel like that’s rare in hobby apps, and I really appreciate it. It’s also so addictive tracking my jump height during my kiteboarding session. My watch tells me the height within a second after landing. Such a great feedback loop. Keep up the great work, devs! ### 5/5 — The best Foil Tracking App! *2025-07-18, version 2.6.0* The best foil tracking App on the market! You guys should add pumpfoiling as well! Also flatwater paddle-up. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-23.*