Wing foiling is attracting more and more enthusiasts. It's important to make the most of this experience. Whether it's windsurfing, kitesurfing or wing foiling, tracking our performance has become essential... Do you want to track your sessions, know your top speed, your distance covered, or share your achievements with your friends? The best tracking apps like Surfr App, Strava, and smartwatch solutions like Garmin Connect and Apple Watch, allow you to track all your sessions, analyze your session statistics, and progress with each outing. In this article, discover our complete selection of the best tracking apps and smartwatches for your wing foiling sessions.
The best tracking apps for Wing foiling
There are several types of applications:
- "Mobile-only" applications, which operate in "wetsuit mode". This means in a waterproof pouch placed inside the wetsuit.
- Smartwatch applications offer better accuracy and more data (heart rate, etc.).
- There are also applications requiring a "sensor" case, usually installed on the board. Mainly used in kitesurfing, it will be perfect for our jumper riders.
Mobile applications
Mobile applications are the easiest to use. In fact, no need for an additional device. Your phone alone in a waterproof pouch placed in your wetsuit (in "wetsuit mode") will be enough to track your sessions. Less accurate than applications requiring a watch or a sensor, it will still do the job perfectly.
Surfr app
Surfr app is a mobile application that allows you to track your kitesurfing sessions. However, it works very well for wing foiling sessions, allowing you to measure various data from your sessions with your mobile phone by taking it with you during your rides or with a sensor to install on your board.
With Surfr app, measure your distance, jump height, airtime, and speeds. This application works really well in "wetsuit mode" and is compatible with an Apple Watch or with a sensor on the board.
Strava
Strava is well-known in the sports world, particularly in running, hiking, and cycling. It doesn't disappoint when it comes to wing foiling. With Strava, record your sessions and analyze your performance. Share your sessions with friends and other users, fostering competition and motivation.
Windsport Tracker Wing Windsurf
With this mobile application, track all your sessions in the simplest way. With your phone in a waterproof pouch under your wetsuit, you can record all your sessions, whether in waves taller than you, freestyle jumping, or racing. It will follow you through all your sessions and give you your distance, your track, your number of jibes, your planing percentage, as well as your average and max speed.
Watch applications
If you own a connected sports watch, these applications are for you. Whether with a Garmin, Polar, Suunto watch or an Apple Watch, follow all your sessions thanks to tracking applications for wing foiling. Much more accurate than mobile-only applications, you will be able to get the most out of all your sessions.
Garmin connect
If you own a Garmin device, this is the essential app for you. Garmin Connect, specialized in tracking sports activities, is an excellent choice for wing foiling enthusiasts looking to maximize their experience. It offers detailed tracking and statistics on your performance. It allows you to analyze every aspect of your sessions. It's the perfect tool for amateurs and professionals looking to analyze and optimize their technique. With it, you can track, analyze, and share your sessions with an international community and/or your friends. It allows a global analysis of your speeds (max and average), distances, heart rates, calories, and many more... One of the most comprehensive solutions.
- Garmin fenix 7 pro solar: €849
- Pros: battery life (28 days for the fenix) / GPS accuracy / quality / robust / activity functions / number of activities (sport) / navigation / overall functionalities
- Cons: price (€350 to €3000) depending on the models
Suunto
For users of a Suunto watch, the application provides comprehensive tracking of your wing foiling sessions. With cutting-edge GPS technology, it will provide precise tracking of your wing foiling outings. Offering a precise analysis of your session, you can – just like with Garmin Connect – share them with an international community and constantly set new goals for yourself.
- Suunto Vertical Solar: €799
- Pros: precise GPS / robust model / battery life (140h with the Vertical model)
- Cons: connected functions with the phone need improvement
Polar
With integrated applications, Polar offers a multiple choice for tracking your wing foiling sessions. It will allow you to get speed (current, average, max), distance, and many other data. It can also allow synchronization with other tracking applications.
- Polar Gift X Pro: €799
- Pros: number of sports / GPS / robustness / functionality
- Cons: battery life 7 days / non-touch screen
Apple Watch
The Apple Watch is ideal for wingfoilers, offering performance tracking thanks to integrated applications and compatibility with other dedicated applications. Apple Watch users can share their achievements and sessions with the community, despite the need for an iPhone. Indeed, it will accompany you throughout your sessions. The little extra, if you have the Apple Watch cellular, you can even make calls while riding at 30 knots. "Hey guys, I'm going faster than you with my SROKA foil"!!!
- Apple Watch Ultra 2: €899
- Pros: cellular (allows calls) or connected to an iPhone / GPS accuracy / high-quality screen / easy to handle / durable
- Cons: 30-hour battery life
Applications with sensors
Often used in kitesurfing, applications with a sensor attached to the board provide precise data for your session. Primarily used for freestyle, they will give you the best height, airtime, and distance of your jumps.
Woo sport
Woo Sports is specially designed for water sports. Originally designed for kitesurfing, it is perfectly suited for tracking your wing foiling sessions. It works with a sensor attached to your board: it analyzes your speed, track, jump height, air distance, and airtime live. Ideal for freestyle enthusiasts, this tool will help you track your progress over time.
There are a multitude of other systems for determining different parameters of your sessions using a sensor installed on your board, such as Duotone PIQ, Surfr App…
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Here is our Sroka selection of apps and watches ideal for tracking all your sessions and monitoring your progress in wing foiling. Whatever your brand preferences, you'll find an application that suits you.
How to choose a tracking application for wing foiling?
- GPS accuracy: a watch or sensor provides more accurate measurements than a mobile phone alone.
- Ease of use: mobile vs. watch vs. sensor.
- Compatibility: Apple Watch, Garmin, Android, iPhone.
- Features: speed, distance, jump height, glide phase analysis, session history.
- Session sharing: with the community or your friends.
- Price and pro version: some apps are free, others require a subscription or purchase.
There are a multitude of applications and connected sports watches that will allow you to track all your sessions. It is important to keep in mind that a watch will always be easier to use in the water. It is easier to drop your phone into the seabed.
These applications and watches offer more or less precise performance tracking depending on the brands, as well as the possibility of sharing them with your friends and/or a global community. Whether you are looking to optimize your technique or compete with your friends, these applications will allow you to analyze, understand and progress with each session.
```Sroka's selection:
- Apple Watch Ultra (for safety thanks to the cellular mode (phone with the watch only and for the screen))
- Garmin Fenix 7 Pro
- Polar Grit X Pro
- Suunto Vertical