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Squall · Changelog

What's new in Squall.

Every release, and what changed. The latest is always at the top.

1.3

August 4, 2026

Everyone on one clock. Everyone on one board.

Train Together — now a competition

Host or join a synced class in the same room, and race it out on a shared, live leaderboard. Joining a class is free; hosting one is Squall Pro.

  • A live leaderboard — everyone's standing updates in real time. AMRAP ranks by rounds as they climb; For Time becomes a finish-line race — tap your own Finish and the board fills 1st, 2nd and 3rd with medals while the clock runs on for the rest of the room. EMOM and Tabata show a live roster of who's in.
  • Put it on the big screen — the coach chooses where the leaderboard shows: on the TV, on every phone, or both.
  • A final podium — the standings land on your results screen when the class wraps.
  • Screen name — set your name in Settings so you show up as you to the coach and everyone else, not “iPhone.”
  • Mute the room (coach) — one switch keeps every athlete's phone silent so a hall of devices doesn't echo. Haptics stay on.
  • Coach competes (coach) — a per-class switch to put your own score on the board, or leave it off and just run the clock.
  • Marked in your Log — class workouts get a group icon, so they're easy to tell apart from your solo sessions.

Progress (Squall Pro)

Your log stops being a receipt and starts being a story.

  • Streaks — your current run of training days, and the longest you've ever put together.
  • A training calendar — a heatmap of every session, with month and weekday labels so you can read it at a glance.
  • Weekly volume — how much work you're actually putting in, week over week.
  • Your records — best rounds for each AMRAP, fastest finish for each For Time. Tap any record to see every attempt you've made at it, plotted over time.
  • Free users see their real streak plus an honest summary of what Pro adds — no blurred screenshots behind a lock.

A new clock face, and a tidier picker

  • LED Display (free) — a classic seven-segment gym pace clock with a warm glow on pure black: amber on work, green on rest.
  • Reorganized faces — the picker now groups Free and Squall Pro faces clearly. LED Display is free; Flipboard moves to Pro alongside Retro Digital and Pride.

Scan or speak a workout

Snap the whiteboard, say it out loud, or type it — Squall reads the workout and builds the timer. Free for everyone.

Put the clock on the TV

AirPlay the running clock to a gym screen or external display, so the whole room can read it from across the floor.

Movements on any workout

  • Add movements to any timer — not just scanned or spoken ones. Type your movement list straight into the builder.
  • Glance mid-workout — a button on the running screen flashes the full movement list, big, for five seconds, then returns to the timer. For when you forget what's next.

Name your workouts

  • Nicknames — give a workout a name like “Thursday Thrusters.” The running screen alternates between the name and the “AMRAP · 12:00” details, and your log leads with the name.
  • Rename any time — edit a workout's name straight from its entry in the Log.

Fixes & polish

  • If the Local Network permission Train Together needs is switched off, Squall now tells you and links straight to Settings, instead of silently failing to connect.
  • A consistent dark plate behind the Log detail's Share and Repeat buttons.

1.2

Meet your trophy case — Squall now rewards every session.

Achievements

Earn badges as you train. Squall turns your workout history into a case full of trophies — free for everyone, and it all stays on your device.

  • 22 badges across seven categories — milestones, training volume, personal records, grit, consistency, time of day, and variety. Each climbs a bronze → silver → gold → platinum → diamond ladder, with a live progress bar to the next tier.
  • Feats worth chasing — First Blood (your very first workout), The Long Haul (your longest session), AMRAP Beast (most rounds in a single AMRAP), On Fire (day-after-day streaks), Perfect Storm (a workout every day of a week), Dawn Patrol (training before 7am), and Mix Master (Squall's signature multi-stage workouts).
  • Double Down (two-a-days), Weekend Warrior (Saturdays and Sundays), The Comeback (back at it after a layoff), and Heart of the Storm (a savage average heart rate, with Apple Watch).
  • A real moment when you unlock one — a 3D metal shield spins up against a stormy sky to celebrate, and you can share your badge as a card or a short storm video.
  • Open the case any time — tap the trophy in your Log to see everything you've earned, and how close you are to the next tier.

Live heart rate (Squall Pro)

  • Your BPM on the workout screen — once your Apple Watch is recording, the status badge swaps to your current heart rate, so you can glance at it right beside the counter.
  • A permission check in Settings — Settings → Apple Health now shows whether Squall can read your heart rate, with a one-tap link into iOS Settings if it's off. An easy one to miss when granting Health access.

Polish

  • Refreshed badge artwork, and clearer, punchier badge names throughout.

1.1

Squall comes to iPad — with a fresh set of clock faces and polish throughout.

Now on iPad

Squall is now a native, universal app — built for the big display.

  • Full-screen iPad experience with a leading sidebar and layouts tuned for both portrait and landscape.
  • A big gym-clock running screen made for a stand, tripod, or wall mount — readable from across the room.
  • Squall Pro is called out right in the iPad sidebar for subscribers.

New clock faces

More ways to make the running screen yours.

  • Flipboard (free) — a nostalgic split-flap board that flips through your countdown.
  • Retro Digital (Pro) — a warm amber LCD with a crisp, synced colon blink.
  • Bold is now free for everyone. Pro faces are Retro Digital and Pride (a hypnotic multi-colored mandala).

Get Ready tips

Quick pointers on the setup screen — control with Siri, swipe the counter, and more — that fade away the moment you hit Start, so nothing competes with your workout.

More reliable on Apple Watch (Pro)

Heart rate and calories keep recording through a workout and reach your phone even with the Watch display off.

Fixes & polish

  • Sharper, correctly-timed Retro Digital seconds blink (only blinks while running).
  • Cleaner iPad layouts, including a sidebar divider that now sits on the edge of the rail.
  • A paywall sheet that sizes to its content and fits every screen.
  • Refreshed clock-face descriptions.

1.0

July 7, 2026

The beautiful, reliable WOD & interval timer — on your phone and your wrist.

Initial release: AMRAP, For Time, EMOM, Tabata and Mix; clock faces; spoken cues and coach voices; and a workout log. Your music stays yours.

A standalone Apple Watch app

Leave your phone in the cubby and run a full workout from your wrist.

  • Start a workout on the Watch, no phone needed — quick-start Tabata, AMRAP, EMOM or For Time, and fine-tune it with the Digital Crown.
  • On-wrist cues — haptics plus sound (Beeps, Voice or Both), including the recorded coach voices.
  • It all syncs to your phone — workouts you finish on the Watch appear in your history automatically.
  • A complication to launch straight into a workout from your watch face.

Apple Health

  • Save every workout to Apple Health (free) — each session contributes to your daily activity.
  • Real heart rate and calories with Apple Watch (Squall Pro) — min, average and max heart rate plus active energy, on your results and in your log.
  • A smart calorie estimate without a Watch — activity-based, with an optional weight in Settings to sharpen it.

Live Activity (Squall Pro)

A running-workout view on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island that keeps ticking while the phone is locked — the SQUALL wordmark, a big centred timer, and total time remaining at a glance.

Looking for the app? Back to Squall.