GallopaLeave your phone at the yard. Ride with your watch.
Phones and saddles are an awkward pair. Gallopa's Apple Watch app records the whole ride from your wrist: GPS route, live heart rate, speed and automatic gait detection, with your iPhone nowhere near the arena.
A real workout session, built for riding
Gallopa runs a genuine watchOS workout session, the same mechanism as Apple's Workout app. That means it keeps recording with the screen off and your arm down, continuous heart rate for the entire ride, and reliable background GPS. Raise your wrist to glance at live distance, duration, speed, heart rate and your horse's current gait.
Everything syncs, nothing is lost
Finish the ride on your watch and it is saved on the watch first, so the data is safe even if your phone is off or miles away. The next time watch and phone connect, the ride appears in your Gallopa logbook automatically, complete with route, heart rate and gait breakdown. Sync is deduplicated and retried until confirmed, so a ride can never arrive twice or vanish.
Counts in Apple Health, closes your rings
Every watch ride is saved to Apple Health as an Equestrian Sports workout, with the full GPS route and heart rate attached. Your riding finally counts toward your activity rings, and it shows up in the Fitness app alongside the rest of your training.
Riding-specific, not a generic workout
- Gait detection on the wrist: the watch feels the rhythm of trot and canter through its motion sensors, paired with GPS speed. See your time in every gait after the ride.
- Ride types: start a trail ride, hack, lesson, flatwork, jumping or endurance session right from the start screen.
- Watch-only history: review past rides on the watch itself, no phone needed.
Frequently asked questions
Can I track a horse ride with only my Apple Watch?
Yes. Gallopa's watch app records the full ride on its own: GPS route, distance, speed, heart rate and gaits. Your iPhone can stay at the yard. The ride is saved on the watch and syncs to your phone automatically the next time they connect.
Does Gallopa record heart rate while riding?
Yes. On Apple Watch, Gallopa runs a proper workout session, so you get continuous heart rate for the whole ride, with average and maximum saved on each ride.
Do rides save to Apple Health and close my rings?
Yes. Every watch ride is saved to Apple Health as an Equestrian Sports workout with its route and heart rate, and counts toward your activity rings like any other workout.
Does the watch keep tracking with the screen off?
Yes. The workout session keeps recording in the background with the screen off, exactly like Apple's own Workout app. Raise your wrist any time to see live distance, speed, heart rate and current gait.
