Riser : Freeflight Variometer

Hall Labs

About this app

Riser turns your Wear OS watch into a paragliding variometer. Feel lift and sink through haptic pulses, hear thermals through audio tones, and keep your eyes on the sky - no extra hardware needed.

DUAL VARIO
Instant vario drives responsive audio beeps and haptic feedback so you feel thermals the moment you enter them. The display shows a separate smoothed vario for stable, readable numbers. Choose from 8 feedback profiles and configure vario averaging from 1 to 20 seconds. Adjust volume with the rotary crown.

EXTERNAL VARIO DISPLAY
Connect your XCTracer, Skydrop, or BlueFlyVario over Bluetooth and use your watch as a wrist-mounted display with higher-precision altitude data.

LIVE TRACKING
Stream your position to LiveTrack24 and SportsTrackLive directly from the watch - no phone needed in the air.

FLIGHT DETECTION
Arm from your watch face with one tap. Riser detects when you launch and alerts you to start tracking.

CONFIGURABLE DISPLAY
Freeflight, Paramotor, or XC presets, or fully custom layouts. Select 1 to 4 metrics per screen - fewer fields means bigger text. Choose from altitude, vario, speed, glide ratio, flight time, distance, battery, wind, clock, or distance to launch.

COMPASS & NAVIGATION
Heading indicator on the bezel edge using watch compass and GPS. Bearing-to-launch beacon with color gradient from green (close) to red (far).

GPS WIND
Wind speed and direction from groundspeed variation during turns - no external hardware needed.

FLIGHT RECORDING & LOG
Full GPS tracking at 1Hz. Review past flights on your watch with max altitude, max speed, distance, duration, and climb rates. FAI-standard IGC export with pressure altitude and security hash.

COMPANION PHONE APP
Flights sync automatically from watch to phone. Browse flight history with full stats - max altitude, distance, duration, max speed, max climb, and average climb. Upload store_sto SportsTrackLive, share individual IGC files, or export all as a zip.

DESIGNED FOR THE WRIST
Built for Wear OS, not ported from a phone app. AMOLED black background, rotary crown volume, always-on ambient mode, power-saving below 30%.

CONFIGURABLE UNITS
m/s, ft/min, km/h, mph, meters, feet, km, miles. Imperial toggle switches all at once. Pilot name, glider type, and registration for IGC headers.

DEMO MODE
Built-in flight simulator to test audio profiles before your first launch.

PRIVACY FIRST
No analytics, no ads, no tracking. All data stays on your devices unless you enable live tracking.

REQUIREMENTS
• Wear OS watch with GPS and barometric sensor
• Android phone for companion app and IGC sync

User guide: halllabs.co/riser/guide.html

Try it risk-free — Google Play offers a full refund within 48 hours.

Riser is a recreational flight tool and should not be relied upon as a primary safety device. Always carry appropriate safety equipment.

Built by a pilot, for pilots.

What’s new

• Edge-to-edge display for Android 15+
• Fixed inflated max speed stats from GPS spikes