Riser : Smartwatch 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. Includes a watch face complication for one-tap flight detection arming.

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