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Sender Climbing App

· v0.5.4.beta
★★★★☆ (1) ↓ 100 downloads 2 Free

About

This is a public beta. Some features are still rough, data formats may change between builds, and bugs are expected. Turn your Garmin into a real climbing activity recorder. Track multipitch, sport, bouldering, indoor, and ice climbing as proper FIT activities that sync to Garmin Connect — with pitch-by-pitch breakdowns, vertical gain, climb-vs-belay time, grades, ascent style, and post-session analytics. Disciplines: *Multipitch — automatic + manual pitch segmentation, vertical gain per pitch, pitch count, climb-vs-belay time split, approach & descent phases * Sport — send/attempt, ascent style (onsight/flash/redpoint), lead vs top-rope, route grade * Bouldering — attempt counter, send %, rest timers, per-problem grade & ascent style (no GPS) * Indoor — heart rate + time-on-wall for gym sessions (no GPS) * Ice — WI/AI/M grades, built on the multipitch pitch engine * Hangboard — Max Hangs, Repeaters, and custom grip strength protocols with added or removed weight. Under the hood: * Climbing-specific data fields recorded into your FIT activity and Garmin Connect * Barometric-altimeter pitch detection with a manual lap override * Per-discipline post-session summaries on the watch * Crash/restart-survivable recording tuned for long days out Outdoor modes work on Garmin multisport watches with heart rate, barometric altimeter, and GPS (Fenix, Instinct, and similar). Gym modes (bouldering, indoor) run on most Connect IQ watches.

What's new

v0.5.4.beta — Aug 26, 2026 New * Sport rope style (Lead/Top-rope/Follow) can now be set right from the in-climb menu * Indoor climbs now track rope style (Lead or Top-rope) per climb * Added a rest/countdown timer for Sport and Indoor climbing, similar to bouldering * Add support for more watches Fixed * Fixed some formatting issues * Fixed rare crash when quickly finishing and starting a new activity * Removed ability to increment pitches during multipitch walk off _______________________________________________________________________ v0.5.2.beta — Aug 5, 2026 New * Redesigned the active screens with a cleaner 2-column data grid * You can now choose which fields show on the second live data screen, and it remembers your choice * Added a confirmation prompt before discarding a session from the summary screen Fixed * Fixed the timer overlapping the status label on active climb/boulder/indoor screens * Fixed text getting cut off on round-screen watches * Fixed Completed/Attempted status not being recorded live during indoor climbs _______________________________________________________________________ v0.5.1.beta — Aug 4, 2026 New * Imperial units option for hangboard weight * Grade labels now shown in your Garmin Connect activity data * Richer paused-session menu with more options, across all climbing types * New second live data screen during activities, including climb time * Indoor climbs now record grade and climb type Fixed * Crash recovery is smarter: it resumes your climb between routes, shows which activity it's recovering, and always picks the most recent saved session * Removed heart rate data from indoor summaries * Fixed the app failing to install on some watch models _______________________________________________________________________ v0.4.1.beta — Jul 29, 2026 New * Added Hangboard training mode — pick a protocol, follow guided hang/rest intervals, and save it as a recorded activity * Indoor climbs now capture grade and Completed/Attempted status

Permissions

FitPositioningFitContributorSensorHistoryUserProfileSensor

Details

Compatible with 124 devices
Updated Aug 27, 2026
Open on apps.garmin.com ↗