PaddlePal 2026.24
In this release
Improvements
- The app is faster and more responsive, with fewer freezes when you open it, switch tabs, or finish a paddle.
- The live map updates more smoothly while you record a paddle.
- Maps and shared workout images load more smoothly throughout the app.
- Heart rate graphs now scroll more smoothly.
- When you end a paddle shorter than a minute, the app offers to discard it first.
Bug Fixes
- Workouts you delete now stay deleted and no longer reappear in your Log Book.
- Challenges no longer briefly disappear while they refresh.
- A prepared emergency SOS is no longer lost if you leave the app before it is sent.
- Auto-pause now works reliably, even while you are scrolling.
- Importing workouts from Apple Health no longer creates duplicates.
- Trimming a workout no longer loses its calorie total.
- Distance and live split feedback are more accurate during races.
- Race setup again shows your current personal best before you start.
- Exported workout files now show the correct activity type instead of always Stand-Up Paddleboarding.
- The Motion-Based GPS Control setting now correctly turns motion-based GPS switching on and off.
- Corrected wind condition wording that was mistranslated in around 25 languages.
- Corrected the French label for pace.
- Empty days in the calendar heatmap are visible again.
- Challenge progress now appears only after you join the challenge.
- Starting and finishing workouts on Apple Watch is more reliable.
- Buttons now fit correctly on smaller screens and with larger text sizes.
- SOS banners now respect the Reduce Motion setting, and charts have clearer VoiceOver descriptions.
