Support

FueledRuck Support

FueledRuck tracks rucks with the weight on your back in mind: a live map, load-aware energy, heart-rate zones, training plans, fuel cues, a safety live link and an Apple Watch app.

Get started

Open FueledRuck, enter your weight and the load you usually carry, and allow location while using the app. Tap START RUCK. Hold FINISH for a second to end, then Save.

The map doesn’t follow me, or distance looks wrong

In Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › FueledRuck, choose While Using the App and turn on Precise Location. Start outside with a clear view of the sky; the GPS chip at the top turns from Poor to Good in a few seconds.

Heart rate isn’t showing

Live heart rate comes from the Apple Watch app, part of FueledRuck Pro (an in-app purchase). Starting a ruck on your iPhone opens FueledRuck on your Apple Watch; if it doesn’t, open it on the Watch and it joins the ruck. Check that FueledRuck may read Heart Rate in Settings › Privacy & Security › Health › FueledRuck.

My ruck isn’t in Fitness, or my rings didn’t move

Turn on You › Apple Health › Save rucks as workouts (FueledRuck Pro), then allow Workouts in Apple Health’s sheet (plus Active Energy, Walking + Running Distance and Workout Routes if you want them). If a warning names permissions that are off, turn them on in Settings › Privacy & Security › Health › FueledRuck, and on the Watch in Settings › Health › Apps › FueledRuck. When your Watch recorded the ruck, the workout is saved from the Watch, so it counts toward your rings.

Target zone taps

Pick a target zone in You › Zones. During a ruck the Watch taps when your heart rate drifts above or below it and again when you’re back in, and the Heart Rate screen (swipe up) shows where you are. You › About › Quick reference lists what each tap means.

Rucking with only the Apple Watch

Open FueledRuck on the Watch, turn the Digital Crown or tap your gear to set the load, and tap START. When you finish, the ruck appears in the iPhone app the next time your phone and Watch connect, and is saved to Apple Health if Save rucks as workouts is on. If the Watch app closes mid-ruck, open it again and the ruck carries on.

Stacking gear

Tap the weight chip on the Ruck screen to open Load, then tap each item you’re carrying: a vest and a sandbag add up. Tap an item again to take it off. Hold − or + to change the weight fast, or tap the big number to type it. One pack is free; more gear, and stacking it, is part of FueledRuck Pro.

Safety check-in and live link

Before you go, tap SAFETY on the Ruck screen. Set a back-by time and FueledRuck will ask if you’re safe at that time. Create a live link and send it to someone: they see your position, distance and time in any browser, and the page turns red 15 minutes after your back-by time if you haven’t finished. When you finish, the page only says you finished safely. Stop sharing, during or after the ruck, deletes it at once. FueledRuck can’t call for help by itself.

Exporting a 3D video

Open a ruck’s 3D replay and tap Export video. It takes about a minute: keep FueledRuck open while the flyover renders. Leaving the app cancels the export; your ruck is never affected. On iPhones with less memory the video is drawn from above instead of in 3D.

Photos on the map

Turn on You › On the ruck › Photos on the route map, or tap Continue on the “Photos from this ruck” card on a saved ruck. FueledRuck finds photos taken between Start and Finish and pins them on the route. If you chose Selected Photos, tap Add more to let it see others. Press the pin-slash button in the photo viewer to take a photo off a ruck; it stays in your library.

Fuel cues

FueledRuck Pro estimates your sweat rate from your load, pace and the weather and reminds you to drink, and to eat on long rucks. Tap DRINK or FUEL on the ruck screen when you do, so the finish screen can tell you what to put back. These are estimates: weigh yourself before and after a long ruck to calibrate.

FueledRuck Pro

FueledRuck Pro is an in-app purchase: $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, $4.99 a month, or $59.99 once. Restore a purchase from the paywall (You › Go Pro › Restore purchases). Cancel a subscription in Settings › your name › Subscriptions at least 24 hours before it renews.

Crews

Crews use iCloud. Before you create or join a crew or the monthly challenge, you agree to the crew rules: no offensive names or titles, harassment, threats, spam or fake activity, with zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. Create a crew on the Crew tab and share the invite link; anyone with the link can join, and the crew’s owner can see and remove members. Members see a weekly board and, only if they turn it on, each other’s live position during a ruck. To hide or report a member or a name on the monthly challenge, press and hold it; hiding someone also offers to report them. We act on every report within 24 hours.

Contact us

Email hello@apexmade.ai with your device model, iOS version and what you see. We usually reply within a day.