At the end of last year, I decided I wanted to take my training a bit more seriously in 2025, and wanted a way to get some quantifiable data on my climbing performance, mainly as a way of motivating myself to stick with a training plan, which I've historically not been great at.
I'd been aware of the Tindeq Progressor for some time, and it seemed like just the tool I was after, so I bought one and have been using it for a few weeks. Now, the device is basically fine, it measures the force applies across the two attachment points, and connects to the Tindeq app so you can see the data and record a number of different metrics. It's a nice small device and easy to throw in a bag with a small lifting edge and a sling to use while travelling.
What lets it down though is the app, which, I have to be honest here, is just a bit crap. I am a professional software developer, and this app just looks like it's been thrown together by someone in a hurry. There are some obvious bugs with it on my phone, where it doesn't display the charts of performance over time, except when you've just completed a session, for some reason if I want to look at the historical data, I have to record a new session first. Overall it just looks pretty shoddy and given the price of the device, it's just not good enough really.
Now, I'm joining the ranks of unemployed game developers soon, so I have been looking for some side hustles, so I thought I'd try picking up a cheap bluetooth hanging scale from AliExpress, and writing an app that actually works correctly. I received the Weiheng C06, and to a little dismay, when I searched for the model number to see if I could get some information on the bluetooth API, I discovered that someone had beaten me to it, and released the app for free. But kudos to the guy, he's done a really nice job and the app is miles better than Tindeq's offering.