Buckleaps Running app studio
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Running and endurance apps

Apps for runners. Made for the long run.

Buckleaps builds small, focused apps for runners and the people around them: the family at the barrier and the crew at the aid station. Free to try, one payment for Pro, private by default.

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Our apps

RaceTale

Race-day stories from the people who cheered

Web, App Store and Google Play

Send one link to family and friends before race day. They add photos, clips and cheers from the route with no app and no account. RaceTale puts every moment on a timeline and route map next to your finish time, then builds a private story you can replay with music and share.

  • One link, no account for the people who add photos
  • Timeline and route map with your time, pace and elevation
  • Race replay with music and share cards for your feed

Free to preview. Pro is $12 or €13 once per race, no subscription.

Visit racetale.com App Store Google Play

UltraCalcPal

Fuelling plans for ultras, hour by hour

Web app, store apps to follow

Put in your weight, the hours you expect to be out, your effort and the weather. UltraCalcPal turns that into carbs, fluids and sodium per hour, then into gels, bottles and salt caps per aid station, with drop-bag lists, a race-day forecast and a plan your crew can open by link.

  • Free calculator, no account needed
  • Aid-station planner with what to carry and what to drop
  • Share with your crew by private link, print as a PDF

Free to calculate. Pro is $12 or €13 once per account, no subscription.

Visit ultracalcpal.com App Store and Google Play coming next.

The studio

A small studio for the running life.

Buckleaps is an independent app studio in Bulgaria. We make apps for runners and endurance athletes, from a first 10K to a hundred-mile ultra.

Running is more than the race. It is the training before, the people who come to cheer, the crew who hands you a bottle, and the memories after. Our apps serve the practical and the emotional sides of a long day out: RaceTale keeps the story, UltraCalcPal plans the fuel.

We build for one community and keep each app small enough to do its job well. No feeds, no trackers, no subscriptions. Just tools we want on our own start lines.

Made in Bulgaria for runners everywhere.

Data stored in the EU. Prices in dollars or euros, whichever is closer to home.

01

Free first

Each app does its main job without an account or a payment. Pro is a single purchase that unlocks more, never a subscription.

02

Private by default

Stories and plans are unlisted. Race photos lose their GPS data before they are shared. There are no ad trackers, and you can delete everything.

03

Built for the crew too

The people who help a runner never need an account. One link is enough to add a photo from the kerb or read the fuelling plan at an aid station.

Questions

A few quick answers.

A little more about Buckleaps and the apps we make.

What does Buckleaps make?

Buckleaps is an independent app studio in Bulgaria that makes apps for runners. RaceTale turns photos, clips and cheers from family and friends into one private race story next to the runner’s time and route. UltraCalcPal turns a runner’s weight, hours, effort and the weather into an hour-by-hour fuelling plan for an ultra.

Who are the apps for?

Road, trail and ultra runners, and the people who support them. In RaceTale the family and friends who add photos never need an account. In UltraCalcPal the crew can open the fuelling plan from a private link.

Are the apps free?

Both are free to try. RaceTale is free to preview, and Pro unlocks sharing for $12 or €13 once per race. UltraCalcPal’s calculator is free with no account, and Pro is $12 or €13 once per account. Neither app has a subscription.

Where can I get the apps?

RaceTale runs in the browser at racetale.com and is on the App Store and Google Play. UltraCalcPal is a web app at ultracalcpal.com, with store apps to follow.

How is my data handled?

Stories and plans are private by default and reachable only by an unguessable link the owner can revoke. Race photos lose their GPS data before they are shared. There are no ad trackers, data is stored in the EU, and you can delete everything. Each app has its own privacy policy: RaceTale, UltraCalcPal.

Where is Buckleaps based and how can I get in touch?

Buckleaps is based in Bulgaria. Email contact@buckleaps.com for ideas, partnerships or feedback about an app.

Your turn

Building something for runners?
Let’s talk.

A running-app idea, a partnership, a race that wants a story page, or feedback about one of our apps. We read every message.

contact@buckleaps.com