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TreadPilot is an iPhone and iPad app that controls FitShow-protocol treadmills over Bluetooth. It sets speed and incline, runs interval programs by time, distance or an opt-in heart-rate zone, reads heart rate from Apple Watch or a standard Bluetooth sensor, and can write completed workouts to Apple Health. On iPad, three landscape views turn the screen into a treadmill console. Everything below is cleared for editorial use — no permission needed, no embargo.
Status: coming soon to the App Store. Version 1.2 is in release preparation for iPhone and iPad, with an Apple Watch companion. For the latest timing or review materials, email us.
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- TextBoilerplate in three lengths, plus a fact sheet you can quote from directly.
- ScreenshotsNine iPhone captures at 1206 × 2622 and three Apple Watch captures at 422 × 514. The real interface, unretouched.
- Gallery framesThe six captioned App Store layouts at 1284 × 2778, for when you want a headline inside the picture.
- Icon and logoApp icon at 1024 × 1024, the mark as SVG, and the wordmark as transparent PNGs for light and dark backgrounds.
- Key artThe campaign illustration at 1517 × 1037. Generated artwork, not a photograph of a real person.
Fast facts
- What it isAn iPhone and iPad app that connects to a FitShow-protocol treadmill over Bluetooth and controls it
- DeveloperBacklog Fejlesztő Kft., Budapest, Hungary
- PlatformsiPhone on iOS 17+, iPad on iPadOS 17+, and an Apple Watch companion on watchOS 10+
- Version1.2.0 (build 3) — in App Store release preparation
- LanguagesEnglish and Hungarian
- Works withFitShow-protocol treadmills, including many Tunturi models. Verified on hardware: Tunturi T40
- Heart-rate controlOptional and off by default. Uses Apple Watch on iPhone or a standard Bluetooth sensor on iPhone or iPad; an iPhone can also bridge a fresh Watch reading locally to an iPad
- PrivacyNo account, analytics, third-party SDKs, backend, or internet or IP networking in the app
- Contacthello@backlog.hu
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TreadPilot is an iPhone and iPad app that controls FitShow-protocol treadmills over Bluetooth.
TreadPilot is an iPhone and iPad app that takes over a FitShow-protocol treadmill over Bluetooth. It sets speed and incline, runs interval programs by time, distance or an opt-in heart-rate zone, reads heart rate from Apple Watch or a standard Bluetooth sensor, and can write completed workouts to Apple Health.
TreadPilot is an iPhone and iPad app that connects to FitShow-protocol treadmills — including many Tunturi models — and takes the wheel. It sets speed and incline, runs interval programs by time, distance or an opt-in heart-rate zone, and shows live distance, calories, steps and elevation gain. Heart rate can come from Apple Watch or a standard Bluetooth sensor, and an iPhone can relay a fresh Watch reading locally to an iPad. Finished workouts can be written to Apple Health. There is no account, analytics or internet networking in the app. Built by Backlog Fejlesztő Kft. in Budapest and coming soon to the App Store.
The name is TreadPilot — one word, capital T and capital P. The all-caps form is the logo lockup only, not the name in running text.
The story, if you want one
FitShow consoles are closed. The treadmill knows its own speed, incline, distance and step count, and the apps shipped with these machines expose very little of it — and nothing you can build a structured workout on.
TreadPilot came out of working that protocol out frame by frame on a Tunturi T40: the frame layout, command bytes, XOR checksum and the two byte-order variants used by real consoles. The app turns that work into live treadmill control, structured programs and complete workout records.
That is also why the app has no networking code. There is no account to create and no server to talk to, because nothing about the job requires one.
What TreadPilot is not
- Not a universal treadmill remote. It speaks the FitShow protocol. Machines using other protocols will not connect, and we only claim hardware we have actually tested.
- Not a Tunturi product. It is an independent app, not affiliated with, endorsed by or supported by Tunturi New Fitness B.V. or the makers of the FitShow protocol.
- Not a running-form or coaching app. It drives the belt and records what happened. It does not tell anyone how to train.
- Not a replacement for the machine's own safety controls. The app never starts the belt without an explicit confirmation, and programmed starts run a countdown that can be cancelled — but if the Bluetooth link drops the belt may keep running at its last set speed, so the treadmill's stop button and safety key stay the primary protection. Worth a sentence if you write about it.
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Tunturi is a trademark of Tunturi New Fitness B.V. Apple, iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple Health and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other trademarks belong to their owners. The images here are provided for editorial coverage of TreadPilot.
Contact
Gábor Halmosi, Backlog Fejlesztő Kft. — hello@backlog.hu. We answer press mail within one working day, and we are happy to do a written Q&A, get on a call, or answer protocol questions in as much detail as you want.
If you need something that is not shown here — a specific screen, campaign artwork, a Hungarian-language quote, a photo of the app on a real machine — ask. It is usually a quick job.