We built the alarm we wished existed.

WindUp started as a frustration. Every weather app on the planet does the same thing — show you forecasts. None of them ring you when the wind actually arrives. We were tired of refreshing screens, missing peak windows, and getting woken at 4am by a forecast that turned out wrong.

So we built WindUp: an app that watches live wind stations 24/7 and rings you the moment your spot is on — and the alarm is free. We use iOS time-sensitive notifications and critical alerts so the alarm cuts through Do Not Disturb and Silent — because the wind doesn't wait for your phone settings. Whether you ride kitesurfing, sail, fly a wing or a drone, you set your wind range once on your sport's page and let it do the watching.

Who's behind WindUp

WindUp is built by Mohamed Essam and Mazen Amr — co-founders at Virtual Verse Studio and kitesurfers since 2022, who got tired enough of missing the wind to build a live alarm for it. When we're not building the app, we write wind guides and honest app reviews and run side-by-side comparisons of the tools riders actually use. The quickest way to see what WindUp does is to download it and set one free alarm at your spot. If something doesn't work the way you expect, tell us — we read everything.

The alarm is free, and staying that way

The live wind alarm is free. No subscription on the alarm, no trial trick, no ads. There is a paid tier — WindUp Pro, $2.99/month or $29.99/year — and it adds extras like live tides. The alarm is not one of them and never will be: that's the promise. The rest is funded by partner stations and our parent studio, Virtual Verse Studio.

Built by Virtual Verse Studio

WindUp is one of the products from Virtual Verse Studio, an independent team building software around things people actually do. We make tools we'd use ourselves, ship them with care, and stand behind them long after launch.

Get in touch

Press, partners, integrations, riders with feedback — all welcome at support@windup.live. We read everything.