Knot Coach · Support
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Getting started
Open The Chooser and say what you need to do and what you have; it picks the knot. Or open the Knots catalog and pick one yourself. Each knot is taught in two or three short phases, and after each phase you check your rope against the picture before you go on.
What do the colors mean?
The orange part is the working end, the end you move. The blue part is the standing part, which stays put. Put a bit of tape on one end of your own rope, and that end is the orange one.
Too fast, too slow, or the wrong way round
On a step, the speed button switches between ½×, 1× and 2×. The mirror button flips the knot left to right for left hands. Tap the rope to pause it, drag the slider under it to go through the step by hand, drag to turn the knot and pinch to zoom; the eye button puts the view back. The app remembers the speed and the mirror.
Picking up where you left off
Close the app in the middle of a knot, then open Your knots on the home screen: Keep practicing takes you back to the same step. Your knots also lists your favorites (star a knot on its page) and every knot you have tied.
Your language
Knot Coach is in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Hebrew, and follows your iPhone's language. To change it for Knot Coach alone: Settings, Apps, Knot Coach, Language.
Does it need the internet?
No. Every knot is inside the app, and it works in airplane mode.
Climbing, rescue and loads
Knot Coach teaches you to tie knots. It cannot see your rope and does not tell you a knot is safe. For climbing, rescue or anything that holds a person or a load, learn from a qualified instructor, and check your knot with real rope and real hardware.
Refunds
Purchases go through Apple. To ask for a refund, go to reportaproblem.apple.com.