StartLine

StartLine is the official mobile app for the mountain trail races organised by Clubul de Turism și Alpinism Ciucaș — the annual Ciucaș X3 event held in the Ciucaș Mountains, Romania. Built for racers, supporters and volunteers, it covers the entire race lifecycle: registration, payment, race day, results and photo gallery.

🏃 RACE REGISTRATION
• Five race types: Babeș Vertical, Cros, Semimaraton, The Ridge, and Kids Race
• Automatic age-category assignment from date of birth, with per-race configurable brackets
• Dedicated kids races with separate age validation and parent approval
• Team-of-3 races with invitation flow and individual accept/decline
• Family races with tiered pricing by member count
• Transfer a registration to another user if you can't make it

💳 PAYMENT AND INVOICING
• Online payment via Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay), bank transfer, or cash on check-in
• Multi-race cart with automatic multi-race discount tiers
• Invoice PDF (personal or company) auto-generated and emailed
• factureaza.ro integration for Romanian compliance
• Full configurable refund system

📝 RACE PREPARATION
• Race-kit selection (t-shirt, socks, sizes, colours) editable until the cut-off
• Digital liability waiver signing, directly in the app
• Personal QR code for fast race-day check-in

🗺️ RACE DAY
• Public live map showing every consenting racer's GPS position
• Real-time leaderboard, friend-follow with auto-centred pin
• Altitude profile synced with the map and variable-speed replay
• Checkpoint pins with cutoff times — green / orange / red as status changes
• Push notifications for organiser updates and race announcements

🆘 SOS BUTTON
• Prominent SOS button on the dashboard during the race window
• One tap alerts all organisers with an alarm-channel push, vibration, and DND breakthrough
• Notification carries GPS coordinates, phone number and emergency contact — for fast response

🏁 AFTER THE RACE
• Full results with open, gender, and age-category rankings
• Average pace, gap to leader, detailed stats
• Post-race survey for feedback

📸 RACE PHOTOS
• Public photo gallery from the event
• Automatic bib-number recognition + face matching — instantly find your photos
• Search the gallery with a selfie

🦺 FOR VOLUNTEERS
• Separate volunteer registration with its own profile
• Checkpoint and activity assignments, with schedule-conflict detection
• Personal badge with QR and checkpoint info
• Material, hydration and food lists per checkpoint

🌍 OTHER FEATURES
• Bilingual: Romanian and English
• Full GDPR compliance with a published privacy policy
• In-app account deletion as required by Google Play
• Notifications configurable, opt-out at any time

Website: https://ciucasx3.ro
Contact: contact@ciucasx3.ro
Privacy policy: https://start-line.ro/app/gdpr