Quick iPhone phone guide

Using the Blocktober roster on an iPhone

Using an Android phone? Tap here.

The Blocktober Activity Roster is a Google Sheet. On an iPhone, it works best in the free Google Sheets app.

If Google asks you to download or install the Google Sheets app, or to sign in to a Google account, follow its prompts.

For help on the Roster that you cant find in this guide, tap More help.

1. Open the roster

Tap this link to the Blocktober Activity Roster.

If your phone asks whether to open the file in Google Sheets, choose Open. If it asks you to Sign In, then sign in to your Google account.

The roster should open on the Overview tab. Swipe up to see more activities and left to see more columns. If it opens on another tab, swipe along the tabs at the bottom and tap Overview.

2. Using the light-blue links

Light-blue cells are links.

For links to webpages such as iPhone help, Joining WhatsApp groups, More help, the Blocktober Blog or the Conditions:

• Tap the light-blue cell once. The blue link appears at the bottom of the screen;
• Tap the blue link at the bottom of the screen to open it;
• If you have selected the dark display setting for your phone, these cells appear black with light-blue text.

3. Join an activity

On the Overview tab, find the activity you want and tap Join in the last column.

On an iPhone, the Join link works differently from the webpage links above:

• Tap the Join cell once. A long formula may appear at the bottom of the screen — ignore it;
• Tap the Join cell a second time. The options Open link / Copy / Comment should appear;
• Tap Open link.

This will take you to the correct activity row on the Walk, Run, Cycle or Swim tab.

4. Add your name

Tapping Join on the Overview tab should take you directly to the correct activity row on the Walk, Run, Cycle or Swim tab. If you did not use Join, or it did not take you there, swipe along the tabs at the bottom to the relevant sport tab and find your activity.

On the relevant Walk, Run, Cycle or Swim tab, identify the activity you want to join and on that row swipe left until you reach the first blank yellow Name cell:

• Tap the yellow cell;
• The fx Enter text of formula line opens at the bottom of the screen, above the formatting options;
• In the Enter text of formula line, enter your name, nickname or alias, then tap ✓ on the right of your text. For more about which name to use, read More help;
• Tap ✓ again in the top-left corner to save it and show the sheet tabs again;
• When trying to enter your name, the number keyboard may appear first. To switch to the alphabet keyboard, tap the ABC button at the top right of the formula bar.

Adding your name means you accept the Conditions for Blocktober activities.

To withdraw from an activity, return to the same sheet and row and delete your name from the yellow Name cell.

Colours to remember

Yellow = Name cells you can edit.

Light-blue = links.

Orange = activity / route information — it is not a link.

5. More help

For fuller guidance, tap More help in the roster.

Open the Blocktober 2026 Activity Roster