Garmin Connect™ Downloads & RevenueGarmin Connect™ · App Store & Google Play
Garmin Connect™ gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Garmin Connect™ by Garmin is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 60 events
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: strava, komootiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: komootiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: mysports, lauftrainer, cycling, coach-running +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Garmin Connect™ reached Top 10 for “strava”Android#10 in France search · popularity 90
- 📦Garmin Connect™ updated to version 5.31iOSGarmin Connect is constantly working to improve your experience and help you beat yesterday. This version includes bug fixes to improve device functionality.
- 🔎Garmin Connect™ reached Top 10 for “health”Android#10 in United States search · popularity 85
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: diveiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: connectioniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Garmin Connect™ reached Top 10 for “nine now app”Android#10 in Australia search · popularity 87
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: laufeniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Garmin Connect™ updated to version 5.31AndroidWith the bug fixes and performance improvements in this version of Garmin Connect, tracking your health and fitness stats is easier than ever before.
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Health & Fitness · ZA
- 📊Garmin Connect™: downloads up ×2.7 in a weekiOSabout 18k a day now (our estimate)
- 📊Garmin Connect™ passed 10k downloads a dayiOS7-day average, our estimate
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: running, connectionsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Health & Fitness · MY
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: ecgiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: ecgiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: ecgiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: runningiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: ecgiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · NL
- 📈Garmin Connect™ charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Vietnam
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · VN
- 📈Garmin Connect™ charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidIndia · Thailand
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · TH
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Health & Fitness · TH
- 📈Garmin Connect™ charting in a new country in 5 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Sweden · Turkey · +1 more
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · ES · Top Free · Health & Fitness · SE · Top Free · Health & Fitness · TW
- 📦Garmin Connect™ updated to version 5.30.1iOSGarmin Connect постоянно работает над повышением качества работы и помогает вам улучшать результаты. Эта версия включает в себя исправления ошибок для оптимизации функционирования устройства, а также функции для поддержки новых устройств Garmin.… more
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · DE
- 📦Garmin Connect™ updated to version 5.30.1AndroidGarmin Connect is constantly working to improve your experience and help you beat yesterday. This version includes bug fixes to improve device functionality.
- 📦Garmin Connect™ updated to version 5.30iOSWith the bug fixes and performance improvements in this version of Garmin Connect, tracking your health and fitness stats is easier than ever before.
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · Health & Fitness · FR · Top Free · Health & Fitness · GB
- 📈Garmin Connect™ charting in a new countryAndroidSaudi Arabia
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: ecg, radfahreniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Garmin Connect™ added hidden keywords: venueiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · GB
- 🔎Garmin Connect™ reached Top 10 for “health”Android#10 in Australia search · popularity 87
- 🔎Garmin Connect™ reached #1 for “connect”Android#1 in Australia search · popularity 76
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Health & Fitness · AU
- 📈Garmin Connect™ entered the top 10 in 3 chartsiOSTop Free · Health & Fitness · CA · Top Free · Health & Fitness · DE · Top Free · Health & Fitness · TW
- 🆕Garmin Connect™ first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidAustralia
- 🆕Garmin Connect™ first spotted by AppInsideriOS#26 in Top Free · Health & Fitness · Italy
- 📦Garmin Connect™ version 5.29iOSNo release notes
- 📦Garmin Connect™ version 5.29AndroidWith the bug fixes and performance improvements in this version of Garmin Connect, tracking your health and fitness stats is easier than ever before.
- 🆕Garmin Connect™: its developer released another app: Garmin Catalyst™ RadariOS
- 🆕Garmin Connect™ released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Garmin Connect™ released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Garmin Connect™ at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Garmin Connect is a free companion app for Garmin wearable devices that allows users to track health metrics, analyze activities, and sync data with third-party fitness platforms. The app maintains strong visibility in the Health & Fitness Free charts across diverse markets including Taiwan, Australia, and Indonesia, indicating sustained global demand for its device-specific ecosystem.
Similar apps: Apple Health, Strava, Fitbit
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Garmin Connect™’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 5 linked to your identity and 3 collected anonymously.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v5.29, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Garmin Connect™ downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 50M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 50M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Garmin Connect™'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #4 | 29 of 30 countries | #21 | – |
| Google Play | #6 | 21 of 23 countries | #25 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in
Thailand ▲ +79% ·
Indonesia ▲ +73% ·
Brazil ▲ +55%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 244 | 26% | ▲ +38% | |
| 106 | 11% | ▲ +25% | |
| 88 | 10% | ▲ +79% | |
| 83 | 9% | ▲ +55% | |
| 71 | 8% | ▲ +29% | |
| 59 | 6% | ▲ +6% | |
| 54 | 6% | ▲ +40% | |
| 52 | 6% | – | |
| 48 | 5% | ▲ +21% | |
| 43 | 5% | ▲ +73% | |
| 40 | 4% | ▲ +18% | |
| 37 | 4% | ▲ +46% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.4 ★ | 60k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 1.1M 55k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.2M |
What users say about Garmin Connect™
From the 197 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe connectivity issues and frequent sync failures between the app and Garmin devices, often blaming recent updates for degrading performance. While some praise the depth of data tracking, many criticize the outdated user interface, broken features like custom workout creation, and lack of responsive support.
Mostly negative (38% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “I really recommend this App”
- Features & content: “Lots of options, excellent tracking”
- Connection & sync: “Garmin connect for instinct”
- Ease of use: “Easy to track all workouts”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Does not sync with iphone”
- Updates: “Broken Features after Update”
- Crashes & bugs: “Vivofit 1 stopped working?”
- Design: “Interface is ugly and clunky”
About Garmin Connect™
Once you pair your phone(1)with a Forerunner®, Venu®, fēnix® or another compatible Garmin device(2), you can review your tracked activities and health metrics. Plus, you can create workouts, build courses and challenge your friends on the leaderboard.
With Garmin Connect you can:
- Personalize your home screen, so the most helpful information is instantly visible
- Analyze your activities with detailed statistics(3)
- Create customized workouts and courses
- Review trends in health metrics like heart rate and steps
- Earn badges for accomplishments
- Sync with other apps like Apple Health, MyFitnessPal and Strava
- Get support for Garmin devices and their features
Learn more about Garmin devices and how they work with the Garmin Connect app at Garmin.com.
(1) See compatibility requirements at Garmin.com/BLE
(2) See a full list of compatible devices at Garmin.com/devices
(3) See Garmin.com/ataccuracy
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Garmin Connect™ App Store
Garmin Connect™ gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Garmin Connect™ is #21 in Health & Fitness Free in United States and charting in 29 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Garmin Connect™ at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Garmin Connect is a free companion app for Garmin wearable devices that allows users to track health metrics, analyze activities, and sync data with third-party fitness platforms. The app maintains strong visibility in the Health & Fitness Free charts across diverse markets including Taiwan, Australia, and Indonesia, indicating sustained global demand for its device-specific ecosystem.
Similar apps: Apple Health, Strava, Fitbit
Garmin Connect™ on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Garmin Connect™’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 5 linked to your identity and 3 collected anonymously.
Garmin Connect™ downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Garmin Connect™'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Apps near Garmin Connect™ on the chart
Health & Fitness Free, around #21.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in
Thailand ▲ +79% ·
Indonesia ▲ +73% ·
Brazil ▲ +55%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 244 | 26% | ▲ +38% | |
| 106 | 11% | ▲ +25% | |
| 88 | 10% | ▲ +79% | |
| 83 | 9% | ▲ +55% | |
| 71 | 8% | ▲ +29% | |
| 59 | 6% | ▲ +6% | |
| 54 | 6% | ▲ +40% | |
| 52 | 6% | – | |
| 48 | 5% | ▲ +21% | |
| 43 | 5% | ▲ +73% | |
| 40 | 4% | ▲ +18% | |
| 37 | 4% | ▲ +46% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Garmin Connect™
From the 197 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe connectivity issues and frequent sync failures between the app and Garmin devices, often blaming recent updates for degrading performance. While some praise the depth of data tracking, many criticize the outdated user interface, broken features like custom workout creation, and lack of responsive support.
Mostly negative (38% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “I really recommend this App”
- Features & content: “Lots of options, excellent tracking”
- Connection & sync: “Garmin connect for instinct”
- Ease of use: “Easy to track all workouts”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Does not sync with iphone”
- Updates: “Broken Features after Update”
- Crashes & bugs: “Vivofit 1 stopped working?”
- Design: “Interface is ugly and clunky”
About Garmin Connect™
Once you pair your phone(1)with a Forerunner®, Venu®, fēnix® or another compatible Garmin device(2), you can review your tracked activities and health metrics. Plus, you can create workouts, build courses and challenge your friends on the leaderboard.
With Garmin Connect you can:
- Personalize your home screen, so the most helpful information is instantly visible
- Analyze your activities with detailed statistics(3)
- Create customized workouts and courses
- Review trends in health metrics like heart rate and steps
- Earn badges for accomplishments
- Sync with other apps like Apple Health, MyFitnessPal and Strava
- Get support for Garmin devices and their features
Learn more about Garmin devices and how they work with the Garmin Connect app at Garmin.com.
(1) See compatibility requirements at Garmin.com/BLE
(2) See a full list of compatible devices at Garmin.com/devices
(3) See Garmin.com/ataccuracy
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Latest updates
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Garmin Connect™ Android
Garmin Connect™ gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Garmin Connect™ is #25 in Health & Fitness Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 21 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Garmin Connect™ on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v5.29, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Garmin Connect™ downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Garmin Connect™'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Health & FitnessFree | #25 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #6 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #14 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #13 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #30 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #21 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #18 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #11 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #11 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #45 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #23 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #31 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #27 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #15 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #70 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #25 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #40 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #154 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #34 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #142 | |
| Health & FitnessFree | #190 |
Apps near Garmin Connect™ on the chart
Health & Fitness Free, around #25.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Garmin Connect™
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's comprehensive tracking features and long-term reliability for fitness data. However, recent updates have caused significant frustration due to sync failures, intrusive ads, and a degraded user interface.
Mostly positive (82% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about recent updates, and the design.
What people like
- Useful: “Works great, no problems!”
- Ease of use: “works great and easy to navigate”
- Features & content: “Love the app and all the features!”
- Connection & sync: “Easy to use and connect the family”
Common complaints
- Updates: “It was fine up to last update”
- Design: “Only a deliberate requirement of software design”
- Crashes & bugs: “Constantly freezes so loses contact with Fenix”
- Connection & sync: “After the last update the app constantly refuses to sync”
About Garmin Connect™
Once you pair your phone (1) with a Forerunner®, Venu®, fēnix or another compatible Garmin device (2), you can review your tracked activities and health metrics. Plus, you can create workouts, build courses and challenge your friends on the leaderboard.
With Garmin Connect you can:
- Personalize your home screen, so the most helpful information is instantly visible
- Analyze your activities with detailed statistics(3)
- Create customized workouts and courses
- Review trends in health metrics like your heart rate, steps, sleep, stress, menstrual cycle, weight, calories and more
- Earn badges for accomplishments
- Sync with other apps like MyFitnessPal and Strava
- Get support for Garmin devices and their features
Learn more about Garmin devices and how they work with the Garmin Connect app at Garmin.com.
(1) See compatible devices at Garmin.com/BLE
(2) See a full list of compatible devices at Garmin.com/devices
(3) See Garmin.com/ataccuracy
Notes: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Garmin Connect needs SMS permission to allow you to receive and send SMS text messages from your Garmin devices. We also need call log permission to display incoming calls on your devices.
What's new in 5.31
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