Garmin Connect™ Reviews: Is It Legit?

What users say about Garmin Connect™

Is Garmin Connect™ Safe?

Garmin Connect™ appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Garmin Connect™ is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 58,646 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

85.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 58,646 App Store ratings for Garmin Connect™.

Is Garmin Connect™ Legit?

Garmin Connect™ appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Garmin Connect™ is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Garmin coach pour 3 entraînements allô ?!

Pour une montre et une app qui est faite pour le running à la base, ne pas permettre à Garmin coach de proposer 3 entraînements par semaine au lieu de 5 est un peu dommage. Le runner moyen ne run pas 5 jours et les programmes des coachs ne sont pas toujours adaptés non plus. Le must serait que le garmin coach puisse débuter à par exemple 2-3 runs par semaine.
Devoir payer d’autres applications qui feront elles le boulot n’est pas optimal ni ce qui est attendu
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Unable to upload data from vivoactive 5 to phone app.

Unable to upload workout data for today from vivoactive 5 to iphone. Ios, phone app, vivoactive 5 has all been updated to latest update. Keep saying loading error. Everything was uploading just fine yesterday. Please fix this. Thank you.

Garmin Connect App Lacks Strength Training Support for Older MARQ Watches

It’s disappointing that Garmin’s app still lacks proper strength training support for older MARQ watches, especially for a premium product in this price range.
The watch itself doesn’t necessarily need to support every new feature, but the app should continue to evolve and offer better functionality. AI, coaching, and advanced training insights are primarily software-driven features, so they shouldn’t be limited just because someone owns an older watch.
Competitors are moving ahead with smarter coaching and strength training features, while Garmin seems to be leaving its existing premium watch users behind. For a subscription-based service, I expect much better app functionality, ongoing improvements, and support for strength training.
Garmin needs to focus on improving its app experience instead of making loyal customers feel like they need to upgrade their hardware just to access modern training features.
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Sleep data not working

After a couple of years the heart rate record and the sleep data are not working anymore. I’ve tried everything but I looks like the force you to buy a new watch…

Total sets bug

It can’t review the total sets of gym training.

Some informations don’t update

I have iPhone 13 mini and Garmin Cirqa, and when i click on the training status, or body battery, it’s always a same number, it’s not updating, but on homescreen, number is changing.

Latest update

Vivosmart 4 and 5 now suddenly radically underestimate distance compared with a map and my step count x stride length. Maybe since recent update? Was fine Thursday 21 but Fri 22 May and today Sat 23 reporting 1 mile approx as 0.6 of a mile. Is it missing steps? Or mismeasuring them? I haven't changed stride length since Thursday The error occurs on 95% of walks, to varying degrees.

And across different watches. Reactivated a Vivosmart 5 that I didn't like as much because so fed up with this problem. And its exactly the same! Google AI tells me it's because of a software update across the whole Garmin suite. Well, it sucks!

The GPS just doesn't work well where I live in London so that's not a realistic option. Very disappointed because have been using these watches for nearly 10 years and now it's broken. I won't be buying another Garmin.

Update 11 October. After an app update in the last couple of days the watch has much improved. I had nailed it down to excessive sensitivity to minor halts in arm swing, manifested in zigzags all over the pace chart, resulting in usually significant underestimates of moving time (eg losing 8 mins instead of 2 on a 20 min walk.) and hence distance. Now that’s fixed, with a slight overcompensation, walks minimally too long. But another potential update is available today and I’m reluctant to apply it and go back to how it was before, if that change was a mistake! It would be useful to know what the updates are doing before applying them. Is this available anywhere?
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Not good

Sau bản update gần đây nhất đã làm cho đồng hồ bị lỗi rung vô cớ khi đồng hồ đang ở trạng thái nghỉ và tụt pin kinh khủng mới sạc hôm trước hôm sau hết pin

app notifications on watch

I wish so badly that I could pick and choose which apps on my phone could send notifications to my Garmin Lily 2 Active. I like having only calls & text notifications activated, but it doesn’t include WhatsApp notifs or anything like that. Fitbit lets you opt in to specific apps in device settings: it’s a shame Garmin only lets me have ALL APPS or none :( big fat Garmin L
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Truck driver

Don’t think this app works.
It wants to force you to add an exercise app wtf.

Awesome

I love this app. This app helps me track how well I’m running and tells me if I did better than a certain run. I highly recommend this app if you want to exercise better and better each time. This app has more than just running so get this app if you want to improve at your exercises. MUST GET!!

Ruim

A ultima atualização cagou com o visor, modificou todos os dados. Tenho que reconfigurar a cada atividade

Not working smart notification

After I updated to latest, smart notification doesnt work on my garmin vivomove sport

Muito bom e funcional

Só acho que as opções de compartilhar informações em formato transparente poderia ser mais

It's never loads properly

Been using it for two months now. Easy to use when it works. It never loads anything when you open it. It takes ages to load, if it loads at all. Whatever you click, it says: “Network connection error”, “Loading problem”, “Data not available” or “Data for this activity could not be loaded”.

Base Good - Subscription Bad

Used for years on the base version. Good for tracking all the stats from your device and your activities.

The connect+ part seems to be trash. As in multiple features mentioned in the help article for nutrition for example just don’t exist (e.g. no microphone icon for voice logging, no my recipes feature for breaking it into portions)

They have a lead in their hardware but need to up their software game badly.
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Garmin Forerunner 620 Problems

I’ve been using the Connect app since I got my trusty Forerunner 620 over 10 years ago. The watch is still going strong, but after the latest update the app will no longer pair with it.

Hoping this is a short-term glitch!

Venu 3d

First time having a garmin watch. Been using it for a week. Mom wants one and i will get one for her. Like the app. Cant say if it misses anything.

Not updating

The app is great - when it’s working. This watch tells me the stats on my screen but not in the app. I’ve deleted and redownloaded the app multiples times. Disconnect the watch. Even had my laptop out and connected via that method. Still not updating in the app - well some parts will and some don’t. This is not my first Garmin watch. Maybe it’s an iPhone issue, it’s just super inconsistent.
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Vivofit 1 stopped working?

I’ve used my vivofit 1 for over 12 years to track my sleep. Since September 29, 2026 nothing is syncing. I’ve tried all the trouble shooting & nothing worked. Are you no longer supporting Vivofit 1 or is there something wrong with the app?