Garmin Explore™ User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience45.0% of reviews
Neutral11.9% of reviews
Negative experience43.0% of reviews

~ Based on 544 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Garmin Explore™ Safe?

Garmin Explore™ appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Garmin Explore™ is 82/100.

This assessment is based on 1,015 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

76.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
17.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,015 App Store ratings for Garmin Explore™.

Is Garmin Explore™ Legit?

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

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

Top reviews

Great addition to my outdoor kit

Had a spot messenger years ago, didn’t really like it much. The Garmin messages and explore apps paired with the inreach mini2 gives me the freedoms to go where I want and keep my family in the loop. Any adventure away from home should have this set up.

Thank you Garmin for another amazing product and service.
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Endlich modernisiert ‼️

Endlich sind skalierbare 3D Karten integriert. Die App ist zwar immer noch etwas „fummelig“ aber in Verbindung mit meinem Garmin Montana 750i oder der Fenix 8 eine gute Kombi.
Das TopoActive Kartenmaterial ist gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber dafür sehr informativ.
Danke an die Entwickler für die Pflege der App.
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使い心地

使いやすいですよ。

Poor Concept

Not sure if “concept” is the right word, but there is a massive issue with the way this app functions.

Every single time I use this app in the backcountry without internet, it seems to lack some sort of feature and the app says: “a-ha! Told You so!!! You should have downloaded this (or that) BEFORE your trip!”

Whether it logs you out during updates (and then you can’t log in without internet?!), or the maps somehow disappear and you loose your regional package (then you end up using Google Maps)…these are fundamental flaws making this app completely unreliable, which is unfortunate because the Garmin devices are so great.

1. Stop relying so much on internet for this app to function.

2. This app needs to be accessible without logging in.

3. The map needs to work completely or not at all.
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同期できない

デバイスがビジー状態です。と表示されて同期されない。アクテビティとか何もやってない状態なのに、、。アプリを入れ直したり、コネクトからもデバイス削除して入れ直してみたり、色々試したけど同じ表示がされて同期しない。

Good so far.

Working good for me so far

Harold 😎

Living and hunting Alaska the Gps map66i is a great tool . Thanks!

Etwas Altmodische App

Gute App die funktioniert, ein neueres Design und einfachere Bedienung wären hilfreich.

Explorer is awesome

Love it

Buggy and crashes

Buggy and crashes

Doesn't work for my average quality watch...

I was looking forward to this, my watch is a 1 year old Forerunner 265, which I think of as an okay & somewhat newer watch. But this is only for premium devices, plus it looks like Garmin charges for everything... of course. I'm a little disappointed by Garmin. I've had other similar experiences. I might be going back to my apple watch at some point....
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Simple et efficace

Interface intuitive, fonds de carte clairs et connexion avec la montre fluide

Used world wide

Pretty good but specific to its devices. Still believe Gaia (outside wilderness)is the best with Google Maps for urban and quick fix

Great Product

This is a great app, especially on road trips. Thai app needs to be rebooted once in a while, but great overall.

Perfect Pairing

What a perfect pairing with Garmin devices. The maps are better than paid apps. I love the simplicity of everything once synched across from device. 10/10

Not useful in Australia

No Garmin Trails feature in Australia. All you get is a map you can little download offline from Google maps. So why pay for a feature in Australia if you aren’t adding the Garmin Trails feature for the many great hiking trails here in Australia?

Offline Maps Disappeared While On A Journey

I only needed the topographical map that’s included at no extra cost and successfully downloaded it and started using it on our journey in the remote North. However, the offline map data disappeared and now it’s not available for redownload. NOT RECOMMENDED IF YOU HAVE TO RELY ON IT.

Unusable after new update

I’ve been using this app for a couple years and it’s always been slow and buggy, but the most recent update made it unusable. Suddenly I can’t do anything without it crashing. I open the app, it crashes and quits. Then I just tried 3 times in a row to add a new route and it crashed on me every time. I’m on my home WiFi too, not even out in the backcountry where I might have spotty service. It’s worse in the backcountry now too. Last weekend, when I was on a long trail run with spotty cell service, I was following a complex “Garmin Trails” route that kept blinking and disappearing from the map. This has never happened to me in the past, and I’ve relied on this app for navigation in the wilderness in previous years. Yet another app that keeps getting worse over time while the subscription push coincidentally gets more aggressive.
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Just awful to use

The UI on this app is a total joke. It’s obvious the dev team don’t go outside and use their own product.

The app crash after a few seconds

The garmin app maze. Very frustrating when you need to send important messages that the app simply freezes. Ive try the messenger app too and it also freezes. By the way why would anyone use the garmin messenger app to send anything else than gps messages. What is the point?