Garmin Jr.™ Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience76.4% of reviews
Neutral7.5% of reviews
Negative experience16.2% of reviews

~ Based on 1,219 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Garmin Jr.™

Is Garmin Jr.™ Safe?

Garmin Jr.™ appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Garmin Jr.™ is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 7,345 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

91.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 7,269 App Store ratings for Garmin Jr.™.

Is Garmin Jr.™ Legit?

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

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

Top reviews

Terrible connection to watch.

The watch does not receive the majority of my messages even with 3 lte bars or when on wifi. The app receives info sent from watch and messages instantly. We can be in the same room both on wifi with 30 mins gone by and no message received in watch. The live track has only worked 1 time out of 20 tries,the refresh never works. Keep getting told it must be lte connection. We both hav 3 bars!! Garmin and the bounce product are terrible!!
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Good but app could be better

Overall, I really like this watch for my kids. I would like more control over things like bedtime and school mode. My kids get off early every Thursday but school mode doesn’t allow differences in daily schedule. Please add!!

GET UP BOYS

10/10



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Excellent

It really helps with the child’s behavior.

Love it! Amazingly fun

It encourages me to be more active, achieve goals and do more chores around the house. The Garmin jr app is one of the best apps ever.

School Chap

The location update lags!! Takes close to a minute or two! would be nice if we get the location within seconds when requested.

Parent Must Have!

If you have children that are too young for a phone, this lets you track and communicate with your child.

Connectivity Issues

We’ve had the garmin for a year now. Very little issues until recently. Unable to send messages, they forever say “sent”. Unable to use location tracking. Very frustrating. I pay more for this monthly service than I do for tv streaming services. It would be great if it WORKED.

Great app but since update won’t sync with watch

We’ve had the app for almost a year now. Our kids love playing the games and are active, and are doing their chores. But since the update neither of the watches will sync even though they are connected to bluetooth. Can you please fix it. Thank you

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Nejde se dovolat v budovách velké zklamaní za tak drahý tarif

Lainey B

Great watch! Occasionally we have issues with the text feature not working and also delays with the locator ability but overall we love the Garmin Jr.

Verbindung bei Anrufe ist sehr schlecht

Schlechte Verbindung

Great for kids 8-12

A lot of the time, connecting when you open the app is slow. Connecting to live tracker is slow, even in good weather out in the open with no obstruction. Our kids found it easy to learn how to use it. They really like sending voice messages. Sending messages seems pretty quick. Parents will enjoy when a voice message is translated to text. That doesn’t always happen though. Since we got it, 3 other families got ones for their kids. Is the kids and their friends can connect anytime without having to ask us parents to message the other parents. One with would be at least 1 week battery power. We do get 2 days on one charge. Don’t use live tracker and turn it off at night.
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Super cool

Pas besoin de iPhone pour le petit j’utilise Garmin j’ai sa loc et il peut m’appeler pas besoin de lui acheter un tripote a 2000€

Very bad user experience

Terrible app. The icons are very small and updates location slowly. I just need to use to track my kid otherwise this a poorly designed app.

When it works

The app is great, when the features work. Location tracking is unreliable. Messaging is unreliable.

Proč jsem to aktualizovala!!!!

Takže - nakoupili jsme hodinky na Alze - od začátku se nemůžeme dovolat dětem, děti se nám zpět nemůžou dovolat, zprávy chodí i s dvou hodinovým zpožděním a vyhledávání místa, kde se dítě nachází funguje jak kdy. Takže když chci zjistit, kde dítě aktuálně je, tak vám ukáže většinou údaj dvě a půl hodiny starý.
A teď jsem to ještě aktualizovala! Takova chyba! V profilu mam dvě děti, ale polohu ukáže vždy jen pro jedno. I když vyhledávám lokaci konkrétně pro druhé dítě, tak ukáže vždy jen to první. Dokonce pod správným jménem se ukáže i špatný obrázek.
S tím, kolik toho Garmin umí, mám dojem, že někde mají malý kanclík pro tři ajťáky, kteří mají tenhle dodatek vylepšovat na koleni a nemají žádný rozpočet. Myslím na vás hoši! Ale nepouštějte ven tak šílené aktualizace.
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Quadranti con lancette e dimensioni app?? analog dial?

C’è un solo quadrante analogico con le lancette e senza indicati i numeri dei minuti, è assurdo, ci sono solo quadranti digitali, mi sembra poco utile magari per un bambino che deve imparare a leggere l’ora! Fate qualcosa per favore
Inoltre le dimensioni dell’app sono enormi, non potete ridurle??

There's only one analog dial with hands and no minutes numbers. It's absurd. There are only digital dials. It seems unhelpful, especially
for a child learning to tell the time! Please do something.
Also, the app size is huge. Can't you make it smaller?
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Disappointing GPS and connectivity signal between watch and phone app

I bought this watch and downloaded the app so that my daughter could contact me anytime she wants. I paid the yearly subscription to have call and message connectivity. Sometimes her messages never get through to me. I also find call connectivity is poor sometimes to the point that she cannot call me and I cannot call her. Her location can also be late in updating also sometimes. It’s random when this happens but makes it difficult to rely on it. This is when we are both in city areas that have good mobile phone coverage. Disappointing.
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App

For a company like Garmin this app the worst they can come up with !

Do better Garmin! I know you can !