# GoPolar: Cold Plunge & Sauna — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of GoPolar by The Wellness Company, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 292 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gopolar-cold-plunge-and-sauna/id6463441179/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gopolar-cold-plunge-and-sauna/id6463441179.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 252 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of GoPolar? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great for tracking sessions - 👍 Unique concept - 👍 Good for cold/hot therapy - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Syncs with Apple Health - 👍 Helpful for recovery - 👍 Community features - 👍 Finding locations - 👍 Detailed tracking - 👍 Good UX design **Cons** - 🐛 Sync issues with Garmin - 🐛 Crashes during sessions - 🐛 Data loss on crash - 🐛 High subscription cost - 🐛 Unresponsive support - 🐛 Sauna data lacking - 🐛 Cumbersome UI for sauna - 🐛 Apple Watch app issues - 🐛 Random app starts - 🐛 Not supported in Australia - 🐛 Login/registration issues - 🐛 Apple Watch vibrates constantly **Commonly reported bugs** - Garmin sync issues - App crashes during sessions - Loss of session data when app crashes - Apple Watch app crashes randomly - Apple Watch app freezes during countdowns - Music sync issues with Apple Watch - App randomly starts during the night - Failing to sign in/register - Apple Watch app vibrates every minute with no way to turn off - Sauna activity missing - Activities not syncing since July **Most requested features** - Add water temp recording from Apple Watch Ultra - Guided breathing session with music - Read more info from Apple Health (age, weight) - Option to mute community/shared activity functionality - Improve manual sauna data input (temperature wheel, past sessions) ## Newest reviews (10 of 40) ### 3/5 — Ice bath *2026-03-24, version 2.3.6* My ice bath is alpineicebath used 3 times so far in 3 days no complaints as for this app still getting my head around it ### 3/5 — Garmin *2025-12-04* Good app, but constantly hangs when syncing with Garmin. My Garmin records everything—this app doesn’t. Developer never replies to emails, which is disappointing for a paid app. Could be great, but right now it just doesn’t work as it should. **Developer response:** Hi there! Thanks for the feedback! The Garmin issue is currently being addressed for specific devices experiencing issues with the syncing mechanism. There will be an update out next week that will fix this! Thanks for your patience! ### 5/5 — Love this app!!! *2025-02-19* Records my streaks, water temp, air temp, location, and is so easy to use! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-01-25* Just what I was looking for; a well made, simple tracking app. **Developer response:** Glad to hear this! We’ve got some fun new features on the way! ### 5/5 — very helpful *2024-12-12* this little gem of an app helps me track my progress which in turn helps me get into the sauna and my ice barrel more frequently. along with my whoop, it’s essential. **Developer response:** Delighted to hear this! We're going to continue introducing new integrations to make the app even better! Thank you for the review! ### 5/5 — Works well *2024-12-11* Best app for this in the App Store currently. No glitches, and higher quality than competitors. In the sauna as I write this **Developer response:** So glad to hear this!! We will continue to make it better with each release! Some fun new features coming soon! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-11-22, version 1.2.6* Really a big fan of the company & the community they’ve built around the app. Very cool to keep track of my ice plunge stats and leaderboards! ### 3/5 — Not bad but needs work. *2024-10-23, version 1.2.2* Not bad but even after being prompted to Sign in with Apple it asks for an email address. Needs to be able to read more info from Apple Health like age, weight etc. Worse thing is the Apple Watch app vibrates every minute and there’s no way to turn it off. It’s just dementing! ### 5/5 — Cold Plunge & Apple Watch? This is the 1! *2024-10-06* This app makes recording your cold plunges a breeze. You start a cold plunge session on the watch, it times it, records the temp, and updates Apple Health. Brilliant! **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback!! We’re glad you’re enjoying it! We’ve got a lot of fun new features on the way! ### 5/5 — Awesome experience! *2024-06-21, version 1.0.4* If you’re looking for your own personal space to do a cold dip and sauna this is it! It’s a real break from the city — a perfect spot to take a breath and unwind. Presh, the host is amazing and a perfect welcome to the space. Loved the experience and would highly recommend. Can’t wait to go back! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Poor connectivity with garmin *2026-05-09, version 2.4.2* Just can not get my garmin and go polar to sync. I have 10+ activities waiting to sync. Doesn’t matter how many times I for close the app or reinstall in they just won’t transfer. Needs to be a force sync not just sit there with both apps open and hope for the best ### 1/5 — Sauna activity gone *2026-05-05, version 2.4.2* Sauna activity missing from activity list and Apple Watch on v2.4.2. Reinstall didn’t fix.” ### 1/5 — Better off with BB or and paper *2026-04-22* Pay $2.75 just to see it is now $40/year or $7/month? Freakin scam. Very frustrating. Just make the app what it is you’re looking for. **Developer response:** Hi there, you can still use the app for free. We have premium features that are optional to pay for. Thanks for the feedback! ### 1/5 — Not worth the money *2026-01-26* Not worth what they charge per month. ### 1/5 — App does not work *2025-11-15* It is November and not a single activity has synced into the app since July. I pay for this app every month. Basically stealing money. **Developer response:** Hi there! I think we've been chatting via support and got this resolved. The issue was syncing-related on Garmin devices specifically. Our new updates now address this. Thanks for the feedback. ### 1/5 — Not on Garmin IQ store *2025-02-26* Only reason I got the app was to use with my garmin watch. It’s not in the IQ or connect. Subscription is also way too high. I’d be willing to pay for app at 1$ a month max (if it worked as advertised) I have already cancelled my free trial and will be unlikely to ever try again unless there are major changes/updates. **Developer response:** Hi there, our app is in the Garmin ConnectIQ store, but if you’re not seeing it, that is because your garmin watch is not compatible. Also the subscription is optional, you can still the use app for free :) Hope this helps! ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2024-12-21, version 1.2.9* Keeps failing to sign in/register. Only gives option to sign up via apple login so I can't even try another way to login. @Apple, remove it from the app store. ### 2/5 — Great concept, frustrating execution — bugs ignored for months *2026-02-20, version 2.3.3* GoPolar has genuine potential and stands out as one of the most unique sauna wellness apps on the market, especially for those combining sauna and cold plunge sessions. The concept is excellent and there’s nothing quite like it. That said, the Apple Watch app has been plagued with critical bugs since July 2025 with no fix in sight. It crashes randomly during session, freezes during cold plunge countdowns, and has persistent issues with music, either failing to start or completely desyncing with the music app playlist. Most frustratingly, if you’re running a combo session and it crashes, you lose the entire session. The workaround is to log each session separately to reduce loss of data, which defeats the purpose of the feature. What’s most disheartening is watching new paid features roll out while these core bugs go unaddressed for months. For a wellness app built around discipline and consistency, the reliability just isn’t there. Fix the watch app and this could easily be a 5-star experience. ### 2/5 — Good when working *2025-11-27, version 2.2.6* The app is solid, if it won’t decide to crash. Sometimes without any reasons the app decides to crash and forget your progress. It’s not overheating or cold crash as this is the only app that crash. Sadly support is not interested in investigating the issue. ### 2/5 — General Comments - Sauna Data Needs Help *2025-06-09* The app is good for cold plunging. Nicely integrated with my Apple Watch. On the sauna centric data the app is remarkably lacking. The Apple Watch cannot withstand the heat (at higher temperature levels) of a sauna. All the sauna data is therefore entered manually. Access to one’s heart rate as example is not possible. Manual entering of the sauna data is not efficient. For example, the temperature wheel only goes from 0 degrees to say 194 degrees in one direction from low to high) so between this and not being able to leverage your past sessions inputting values (say of session time and temp) makes the UI unnecessarily cumbersome. Another app has a small sensor that can be taken into the sauna and it tracks some variables? Also I don’t care for all the community/shared activity functionality wrt my cold plunging - I wish there was a way to mute that. Expensive app for simply being a partially integrated tracker for cold plunging. **Developer response:** Hello! Thanks for this detailed feedback! Our latest update now solves for each point mentioned: 1. Sauna temperature on manual activity keeping your previous time making it easier to add quickly 2. You can now turn off community in the app, which will just give the solo experience of the app (which is quite nice, thanks for sharing) More updates on the way! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-05-11* Works great, helps keep track of my cold/hot sessions ### 5/5 — Good But … *2025-09-10, version 2.1.6* Works flawlessly with my Garmin Epix Pro. However has a bug where it randomly starts the app during the night and power saver wakes me up. ### 5/5 — Not supported in Aus *2025-07-31, version 2.1.5* Just wondering why it lets you download the app in Aus but once you go to open it, it’s saying something wrong. Looks like it’s not supported in Aus. Is this the case? ### 5/5 — Super App for Sauna *2025-07-01* I recently found out about this app searching for a way to track my sauna sessions and make sure they sync to Apple Health. I have been amazed at how detailed and intuitive this app is and the developer is amazing at listening to feedback and requests. I can’t wait to see how this app continues to develop and what new features come. **Developer response:** So happy to hear this!! Thank you for the kind words!! Lots a fun new features on the way! Feel free to email us anytime with additional feedback or ideas: hello@gopolar.app. Thanks! ### 5/5 — This app is now a daily habit *2025-05-05* I have been searching for years for a way to track my sauna and ice baths. This app does everything I wanted and more. I honestly use it daily unless I’m traveling for work. **Developer response:** Thanks for the kind review! So happy to hear this! Please text us anytime with feedback in the app! We're continuing to add exciting features to make the experience better! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-04-05, version 1.6.0* Love this app! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2025-04-04* First, I have been cold plunging and winter swimming for 4+ yrs. During that time, taking pictures of water/air temperatures and writing journals etc. Volumenous pictures and notebooks. Now it's all on my wrist. Definitely a game changer. Also, recently I contacted the creator and they promptly got back to me with an answer to my question quickly. I have highly recommended this app to my friends and other cold water plungers. My only complaint is where was it 4years ago!!! Thank you for the app. **Developer response:** Thank you for the review! Amazing that you've been doing cold plunging and winter swimming over 4 years! We should add a photo log to the activities :) Thank you for the feedback! ### 5/5 — GoPolar App *2025-03-28* Best app on the market to track cold and hot therapy. Updates lately have been awesome. **Developer response:** Thank you! So glad to hear you're enjoying the app! ### 5/5 — For anyone into contrast, cold dip or saunas *2025-03-19, version 1.5* The entire app, whether it be a single event sauna or single event cold dip, right up to a proper contrast session combining both, the experience is smooth. The Apple Watch integration took a second to load but once it did, it was so convenient to be able to set the parameters from the wrist. ### 5/5 — Loving the garmin integration! *2025-02-23* Just discovered this app from the Garmin connect store. I’ve been looking for an ice bath and sauna tracker that works with garmin, and this is the only one that does it. Great app! **Developer response:** Great to hear! We're working very hard to make a great garmin experience! More to come soon! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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