Garmin Jr.™ vs Height Record Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garmin Jr.™
This app helps parents manage their child's activity, sleep, and chores when paired with a compatible wearable. It also offers communication features and location tracking for added safety.
- Activity and sleep tracking
- Chore management and rewards
- Location tracking
- Text and voice messaging
- Family boundary alerts
- Family challenges
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When paired with a compatible Garmin kid’s wearable device, the Garmin Jr.™ app¹ is a parent’s resource for keeping track of kids’ activity² and sleep, managing chores and rewards and encouraging daily activity. With a compatible LTE-capable device, parents can also stay connected to their kids with texts, voice messages or voice calls to and from the device. They can track their location on the map in the Garmin Jr.™ app, set boundaries and receive alerts related to those boundaries. Your kids will only be able to interact with the people you add to your family in the app. The Parent Helper With the Garmin Jr.™ app on their smartphone, parents can: • Call and receive calls from your child’s compatible Garmin device.* • Send text and voice messages to your child’s compatible device.* • Track your child’s location on the map.* • Get detailed statistics about your child’s activity and sleep. • Celebrate personal records, including steps and active minutes. • Assign tasks and chores and reward your kids for a job well done. • Manage your child’s device settings, including goals, alarms, icons and display. • Create challenges to encourage the whole family to be more active. • Connect with other families and compete in multi-family challenges. • Invite up to nine trusted people to your family. • Get notified when your child leaves or arrives at a family boundary.* • Get notified when kids in the family request assistance from their compatible devices. • Add and organize music on your child’s compatible device. ¹Requires app loaded on parent’s compatible smartphone ²Activity tracking accuracy: http://www.garmin.com.en-us/legal/atdisclaimer * To use LTE features, an active subscription plan is necessary
Height Record Notepad
Easily track and analyze your child's growth with this intuitive notepad app. Record height and weight, view history on a calendar, and visualize progress with charts. No registration is required to start monitoring your child's development.
- Easy height and weight recording
- Calendar view of growth history
- Weekly, monthly, and quarterly charts
- Analysis of minimum and maximum values
- Add missing entries
- Notes for each entry
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Easy-to-see and easy-to-use height management app. Please use it as a notepad to record your child's growth. You can record as soon as you open the app, and it is possible to view and analyze the history with the calendar and charts. You can also opt to record the daily weight. ● Easy registration Just enter your feet and inches and press the save button. You can also write notes if necessary. ● Manage by calendar You can check the date you recorded your height on the calendar. If there are any missing entries, you can add them by tapping the "Add" button. ● Analysis with chart Charts for one week, one month, and three months can be displayed. You can also check the minimum and maximum values for the period. ● No registration required All functions can be used without membership registration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Garmin Jr.™ at 76% against Height Record Notepad's 33%. Garmin Jr.™ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Height Record Notepad's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Height Record Notepad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Garmin Jr.™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Garmin Jr.™ ships an update every 3 weeks, Height Record Notepad every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garmin Jr.™ | Height Record Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 389 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Garmin | NAOYA ONO |
Customer experience
Garmin Jr.™
Height Record Notepad
Bugs and requests
Garmin Jr.™
Reported bugs
4 issues- Watch time and date resets unexpectedly
- App crashes when trying to access certain features
- Coins and rewards not syncing properly between watch and app
- Activity data not accurately recorded
Requested features
5 requests- Add GPS tracking capability
- Improve app responsiveness and stability
- Expand game and story content
- Allow more customization of chores and rewards
- Enhance sleep tracking and reporting
Height Record Notepad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Garmin Jr.™
No in-app purchases
Height Record Notepad
- Support Developer$0.99
- Remove ads$4.99
Questions
Is Garmin Jr.™ free?
Is Height Record Notepad free?
Do Garmin Jr.™ or Height Record Notepad have ads?
Which is updated more often, Garmin Jr.™ or Height Record Notepad?
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