Comparison

Garmin Jr.™ vs TRAINHER

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Activity and sleep tracking
  • Chore management and rewards
  • Location tracking
  • Text and voice messaging
  • Family boundary alerts
  • Family challenges
Features
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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

About

TRAINHER

Features
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Download the TRAINHER members app to take ownership of your health and fitness today. This app will serve as your pocket companion throughout your fitness journey where you can access all your plans and programs specifically designed to help you achieve your fitness goals. Users must purchase a program to receive personalized workout and meal plans and enjoy this app's full content.

Screenshots

Garmin Jr.™4 screens
TRAINHER4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garmin Jr.™ at none against TRAINHER's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TRAINHER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Garmin Jr.™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Garmin Jr.™ versus TRAINHER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarmin Jr.™TRAINHER
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size386 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGarminEdwards Jordan Fitness LLC

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

TRAINHER

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Garmin Jr.™

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TRAINHER

One-time1
  • Workout and Meal Plan$500.00

Questions

Is Garmin Jr.™ free?
Garmin Jr.™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TRAINHER free?
TRAINHER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Garmin Jr.™ or TRAINHER have ads?
Neither Garmin Jr.™ nor TRAINHER shows ads.

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