Comparison

Garmin Jr.™ vs Graati

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

Graati

This app offers a simple and calming way to practice daily gratitude. It helps you reflect on your feelings, track your progress, and discover patterns over time in a private and secure environment.

Highlights
  • Daily gratitude journaling
  • Mood check-ins
  • Weekly and monthly reviews
  • Tagging and search functionality
  • Soft streaks and achievements
  • Private and secure data storage
Features
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Graati is a simple, calming gratitude journal designed to help you reflect, build consistency, and uncover meaningful patterns over time. Whether you’re capturing a quick moment of gratitude or reflecting on your week as a whole, Graati helps you slow down and focus on what truly matters. Key Features • Daily Gratitude Journaling Write one or multiple gratitude entries each day in a clean, distraction-free space. • Mood Check-ins Optionally capture how you’re feeling with a simple emoji-based mood tracker. • Weekly & Monthly Reviews See summaries of your entries, journaling consistency, and trends over time. • Tags & Search Organize your thoughts with tags and easily find past entries when you need them. • Soft Streaks & Achievements Stay motivated without pressure — your progress is celebrated, not punished. • Private & Secure Your journal is personal. Your data stays private and under your control. Graati is designed to be supportive, flexible, and judgment-free — whether you journal daily or whenever inspiration strikes. Start small. Reflect often. Let gratitude grow naturally.

Screenshots

Garmin Jr.™4 screens
Graati4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Graati at 5.0 against Garmin Jr.™'s 4.6. Garmin Jr.™'s advantage is ratings volume (7.4K vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Graati holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garmin Jr.™ has 7.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Garmin Jr.™ versus Graati: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarmin Jr.™Graati
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size386 MB30 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGarminJon Staples

Customer experience

Garmin Jr.™

All ratings7,354 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews1,223 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.2%

Graati

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Graati

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Garmin Jr.™

No in-app purchases

None

Graati

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Garmin Jr.™ free?
Garmin Jr.™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Graati free?
Graati is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Garmin Jr.™ or Graati?
Graati is rated higher. Garmin Jr.™ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7.4K ratings, while Graati averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Garmin Jr.™ or Graati have ads?
Neither Garmin Jr.™ nor Graati shows ads.

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