Comparison

Connect IQ™ Store vs smaXtec

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

Head to head
About

Connect IQ™ Store

Discover and download free apps, music streaming services, widgets, data fields, and custom watch faces to enhance your compatible smart devices. Manage all your downloaded content directly within the store.

Highlights
  • Download free apps
  • Music streaming integration
  • Personalize with widgets
  • Custom data fields
  • Custom watch faces
  • Manage downloads
Currently charting
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Your device with your apps — all in one place. The Connect IQ Store is where you can download free apps, such as Uber and SmartThings, for more functionality. Put music streaming services right on your watch for music on the go. Personalize your devices with widgets, data fields and even custom watch faces. Then, manage all your downloads in the store.

About

smaXtec

Monitor your dairy herd's health and reproductive status remotely. Receive timely alerts for critical actions like calvings and heats. Manage animal data, track events, and gain insights into individual cow health and performance.

Highlights
  • Real-time cow and herd data access
  • Calving and heat tracking
  • Health and behavior change alerts
  • Task management for actions
  • Animal list with health overview
  • Offline data synchronization
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Access your cow and herd data on the go with the smaXtec App. Keep track of calvings, heats and changes of animal health and behavior at all times. Receive push notifications whenever you need to take action. Selected features of the smaXtec App: • Check your Tasks to see which animals require your attention and what actions you need to take (e.g. inseminations, calving support, dry-offs, …) • The animal list gives an overview of all your animals and their current health and reproduction state • If you need to keep an eye on selected cows, put them on the Watchlist. This allows you to monitor additional cows according to their needs. Add events such as calvings or pregnancy checks even when there is no Internet connection. Data will be synchronized as soon as your device reconnects. Select multiple cows at once to set the same action, e.g. add all inseminations at once, to save time and effort. Access your cows’ lactations and corresponding events inside the animal profile and add events (estrus, insemination, dry-offs, …) easily. Display cow data also in form of diagrams. Quickly navigate between events and gain deeper insights and understanding. Thanks to practical lists and recommended actions fast and appropriate actions can be taken. This improves animal health, reproduction success rates as well as financial gain. To access your cow and herd data, you also need to use smaXtec hardware. You’ll find more information here: www.smaXtec.com/en

Screenshots

Connect IQ™ Store4 screens
smaXtec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: smaXtec at 5.0 against Connect IQ™ Store's 4.6. smaXtec also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Connect IQ™ Store's advantage is ratings volume (8.6K vs 2) and chart position (#103 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

smaXtec holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect IQ™ Store has 8.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Connect IQ™ Store ships an update every 3 weeks, smaXtec fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Connect IQ™ Store versus smaXtec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnect IQ™ StoresmaXtec
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.6K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.6K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGarminsmaXtec animal care GmbH

Customer experience

Connect IQ™ Store

All ratings8,590 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews1,905 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative41.8%

smaXtec

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

Bugs and requests

Connect IQ™ Store

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • Watch faces not installing properly
  • Syncing and download problems
  • Crashing and freezing on launch
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Smoother integration with MyFitnessPal
  • Ability to save progress pics with weigh-ins
  • Filter by device compatibility in app store
  • Separate free and paid watch face sections
  • Ability to remove unwanted watch faces/apps
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  • Habit/goal setting app integration
  • Enlarged digital time display option
  • Custom watch face hand color display

smaXtec

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Connect IQ™ Store

No in-app purchases

None

smaXtec

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Connect IQ™ Store free?
Connect IQ™ Store is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smaXtec free?
smaXtec is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Connect IQ™ Store or smaXtec?
smaXtec is rated higher. Connect IQ™ Store averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings, while smaXtec averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Connect IQ™ Store or smaXtec have ads?
Neither Connect IQ™ Store nor smaXtec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Connect IQ™ Store or smaXtec?
Connect IQ™ Store ships an update every 3 weeks, and smaXtec fortnightly. Most recently, Connect IQ™ Store was updated on November 8, 2026 and smaXtec on November 6, 2026.

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