Comparison

ConnectStats vs dynamicWatch Companion

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

Head to head
About

ConnectStats

Analyze your fitness activities from Garmin Connect and Strava with detailed reports, graphs, and statistics. Visualize your performance with gradient maps and track historical trends. Supports multiple accounts and various activity types.

Highlights
  • Detailed activity reports with lap breakdowns
  • Gradient color mapping for performance metrics
  • Calendar view of activities
  • Activity search functionality
  • Monthly/Weekly summary statistics
  • Historical reports and graphs
  • Scatter plots and trend lines
Features
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WARNING: The current version due to an API change will currently not see any existing history of your activities for Garmin, but only download activities done after your first install. We are working on a fix, meanwhile you can use strava in addition to Garmin to see some history DESCRIPTION Connect Stats is an activity viewer for Garmin Connect or Strava. It provides in-depth review of your activities, search, analysis, plot and see basic statistics on all your data collected in garmin connect or strava from your iphone or ipad. You can read some of the motivation behind the app in the blog NOTES - Data from activity trackers like vivofit or vivosmart are not supported by this app. - In case of initial connection trouble or issue, please check the support web site, the help or send me a bug report. If you write a negative review I can't reply to you and help you. - This app is updated incrementally regularly, so the latest reviews constantly drop. Feel free to look at all reviews or leave a new one if you like the app. - This app is now open source. See the support web page for details. FEATURES - Detailled report on your activities, with laps break down, map gradient, graphs and statistics - Use gradient color to visually see on the map your heart rate, speed, power or cadence - Calendar view of your activities - Activity search - Monthly/Weekly summary statistics of your activities - Monthly/Weekly/Detailled Historical report and graphs on any collected data - Display scatter plots, trend lines for both historical and track data. - Best Rolling Plots, histograms. - Support multiple garmin connect account simultaneously with multiple profiles. - Support most activity types, including support for lap swimming, ski, run bike, ... - Display the location name for your activities. - Derived metrics (stride length, Power kJ,...), - Calculated and auto laps for arbitrary distances or time. Let's you see you split time or distance, fastest km, etc - Display time in zone for power and heart rate. Zones are downloaded from garmin connect. - Best Rolling plots and lap for HR, pace and power (Critical Power Plot) - This app can import information from your HealthKit Data like the weight to add it to the analysis of your fitness FIRST USE - when you start the program you will be have to choose and enable download for the service of your choice.  * Garmin: you can choose the connectstats service, which will pop up a login message or to download from the website in which case you will have to enter your user name and password.  * Strava: upon first refresh, the strava login page will popup. - you can then download activities by pulling down on the activity list. - Note that the initial download process can be slow if you have a lot of activities. Also for Garmin activities from Garmin there will be an initial synchronisation that can take some time before the activities are ready. - If you have issue connecting check the trouble shooting section on the web page. - There is also a help section in the setting tab. HOW TO USE IT - You can refresh by pulling down the activity list - You can navigate the different tabs and touching most data will let you drill down on that number. - You can touch a graph or the gear button to rotate through the different graphs options or bring in the graph full screen. - You can reload an activity to update changes in garmin connect by pulling down on the detail tab - You can see full history of any field by selecting the field name in the stats page Check the web site and the blog for a lot more details on how to use it and what the different screen and graph mean.

About

dynamicWatch Companion

Sync routes and settings from your phone to your Garmin watch for offline navigation. Import GPX files and adjust app settings without an internet connection. Premium users can access Strava and Ride with GPS routes.

Highlights
  • Offline route syncing
  • GPX file import
  • Route management on watch
  • Adjust app settings
  • Search destinations
  • Create Quick Routes
  • Strava/Ride with GPS route access (Premium)
Features
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The dynamicWatch Companion for your iPhone and iPad lets you sync your dynamicWatch routes and settings to your phone, and then later send routes to the dwMap navigation app on your Garmin watch without needing an Internet connection. Perfect for that backcountry hike, ultra-run or long distance bike ride! The dwMap Connect IQ app on your Garmin GPS watch lets you explore new routes while you run, bike and hike, and already offers fast, wireless sync'ing with the dynamicWatch website. Normally the watch app downloads routes directly from the web site and you do not need this Companion app. However if you sometimes change the dwMap route when you don't have an Internet connection, the Companion app lets you take your dynamicWatch routes offline, and change the route on the watch at any time. The Companion app will sync your routes to the phone whenever you open it, and lets you choose which will be available even if the phone is later offline. You can import GPX route files saved on your phone or shared by other maps and routes app, and send them directly to dwMap on your watch. You can also change popular dwMap app settings, such as activity type, on the fly, and search for new destinations and create new "Quick Route" from your current location. Premium users can also browse their Strava and Ride with GPS routes, and their dynamicWatch Collections directly within the app, and send them to dwMap on their watch. The dwMap Connect IQ app to use on your Garmin watch is available from the Garmin App Store at https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/2750f280-82f4-4f21-a32c-57acc7ce4870

Screenshots

ConnectStats4 screens
dynamicWatch Companion1 screens

Verdict

The call

ConnectStats and dynamicWatch Companion both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of ConnectStats's written reviews are positive against 33% of dynamicWatch Companion's. ConnectStats also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (391 vs 10). dynamicWatch Companion's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for ConnectStats against 4.8 for dynamicWatch Companion. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ConnectStats has 391 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of ConnectStats's written reviews are positive against 33% of dynamicWatch Companion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ConnectStats ships an update every 3 weeks, dynamicWatch Companion every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ConnectStats versus dynamicWatch Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnectStatsdynamicWatch Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (391 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings391 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrice RosenzweigWide and Seek, LLC

Customer experience

ConnectStats

All ratings391 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative13.1%

dynamicWatch Companion

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative59.0%

Bugs and requests

ConnectStats

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues with recent Garmin updates
  • Crashes when trying to open the app
  • Inability to delete or edit erroneous data points

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to overlay and compare activities
  • Integration with more fitness platforms
  • Customizable dashboards and data views
  • Improved mobile optimization and UI

dynamicWatch Companion

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ConnectStats

No in-app purchases

None

dynamicWatch Companion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ConnectStats free?
ConnectStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is dynamicWatch Companion free?
dynamicWatch Companion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ConnectStats or dynamicWatch Companion?
dynamicWatch Companion is rated higher. ConnectStats averages 4.7 out of 5 from 391 ratings, while dynamicWatch Companion averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do ConnectStats or dynamicWatch Companion have ads?
Neither ConnectStats nor dynamicWatch Companion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ConnectStats or dynamicWatch Companion?
ConnectStats ships an update every 3 weeks, and dynamicWatch Companion every 2 months. Most recently, ConnectStats was updated on November 6, 2026 and dynamicWatch Companion on November 2, 2026.

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