Comparison

ConnectStats vs BikeSmart

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

BikeSmart

View your cycling history and fitness progress with detailed ride data, including route maps and personal bests. Syncs with Garmin Connect and Apple Health for comprehensive tracking.

Highlights
  • View Garmin Connect data on mobile
  • Track ride history by year, month, week, day
  • Detailed ride information (map, laps, data values)
  • Interactive ride charts (elevation, heart rate, speed)
  • Personal best ride comparisons
  • Share activities via social media and email
  • Apple Health App integration
Features
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• BikeSmart lets you keep closer track of your cycling history and fitness progress by giving you access anywhere and anytime. • With BikeSmart you can view your Garmin Connect™ web data on your mobile device. You can track your ride history and show totals per year, month, week, or day. Totals are a unique feature of BikeSmart and provide a great way to track your mileage from year to year. • Ride details available include a route map, lap information, and minimum and maximum points for all collected data values. • With BikeSmart's interactive ride chart you can see elevation, heart rate, speed, and distance at any point along your route. • You can also view your personal best rides including fastest, longest, fastest average speed, highest ascent and most calories burned. • BikeSmart is also a very easy way to share your activities with your friends via Facebook, email, Twitter or text message. • BikeSmart pairs with any Garmin Connect™ account. Upload your ride data from your device to your Garmin Connect™ account and then use BikeSmart to see all your activities on your mobile device. • Since version 1.0.8, BikeSmart supports the Apple Health App. You can sync your BikeSmart activities and track your daily cycling distance with the Health App. This feature is optional and can be turned on in settings. • To display some values in BikeSmart, such as GPS location data, heart rate, elevation, cadence and power values, you will need a data collection device such as the Garmin Edge 500, 510, 810 or a similar device that collects this data. You can collect your data anyway you prefer then view it easily with BikeSmart.

Screenshots

ConnectStats4 screens
BikeSmart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ConnectStats at Free against BikeSmart's $1.99. ConnectStats also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). BikeSmart's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ConnectStats is free to download; BikeSmart costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ConnectStats ships an update every 3 weeks, BikeSmart every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ConnectStats versus BikeSmart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnectStatsBikeSmart
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (391 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings391 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrice RosenzweigAndrew Arhelger

Customer experience

ConnectStats

All ratings391 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative13.9%

BikeSmart

Written reviews22 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative50.0%

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

BikeSmart

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ConnectStats

No in-app purchases

None

BikeSmart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ConnectStats free?
ConnectStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BikeSmart free?
BikeSmart costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ConnectStats or BikeSmart have ads?
Neither ConnectStats nor BikeSmart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ConnectStats or BikeSmart?
ConnectStats ships an update every 3 weeks, and BikeSmart every 2 months. Most recently, ConnectStats was updated on October 12, 2026 and BikeSmart on October 3, 2026.

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