NORM Connect vs Ganance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NORM Connect
Connect your mobile device to your NORM watch to control settings and view data. Track sleep, heart rate, calories, distance, and activity. Manage notifications, set alarms, and receive inactivity alerts.
- Connect NORM watch
- Control watch settings
- View sleep data
- Monitor heart rate
- Track calories and distance
- Manage notifications and alarms
- Sync with Apple Health
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The NORM Connect app helps you connect your mobile device to your NORM watch. In the app you will be able to control settings and check all the data from your NORM watch. The app is used to calibrate the time on the NORM watch. Some of the features in the app include sleep function, heart rate, calories, distance and activity time. You are also able to control the notifications and set the alarm, the reminder function and inactivity alert + more. Apple Health: Sport and health data from the NORM Connect app will be synced to Apple Health.
Ganance
This app transforms your watch into a smart device by tracking your daily activity like steps, calories, and distance. It provides gentle notifications for calls and texts, and allows music control directly from your watch face. All your data syncs with Apple Health for goal setting and progress tracking.
- Automatic activity tracking (steps, calories, distance)
- Call and text notifications
- Music control
- Goal setting and progress tracking
- Apple Health integration
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The Ganance app pairs seamlessly with The Heir, a 5 gram sensor that attaches to the caseback of most traditional watches using microsuction technology. SUGGESTED TARGET Move past static goals. The app calculates a personalized daily step milestone based on your past 9 active days. ALERTS Get and manage silent vibration alerts for calls, texts, alarms, and reminders. PACE & STEPS Measure cadence to separate active and casual steps. Track distance, movement burn, and sedentary time. Syncs with Apple Health. INSIGHTS & TRENDS Review your daily averages over time. The app summarizes pace distribution, peak activity days, and weekday versus weekend habits. DAY RHYTHM Track activity across daily time blocks. See exactly when you move, build your routine, and get local weather suggestions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ganance at 4.0 against NORM Connect's 2.0. NORM Connect's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ganance holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of NORM Connect's written reviews are positive against 24% of Ganance's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NORM Connect | Ganance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NORM Denmark | Ganance Inc. |
Customer experience
NORM Connect
Ganance
In-app purchases
NORM Connect
No in-app purchases
Ganance
No in-app purchases
