NORM Connect vs The Sandsara App
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.
The Sandsara App
Control your SANDSARA device and explore new creative possibilities. Customize your experience by choosing from a library of paths, downloading new patterns, or translating existing ones. Curate your own collections for endless enjoyment.
- Full device control
- Explore new possibilities
- Path library access
- Download new patterns
- Translate polar/SVG paths
- Curate custom collections
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The official SANDSARA app gives you full control of your SANDSARA and lets you explore new possibilities. Everything you need to customize your experience is here! Enjoy any track, any time. Easily find the path you want and play it whenever you wish. The SANDSARA app allows you to choose from its own path library, download new patterns and translate existing polar or svg ones, which means you will be able to play pretty much any path you want. Curate your own collections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Sandsara App at 3.1 against NORM Connect's 2.0. The Sandsara App also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). NORM Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Sandsara App holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Sandsara App has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of NORM Connect's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Sandsara App's.
NORM Connect ships an update every 3 weeks, The Sandsara App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NORM Connect | The Sandsara App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 3.1 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NORM Denmark | Eduardo Hernandez Cano |
Customer experience
NORM Connect
The Sandsara App
In-app purchases
NORM Connect
No in-app purchases
The Sandsara App
No in-app purchases
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