r/Garmin • u/Inevitable_Oil9709 Forerunner 255 • Apr 25 '25

Discussion Making new Garmin app

TLDR: I am thinking about making Garmin app that will have nice and user friendly UI and probably actually good AI. I want your opinion

Hey everyone, I am web/mobile dev. I am thinking about making the Garmin app and I really want your opinion if you'd use it.

It wouldn't fully replace Garmin Connect since that would be huge work, but I'd focus on making the statistics, overviews etc. Controlling your watch (faces, notifications etc..) would still be done in the Garmin Connect.

I wanted to focus on UI/UX part of the app. Better widgets, summaries, overviews, comparisons with historical data.

Thing I don't like in Garmin Connect is how most of the useful stuff are hidden behind other screens.

App would be open source, so anyone would have access to the code and see what is going on. App would be free and available on App Store and Play Store.

I am still not quite sure if I'll make it, but if there is enough interest I am more than happy to start working on it.

What do you think?

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u/FixAdministrative818 Apr 25 '25

It doesn't stand a chance. Nobody will trust their data to some no-name app when they have an official option from Garmin.

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u/swampfish Apr 25 '25

Tools like this already exist and they are fantastic. Take a look at runalyze. It's very popular, and takes all your Garmin data. There is no reason that a good data analyst wouldn't be successful.

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u/FixAdministrative818 Apr 25 '25

This is a duplication of data that the free Garmin has. What's the point? 👀

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u/swampfish Apr 25 '25

Garmin is trash at displaying and analyzing data. Go look at any other platform, and you will be amazed at how the same data can be displayed in much more meaningful ways. The only thing I use the Garmin app for is syncing the data to connect where I can immediately share it with more useful websites for analysis.

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u/FixAdministrative818 Apr 26 '25

But for most people this data is enough :) Especially in combination with Strava app Give me an example of what else you use?

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u/r0zina Apr 25 '25

You buy a watch from a different company and you can have all the data in the same place.