 | Connect+ $69.99 $5.83/mo Source · Checked |
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Billed once for the full year, up front. |
Fitness apps in the US
Garmin Connect+: is it worth it over the free app?
Garmin Connect is free with every Garmin device — activities, health stats, performance metrics, Garmin Coach training plans and LiveTrack all stay free. Connect+ is an optional subscription that adds Active Intelligence AI insights, nutrition tracking, a desktop Performance Dashboard, Live Activity on your phone, Garmin Trails offline, 3D maps and enhanced LiveTrack. Monthly or annual, with a free trial for first-time subscribers.
- AI insights. Active Intelligence, based on your health and activity data.
- Nutrition. Calorie and macro recommendations in the same app.
- Trails and 3D maps. Send trails to your device for offline use.
- Live Activity. See heart rate and pace on your phone during workouts.
- Free trial. For first-time subscribers.
Most important before you pay
Tomas StankevičiusUpdated 2026-10-14Facts from garmin.com and Garmin Support, with dates
At a glance
- Plans
- Monthly or annual
- Needs
- A compatible Garmin device for most features
- AI
- Active Intelligence (opt-in, app only)
- Free trial
- First-time subscribers
- Free app
- Garmin Connect stays free
- Activation
- In the Garmin Connect app
Plans change — check the provider’s own page before you pay.
Prices with dates
Every price has a source and the date it was checked.
From garmin.com and Garmin Support
Plans, features and AI details as Garmin publishes them for the US.
Affiliate links are labeled
If a link is an affiliate link, we say so right next to it.
Short summary
Connect+ is a nice extra, not a must: your Garmin keeps tracking everything without it. Pay if you’ll use the AI insights, nutrition tracking, Live Activity or offline trails and 3D maps — and start with the free trial to see whether you open those features more than once.
One app for training and food
Nutrition next to burned calories.
The free app already does a lot
Coach plans, LiveTrack and metrics stay free.
- We recommend first:
- Garmin owners who want AI coaching tips, nutrition tracking or trail maps.
- With caveats:
- Anyone happy with today’s free Garmin Connect.
Who Connect+ is for, and who it isn’t
An add-on to a free app.
A good choice
For nutrition trackers
Calories and macros alongside training.
For hikers and trail runners
Garmin Trails offline and 3D maps.
For data lovers
Performance Dashboard on desktop.
A weaker choice
If you just need the basics
Tracking, metrics and Coach plans are free.
If you want AI on the watch
Insights appear only in the app.
If your area lacks trails
Garmin Trails is available in select areas.
Plans
Prices are in the block above.
| Plan | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Garmin Connect (free) | What it means in practiceEvery tracked activity, health stats, performance metrics, Garmin Coach plans, badges, workout database, courses, LiveTrack. |
| Connect+ monthly | What it means in practiceAll Connect+ features, billed monthly; exclusive offers after 6 consecutive months. |
| Connect+ annual | What it means in practiceThe same, billed yearly; exclusive offers included. |
Trying it → free trial; keeping it → annual; occasional use → monthly.
Our score and what it’s made of
This is our own assessment based on checked facts. It isn’t an average of user reviews or the provider’s claim. Below — every criterion with its weight and source.
3,4
out of 5 · 5 of 7 criteria checked
The score is calculated from the criteria you see below: each criterion shows its weight, what exactly we found and where. Where we have the provider’s page, there’s a link with a check date; where the number comes from our catalog, we say so. “Not checked” means we don’t have the data and the criterion isn’t counted. “Provider doesn’t say” means we went through the provider’s pages but the information isn’t there; that criterion isn’t counted either. If you disagree with the weights — in the methodology you’ll see all the parts and can weigh them your own way. We don’t put app store ratings into structured data: they were collected on other websites, so they stay as visible text.
Plan assessed: “Connect+”
| Criterion | What we found | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertised price is the final price(10 %) | not checked | — | not checked |
| Price compared with others(10 %) | 5,83 USD/mo · when paying for 12 months | 5,0 | our catalog |
| Free way to try it(10 %) | no free trial | 1,0 | our catalog |
| Works without extra hardware(25 %) | requires your own compatible device | 2,0 | our catalog |
| Data export(20 %) | you can download your data | 5,0 | our catalog |
| Works offline(15 %) | provider doesn’t say | — | source |
| App rating(10 %) | 4,4 out of 5 | 4,4 | our catalog |
Availability in the US
The final price isn’t entirely clear
Some terms for US buyers are clear, others aren’t. See which ones below.
- price in dollars
- final tax not confirmed — the amount may be higher
- shared international price list — the price depends on your account’s country
What you get for the money
What’s included in the plan, what’s available in the US, and how the paid version differs from the free one.
What you can buy in the US
Garmin Connect+ is sold monthly or yearly and activated in the Garmin Connect app.
| Plan | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | StatusAvailable | What it meansRenews every month. |
| Annual | StatusAvailable | What it meansRenews every year. |
| Free trial | StatusAvailable | What it means30 days for first-time subscribers; a card is needed, but nothing is charged until the trial ends. |
| Garmin Trails | StatusAvailable | What it meansThe US is among the regions with trails; sending a trail to your device needs Connect+. |
- Available
Features
What works now, what has only been announced, and how it connects with other services.
Where Connect+ features work
Some Connect+ features depend on your language, device or area.
Active Intelligence
Not on all platformspaid users onlyOpt-in; insights appear only in the Garmin Connect app, not on the watch. Languages at launch: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese.
Garmin Trails
Works with conditionspaid users onlyAvailable in select areas; send trails to your device for offline use.
Performance Dashboard
Not on all platformspaid users onlyDesktop only.
Exclusive coaching guidance
Works with conditionspaid users onlyNeeds a compatible Garmin device.
Garmin Coach training plans
Works on the free plan tooPart of the free Garmin Connect app.
With other apps
Garmin Connect shares data with many apps – but not always both ways.
- Apple Health: Garmin writes data to Health but can’t read anything back, including from an Apple Watch.
- MyFitnessPal: calories eaten show in Garmin Connect – but must be disconnected to use Connect+ nutrition.
- Strava: activities sync automatically once the accounts are linked.
- Connect IQ: watch faces, apps and data fields install through the Connect IQ app and sync on the next connection.
Remove an app again
Content
What you actually get to watch: catalog, languages, sports and events.
What Connect+ adds
From Garmin’s comparison of the free app and Connect+.
Insights
Active Intelligence AI insights and a yearly Garmin Connect Rundown.
Training
Exclusive coaching guidance in Garmin Coach plans, Live Activity, Performance Dashboard.
Outdoors and social
Garmin Trails offline, 3D maps, enhanced LiveTrack, exclusive badge challenges.
What US App Store reviewers say
Garmin Connect has 4.4 out of 5 stars from 59,000 ratings on the US App Store. We also read the 50 most recent US reviews — 31 of them gave one or two stars. Recent reviews skew toward people with a problem, so read them as a list of what can go wrong, not as a verdict.
Syncing
The top complaint: devices not syncing or pairing after recent app updates.
AI and Coach
A few reviewers say AI insights repeat what the dashboards already show and Coach plans aren’t adaptive enough.
Interface
Others find the app slow and cluttered.
These reviews cover the free Garmin Connect app too — Connect+ runs inside it.
Devices and compatibility
Which watches, sensors and apps it works with.
Where it works
| Group | Examples | Caveat |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | ExamplesGarmin Connect app (iOS and Android) | CaveatAI insights show on the app’s home page. |
| Desktop | ExamplesGarmin Connect on the web | CaveatPerformance Dashboard is desktop-only. |
| Devices | ExamplesCompatible Garmin watches, bike computers, scales and more | CaveatGarmin lists hundreds of compatible devices. |
App ratings in the stores
These are ratings from store users. They rate how the app works; they say nothing about whether the subscription price is fair.
Ratings change constantly and often drop after price increases or removed features. We show the value from the check date together with the number of reviews, because 4.8 from two hundred and 4.5 from two million ratings aren’t the same thing.
Account and terms
Data export, sharing, cancellation and refunds.
Active Intelligence
- You opt in: Garmin Connect app → More → Settings → Garmin Connect+ → Feature Settings → Data & Privacy → Agree.
- Insights appear on the app’s home page through the day and stay for 15 minutes after you view them.
- Available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.
App only
Exclusive offers
| Condition | How it works |
|---|---|
| Who | How it worksAnnual subscribers, or 6+ consecutive paid months |
| How many | How it worksUp to 2 discount codes per 180 days |
| Expiry | How it works180 days after generation, one-time use |
Activating and managing
You select and activate Connect+ in the Garmin Connect app. The free trial is for first-time subscribers. If you cancel, Active Intelligence insights stop after the subscription end date — the free Garmin Connect features remain.
Monthly
Billed monthly.
Annual
Billed yearly.
Your data stays
Limits worth knowing
From Garmin Support.
| Feature | Limit | What it depends on |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrition | LimitOne food source | What it depends onDisconnect MyFitnessPal to use Connect+ nutrition; history covers 20 days and up to 40 favorites. |
| After canceling | LimitFood entries read-only | What it depends onYou can still see them but not edit them. |
| Active Intelligence | LimitApp only, seven languages | What it depends onEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese. |
| Enhanced LiveTrack | LimitEnds 30 days after canceling | What it depends onYour personal URL, past sessions and SMS invites go. |
Badges stay
Plans and terms
Who each plan is for and what terms it requires.
Trials and offers: who qualifies
Connect+ is chosen and activated in the Garmin Connect app.
- Free trial
- For first-time subscribers
- Exclusive offers
- Annual subscribers, or monthly after 6 months in a row
- Offer codes
- Up to 2 every 180 days, each valid for 180 days
Privacy, accessibility and transparency
What data you can control, how the accessibility features work, and what the provider discloses.
Your data
How to get your data out – and control who else gets it.
Export activities
As GPX, TCX, the original file (usually FIT) or splits as CSV from the Garmin Connect website.
Third-party access
Disconnect apps under Settings → Connected Apps in the app or account settings on the web.
Apple Health
Choose in the Health app which categories Garmin may write.
After canceling Connect+
Your Garmin Connect data stays; premium features like the Performance Dashboard and 3D maps go.
What we don’t claim
Common claims about Connect+, next to what Garmin says.
Without Connect+, your Garmin stops tracking.
Free Garmin Connect keeps activities, health stats, metrics and Coach plans.
AI insights show on your watch.
They appear only in the Garmin Connect app.
Garmin Trails works everywhere.
Garmin says it’s available in select areas.
If there’s no price on the page, the service isn’t available in the US.
Not necessarily. More often it means the provider doesn’t publish a fixed price or shows it only at checkout. Availability and a published price are two different things.
An annual plan always works out cheaper.
Cheaper than the monthly plan only if you use the whole period. You pay for the whole year up front, and when you cancel you usually don’t get the unused part back — so it’s a saving for people who already know they’ll stay all year.
Deleting the app cancels the subscription.
No. Deleting the app doesn’t stop the payments — only canceling in the account where you bought the subscription does. The app disappears, the bill stays.
Every plan looks the same in every country.
No. The list of plans, the features in the same plan and the available languages can differ. That’s why we don’t carry data from another country over to the US page.
The price on the pricing page is exactly what you’ll be charged.
Not always. US providers list prices before sales tax, and whether tax is added at checkout — and how much — depends on your state. On one VPN order page we saw a 6.25% sales tax added on top of the listed monthly price.
This list isn’t an accusation against the service. If you find something on our page that doesn’t match the official source, write to us.
When Connect+ is a good choice
Nutrition and training
Connect+.
Compromise: Separate from your Garmin data otherwise.
Trails and maps
Connect+.
Compromise: Select areas.
Everyday tracking
Free Garmin Connect.
Compromise: No AI or nutrition.
Pros and cons
Pros
Optional
The free app stays complete.
Nutrition in one app
Calories in and out.
Free trial
For first-timers.
Cons
AI only in the app
7 languages.
Trails in select areas
Not everywhere.
Needs Garmin hardware
For most features.
Garmin Connect+ compared with other fitness subscriptions
Based on each provider’s US pages.
| Criterion | Garmin Connect+ | WHOOP | Strava |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Your own Garmin | Band included | Strava app (iOS, Android, web) |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Yearly, 12-month commitment | Monthly or annual |
| Insights | Active Intelligence AI (app) | Personalized coaching | Training analysis |
| Nutrition | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
- Hardware
- Your own Garmin
- Billing
- Monthly or annual
- Insights
- Active Intelligence AI (app)
- Nutrition
- Yes
- Hardware
- Band included
- Billing
- Yearly, 12-month commitment
- Insights
- Personalized coaching
- Nutrition
- Not listed
- Hardware
- Strava app (iOS, Android, web)
- Billing
- Monthly or annual
- Insights
- Training analysis
- Nutrition
- Not listed
If you own a Garmin — Garmin Connect+
Adds AI, nutrition and maps.
If you want a dedicated band — WHOOP
Device included.
If you log runs and rides — Strava
Works with any device.
Final verdict
Garmin Connect+ is an optional layer on top of an already strong free app. Take the free trial, try nutrition tracking, AI insights and trails, and keep it only if you use them regularly.
Choose it if
You want nutrition, AI insights or offline trails in Garmin Connect.
Think twice if
The free app already covers what you use.
Skip it if
You don’t own a compatible Garmin device.
WHOOP includes its own band in a yearly membership; Strava works with any device for logging and routes.
Garmin Connect+ prices
Monthly and annual plans as garmin.com lists them for the US.
Monthly vs annualYou select and activate the plan in the Garmin Connect app. The annual plan also unlocks exclusive device offers right away; monthly subscribers get them after 6 consecutive paid months.
Garmin Connect+ deals and discounts
We have no confirmed deals or promo codes for Garmin Connect+ right now. When the provider publishes one and we have checked it, the dates and terms will appear here — we never list made-up promo codes.
Garmin Connect+ free trial
We found no free trial for Garmin Connect+ on the provider’s website right now. If one appears, we will mark it here and in the free trials list.
How to pay less for Garmin Connect+
- Annual billing for “Connect+”: $69.99 for 12 months instead of $83.88 if you pay monthly — you save 17%.
Compare the price with alternatives: Strava Premium price · Headspace price · YAZIO Pro price
We only show the provider’s official options — no shared accounts and no region switching.
Customer support
The help center is available in English.
Contact options the provider lists:
- email or form
Source: support.garmin.com/en-GB/
FAQ
How we work
This page is a comparison, and for every claim we say where it comes from.
The provider’s sources
The facts come from garmin.com/en-US/p/1565777 (monthly and annual plans, features, comparison table) and Garmin Support (Active Intelligence).
We don’t write prices into the text
Prices are in the price block, in the price list’s currency, with a source and a date.
Product facts are shared, market facts aren’t
How many screens a plan allows, how many devices an account works on, how many servers a network has — that doesn’t depend on the country, and on our pages those numbers are the same in every language; a separate tool watches over that. Price, promotions, availability and app language belong to the market, and we never carry them over from another country.
The provider’s list is the same for everyone
If a service publishes a list of countries or languages, we can say whether the US is on it — that list looks the same for everyone. Checkout, however, can look different for every account, so for amounts a provider shows only at checkout we write: check before you pay.
A shorter section doesn’t mean something is missing from the product
If a section here is shorter than for another service, it’s because the provider publishes less about it. We don’t fill the gap with generic wording just to make the page look more complete.
Three different answers
We distinguish between “none”, “the provider doesn’t say” and “we didn’t find it”. They’re three different situations — mixing them up would turn our own limitation into a flaw in the product.
A price without a source isn’t shown
If an amount has no source and date, we don’t show it. An empty spot is more honest than a number that only looks right — and prices change more often than articles get updated.
Data from the US market
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