Garmin Jr.™

4.5
10.2K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

When paired with a compatible Garmin kid’s wearable device, the Garmin Jr.™ app¹ is a parent’s resource for keeping track of kids’ activity² and sleep, managing chores and rewards and encouraging 60 minutes of activity a day.

With an LTE-capable device, parents can also stay connected to their kids with text and voice messaging features. They can track their location on the map in the Garmin Jr.™ app, set boundaries and receive alerts related to those boundaries. Your kids will be only be able to communicate with the people you add as guardians, caregivers or friends in the app.

The Parent Helper
With the Garmin Jr.™ app on their smartphone, parents can:

• Get detailed statistics of their child’s activity and sleep.
• Celebrate personal records, including steps and active minutes.
• Assign tasks and chores and reward your kids for a job well done.
• Manage your child’s device settings, including goals, alarms, icons and display.
• Create challenges to encourage the whole family to be more active.
• Connect with other families and compete in multi-family challenges.
• Invite up to nine guardians and caregivers to your family.
• Send text and voice messages to your child’s compatible Garmin device.*
• Track your child’s location on the map.*

¹Requires app loaded on parent’s compatible smartphone
²Activity tracking accuracy: http://www.garmin.com.en-us/legal/atdisclaimer
* To use LTE features, an active subscription plan is necessary
Updated on
30 Jun 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity and App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
9.49K reviews
Andy Abols
24 August 2024
Great app all in all if you are looking for a way to communicate with your growing child without giving them a cell phone. Quality is great and it performs well. I only gave it a 4 because texting location gets buried and doesn't go through the normal app with the phone, it has to go through the garmin app so you have to consciously check it. Otherwise, this watch is exactly what we were looking for and the plan was more affordable than the standard carriers.
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A Google user
15 September 2018
Son (9yo) got his for Christmas last year. Had to replace band after 9 months of constant wear and tear. Battery is still going - it says it has a year lifespan. Love the fact I can monitor his sleep patterns, activity level and do rewards for chores. He can set timers, and use it as a stopwatch. We will be replacing it when it goes down because we like it so much.
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A Google user
30 March 2019
I like the app. It's fun to watch all my kids and myself compete. Choosing chores and giving them coins is great. I love setting their alarms too. I do have a problem with the BB8 app. It will not allow my 3 kids to play their game for getting active minutes. It works fine on the princess one... I've written to vivofit and I have had no response. This has been like this since Christmas.
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What's new

Thanks for using Garmin Jr.! We routinely release updates to create a better experience, improve performance and fix bugs.