Garmin Jr.™

4.0
10.1K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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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
Sep 9, 2024

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

4.0
9.37K reviews
Celina N
February 19, 2025
I really love being able to live track my child's whereabouts. I also love that my child can message me when they need. It's great for keeping in communication without having all distractions of a phone. I really love that I can lock it during school hours so it's not a distraction in the class room but it only has 1 time option to set the lock for. So for ex. I want it available to use during the school lunch hour, but that would require a 2nd lock schedule, which it doesn't have.
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Georgina
November 11, 2024
A great app to keep in contact with the kids (8 & 10) whilst avoiding phones (& social media!) for as long as possible. Great fitness tracker too. Just wish the messaging worked promptly 100% of the time. And would be great with a heart rate monitor, but appreciate that would require a better battery and be more costly!!
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Edgar Rodriguez
December 1, 2024
Have used the app with my kids for about 2-3 weeks and has become very enjoyable as we compete in steps and active times. Being able to message them has always been reliable and the GPS was my biggest concern these days as a phone would not help if they get snatched but their GPS WILL!!!! I can live track and set boundaries in there most visited places (school, gramparents, etc) as well as notifies me when they enter and exit the places... highly recommended!!!!
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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.