Many new runners reach out to me wondering what’s the major difference: Garmin vs Apple Watch? They already have an Apple smartwatch and aren’t sure if they need to switch to a whole new GPS watch to track their runs.
I mean the Apple Watch has GPS, so what’s the deal?
The truth is there are some pretty big differences between a fitness tracker and a GPS running watch.
But which of those features actually matters to you is an entirely different story. I don’t think it has to do with fitness level, I think it simply is a matter of what smartwatch features are key for you if you’ll be wearing it all day long or just need it for fitness.
A few of the major differences Garmin vs Apple Watch:
- Garmin wants to be part of every facet of your active life, all the performance metrics you could ever want, tracking every possible sport, Apple Pay, music, tracking your menstrual cycle, and other assorted features
- Apple wants to be the best smartwatch available, which does track your workouts but isn’t actually focused on your workouts the way a Garmin watch is. However, they’ve tried to change that with Apple OS 9 and the introduction of Apple Watch Ultra (that I’ve also separately written an in-depth review about). Apple now also includes menstrual cycling tracking with…
