The best apps for Garmin Forerunner 255
The best app for the Garmin Forerunner 255 this week is HYROX Tracker: ROXZONE by ChanDigital (Free + paid extras, score 8.2/10). A dedicated HYROX app: a true race simulation on your wrist with running legs, station paces and transition times split cleanly in one saved activity.
Apps, widgets, data fields and music apps that support the Forerunner 255 (all sizes and editions), picked from our weekly ranking of the whole Connect IQ Store. Entries made for the Forerunner 255, or for what it is built for, come first; after that the weekly score decides.
HYROX Tracker: ROXZONE
A dedicated HYROX app: a true race simulation on your wrist with running legs, station paces and transition times split cleanly in one saved activity. Plan your race on your phone; one-time purchase, no subscription.
Parent Pace: Stroller GAP
A beta running data field that shows stroller-adjusted pace: your pace corrected for the slope like grade-adjusted pace and then for pushing a running stroller, so hard hills with a stroller show what the effort is really worth.
Walker
A free data field for walking activities: step count, distance, pace and calorie burn in a compact format made for casual walks rather than running.
komoot
The komoot app for Garmin: plan routes with community recommendations, then find and navigate your planned tours on your watch in a few taps, with accurate way, surface and elevation info.
Walk With Frodo
Walk with Frodo and Sam to Mount Doom: your daily steps carry you 2,896 km (1,800 miles) along the journey, with 66 milestones from the books and movies and information about each place.
Race Screen
A race data field that corrects the difference between GPS distance and the real course: press lap at a course marker to round the distance and adjust your pace. Predicts your finish time.
Rain
A lightweight rain widget that shows a graph of the coming precipitation, faster than radar image widgets: the next hour in the USA, UK and Ireland, the next 2 hours in several European countries.
GRun
A highly configurable running data field with up to 10 fields that expand automatically when fewer are used. Open source with documentation.
Running Data Field
An all-in-one running data field with a clean, beautiful interface that shows everything you need at a glance, for training and races. Use it on a screen with a single field.
Awesome Maps (Free Topo Map & Routes + Offline)
Topo, satellite and national maps on your watch even without built-in map support, streamed from your phone, with route following and an offline mode. Includes many national map services worldwide.
RuckTrack — Rucking, Treadmill, Weighted Vest
Tracks rucking, weighted-vest walks and loaded hikes, indoors or out, and calculates calories with the Pandolf load-carriage equation from pack weight, speed, grade and surface. Pack weight, ruck calories and burn rate are saved to Garmin Connect.
Atmos Weather
A weather app with an extended forecast: current weather, a 7-day forecast with detailed hourly data for each day and a 24-hour forecast with values you choose.
WHM breathing+
A breathing exercise tracker in the style of the Wim Hof method. The paid version adds a warning vibration before the end of breathing, detailed round info, adjustable vibrations and sounds, and a touchscreen lock.
parkrun barcode
Your parkrun barcode or QR code on your watch, with your name and emergency contact (ICE) for scanning after parkrun. It can also hold 6 extra parkrun codes and 6 other barcodes.
ANT+ HRM Heart Rate Monitor
Connects an extra ANT+ heart rate monitor, shows its data and records it to the FIT file for comparison: heart rate, lap and session min, average and max, and zones.
Tides
Free tide data on your watch, fully offline: more than 200 stations worldwide, tide highs and lows for the next 7 days, a handy glance view and several height reference options. For boating, fishing and surfing.
Tides
A widget with tide times and heights plus wave and wind forecasts for the nearest station or one you pick, with sunrise and sunset. The data stays available offline. The free version shows 12 hours; Pro shows 5 days and accepts custom coordinates.
WindField ™ / wind & radar
The original wind data field for cyclists since 2018: wind and radar information during rides with frequent updates and fast personal support. A one-week free trial, then a purchase unlocks the full ecosystem.
Golf Driving Range Pro
Your personal golf swing coach for the driving range: 10+ metrics of your swing tempo with analysis and tips, automatic shot tracking, a tempo metronome and sync with Garmin Connect.
F3b Dozen Walk
A 12-value data field for walkers and hikers that shows both speed and pace and your total activity steps.
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