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Garmin Connect vs Movescount social features

Former Member
Former Member
Hi,
I am using Connect for already a month or two with my Fenix3HR and I constantly get an impression that Movescount is way better in terms of social interactions.
In Movescount I can load a map and look for users around specific area.

Most user profiles in Connect are set to top secret level of privacy by default. There is nothing like looking for buddies for trainings in Connect. I would like to know if there are some Connect users around me to compete with. I respect some people's need for privacy but all the others should have the possibility to browse other profiles by map, age, sex, location, whatever.

User profiles should also be more expanded like in Movescound - ability to share pics, comment etc.

Challenges. If I create a challenge nobody can see it and join to compete. Only friends I invite but I have only one friend and can't discover more in my area because there is no such feature. It's stupid.

Suunto Movescount has this great feature Heatmap. I can explore certain area (e.g. my city) and look for routes of other users. I can see the guy who run the track. Talk to him, propose him a challenge or something.

Connect is great in terms of data and analysis but it's so to say community/social features are so much limited it frustrates me more and more. I already found a way to sync my activities from Connect to Movescount and consider using Movescount for it's social features.