First-party monetised watch face that was launched with the monetisation system, not visible in store categories

It happened for a short time after Monitorization was announced and Garmin only promoted apps with monitorization as part of the announcement.

What Jim said

And since this "special" is now over, in a category, there are 100's, if not 1000's of apps in the same category, and even if you click on "more", only a very limited number of apps are shown.  Maybe the top 100 or so, so there are many apps you won't see in a category.

so, looks like producing value for Garmin users is useless. Garmin will not help.

How is charging for an app "producing value for Garmin users" come into to play?  They'd be happier if the app was free.

The developer might be happy to get funds, but not the users who pay for them..

First, you can ask the author of Lumeo why he doesn't give away his product for free.

Then you can ask Garmin why it doesn't give away free watches.

And finally, you can go to a restaurant and ask for a free lunch. It will be interesting to see what they say.

but if I could get a free lunch of the same or better quality as one I paid for, I'd take the free one. Wouldn't you?

Exactly. That's why I continue to use free CIQ watch faces instead of the paid Garmin ones

Thanks Jim - so it seems like this is just normal behaviour for the store. I’m just trying to work out where to direct my efforts next. The consensus seems to be to create a free watch face of similar quality