Hello all,

Right now I’m looking at getting myself a Smartwatch which can GPS track my runs but at best also my sleep cycle (as I post this at 3 in the morning) and some vitals. As Strava is American, I would also ask that there is an app available for easy consolidation of data.

Right now I am flirting with Polar (Finnish) which seem to offer both watches and the app. XCOAST (German) seems to be another option for the watch but I don’t know about their app.

Are there any other brands to consider? These were the only two available in my local tech store but am willing to shop online (on European website of course).

Thank you all in advance!

  • white_nrdy@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Don’t have a good rec to add to the discussion of hardware, but I would love to give a shoutout to GadgetBridge, which is an Open Source Android app that is a vendorless alternative to controlling lots of smart wearables (and other gadgets). It doesn’t currently have Polar support, but seems that might be fairly easy to implement, since polar publishes their SDK online (and presumably the protocol with which it communicates).