How do I get my runs into RunCadence without an Apple Watch?
RunCadence reads workouts from Apple HealthKit on your iPhone. If you train on a Garmin, Coros, Polar, Suunto or another non-Apple wearable, you can pipe your runs into HealthKit via one of these free apps:
- Health Sync (recommended) — syncs Garmin Connect, Coros, Polar Flow and more to Apple Health automatically. Available on the App Store.
- RunGap — another reliable bridge between Garmin / Coros / Suunto Connect and Apple Health.
Once your runs land in Apple Health, RunCadence picks them up and matches them to your planned sessions the same way it would an Apple Watch workout.
Direct integrations (Garmin Connect first) are planned, no committed date yet. We'll announce them when they're ready.
Can I get structured workouts on my wearable?
Not yet on anything other than Apple Watch. Structured workouts (warmup, intervals with pace targets, cooldown) currently only ship to Apple Watch.
You can still see the full workout details (every interval, pace, duration, RPE) inside RunCadence and run it on your wearable manually.
Detailed analysis: what works, what doesn't
RunCadence builds a detailed analysis view for completed sessions (heart-rate curve, pace splits, cadence, elevation, time in zone). With the Health Sync bridge, your Garmin / Coros / Polar / Suunto runs do show up in this view, but with less precision than Apple Watch runs.
The reason: when your runs cross over from Garmin Connect (or another platform) into Apple Health, only the summary and a coarse data stream make it across. Apple Watch runs record second-by-second, so their analysis is significantly richer.
You'll still see your overall HR average, splits, and key stats. Just don't expect the same fidelity as an Apple Watch session for now.
Still need help?
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