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    • Armin S.A Offline
      Armin S. @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
      last edited by Armin S.

      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

      Hi there great community here!

      I NEED you help and experience.
      …

      Here is my answer to your question from this morning:
      I read a lot of crashes here in the forum and that’s why I did not use MC as an app. I only used SA and pushed some workouts via RunGap to MC-Web.

      That’s certainly not much help for your specific questions. But at least a short information for you.

      P.S. SA-Web would be great!

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      • suzzloS Offline
        suzzlo Moderator
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        Sorry just SA installed on phone. MC Android app is totally useless for sync, so I use cable.

        If SA could connect… ups sorry just use of 2 apps

        BR

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          borgelkranz Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

          First of all: thank you for this. You are doing a great job of managing this community.

          Did you have any crashes?

          No. The only trouble I had on LineageOS was, that I could not force the apps to stop without a third-party app, SdMaid in my case.

          Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?

          I was confused by the warning message and did not try it out. From my perspective as a technical writer, Suunto makes the category mistake to project internal technical limitations onto the user.

          Did you get messed regarding the route sync?

          Yes.

          How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)

          OK at best. To elaborate: I want a stable service that works well and provides all the old stuff (at minimum). An app solution on a mobile device definiatly is NOT sufficient for me. I want to be able to work on a big screen, with mouse/keyboard.

          Above that: Stryd is missing on your list. As are training plans.

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          • A Offline
            azeanic
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            @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

            Did you have any crashes?
            Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
            Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
            How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)

            Did you have any crashes?
            Not that I’ve seen.

            Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
            Not sure, haven’t delved into it fully yet.

            Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
            I use it more on Movescount than SA

            How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)
            I do use both apps but I think SA might be way forward. Having said that, SA lacks the integration of Movescount which is key to setup of the watch and all that. Plus, it integrates with Strava and Training Peaks. I do feel it’s confusing for new, less seasoned Suunto users to have to use two apps because SA isn’t full-featured yet.

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            • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
              Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @borgelkranz
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              @borgelkranz said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

              @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

              First of all: thank you for this. You are doing a great job of managing this community.

              Did you have any crashes?

              No. The only trouble I had on LineageOS was, that I could not force the apps to stop without a third-party app, SdMaid in my case.

              Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?

              I was confused by the warning message and did not try it out. From my perspective as a technical writer, Suunto makes the category mistake to project internal technical limitations onto the user.

              Did you get messed regarding the route sync?

              Yes.

              How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)

              OK at best. To elaborate: I want a stable service that works well and provides all the old stuff (at minimum). An app solution on a mobile device definiatly is NOT sufficient for me. I want to be able to work on a big screen, with mouse/keyboard.

              Above that: Stryd is missing on your list. As are training plans.

              Hi I know why on LineAge (I use lineage) and other android OS the apps cannot be force clsosed. It’s due to the notification acess so every new notification that comes will respawn the service. FYI

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              • M Offline
                martin Bronze Member
                last edited by martin

                Hi,

                I have both apps on my ios phone, but I only sync SA, movescount sync is done via cable and computer. MC app does not seem to connect to the watch though it tries sometimes (I had removed the watch prior to SA installation).
                Anyway I must say I rarely use MC app because it’s ever poorer than SA in terms of displayed data. Movescount use is done on the big screen.

                Did you have any crashes?

                Nope

                Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?

                Not knowing where we’re headed to I have to admit I avoided breaking the movescount sync. Also I did not really understand to what extent the connexion would be broken : only app syncing, or would it also affect ability to sync via PC and cable ?

                Did you get messed regarding the route sync?

                I rarely use it and have so far only one route from movescount.

                How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)

                Well, I don’t really wan’t to be able to use both apps, and for the use it gets, I could already uninstall MC app from my phone.
                What I could not do at the moment is avoid using movescount on the web, as lots of data can only be viewed there, and while there’s no SA web platform, I need to be able to access my data on movescount web (SA to movescount sync would do the trick until we get a unified solution)

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                • valdis830V Offline
                  valdis830 @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
                  last edited by valdis830

                  @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                  ✓iOS user.

                  ➢As inconvenient I’ve experienced watch restarts.
                  ➢Other, when I open the app’s in the wrong order thats f**** up some moves since I could only synchronize it with SA. I have solved by RunGap, but losing some data.
                  ➢Suunto could remove this restriction whenever it does not affect the stability of two ecosystems and device performance. MS is so mature that it would be a shame to discard it. For me it´s very important create, edit and synchronize routes via MC web. For this reason at the moment I can´t use 100% SA. Pity, because I like the SA evolution. ☺

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                  • omunozO Offline
                    omunoz Silver Members
                    last edited by

                    Hi,

                    I use both applications because use strava and SportModes with Movescount , when we have the same specs to Suunto App I remove the movescount definitive.
                    No Crashes of Suunto App , only the issues that fixes these week and I supouse that the IOS and Android the idea is give the same specs and values. Example in Android I view routes of other people and you can to import for your watch, with IOS we not view these spec.

                    And I use movescout to planning my trainnings for diferents races.

                    Thanks

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                    • valdis830V Offline
                      valdis830 @valdis830
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                      @valdis830 said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                      ✓iOS user.

                      ➢As inconvenient I’ve experienced watch restarts.
                      ➢Other, when I open the app’s in the wrong order thats f**** up some moves since I could only synchronize it with SA. I have solved by RunGap, but losing some data.
                      ➢Suunto could remove this restriction whenever it does not affect the stability of two ecosystems and device performance. MS is so mature that it would be a shame to discard it. For me it´s very important create, edit and synchronize routes via MC web. For this reason at the moment I can´t use 100% SA. Pity, because I like the SA evolution. ☺

                      ☛Last is my strongest argument for several reasons:

                      • SA has very low map resolution for creation routes on free mode.
                      • Free mode does not show route ascend / descent.
                      • There is no altimetry profile.
                      • There is no WP, POi option.
                      • There is no route preview.
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                      • ColdBeerC Offline
                        ColdBeer
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                        NOTE: SA=Suunto App, ST=SportsTracker, MCa=MovesCount App, MCw=MovesCount Web, SL=SuuntoLink.
                        First: I’ve got a Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 9.0). I’ve installed SA, ST and MCa on it. But just sync through MCa which sends data to MCw and then, MCw syncs data to Strava, STw and SA. So I manage routes, custom sport modes and every configuration on MCw. Oh! I forgot that sometimes I sync my watch to STw through SL.
                        But anyway, I work hard with SA and check every thing I could (of course: no routes, no custom sports and no watch settings): stats, analysis, training maps…
                        Now, my answers to your questions:
                        Did you have any crashes? No.
                        Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suuunto App? This doesn’t apply to me, as I don’t sync with SA.
                        Did you get messed regarding the route sync? Same answer than before.
                        How would you feel if you could use both apps? For me, this needs a deeply answer:
                        IMHO, and to be honest, I just need a mobile app to sync and check basic things. I don’t need/want to program anything hard (routes, custom modes, settings…) in a portable device with 5-6 inches of max size. In any way. This means, at the same time, even that I don’t care about that, I doesn’t matter if the apps could do those things. Probably I will use those features just to test them but not seriously.
                        In my humble point of view, the best (and probably not so hard to do while every server belongs to Amer Sports) would be (if you let me give an idea) something like (try to figure it):
                        A bidirectional sync between MCw and ST databases (for workouts), so then, it will no matter if you sync your watch with MCa or SA and will maintain things in the right place no matter which app you use to sync. The only blockage Suunto must do is to link the watch to just one of the apps.
                        Probably it would be possible to sync routes between MCw and ST (this is just useful if SA sync routes with ST, I’m not sure about this).
                        For custom sport modes and watch settings, I don’t see it’s a need to make a database sync, as it would be easier to sync just between watch and the app the user wanna use.
                        Please, try to figure this setup. And remember that at this moment, MCa has got just a few features and is almost not usable for analysis, so it’s just for sync, check that workouts are uploaded and stop to count here. So with a situation like this, I would be really happy using just SA, as I don’t lose MCw features and multidevice working, and I will be calm, as I could back to MCa at any moment without loosing data.

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                        var Phone="Samsung Galaxy S8", PhoneOS="Android 9.0.0";

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                        • Carlos AvilaC Offline
                          Carlos Avila Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

                          • Did you have any crashes? No, never due to parallel use of both apps
                          • Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app? I decided not to use sport modes from SA to avoid losing the connection with MC app, which I use merely to sync with Strava.
                          • Did you get messed regarding the route sync? Love the route feature in SA and didn’t get messed up when using it at the same time as MC route feature, but I haven’t used the one in SA recently, so can’t confirm if it would be different now.
                          • How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)
                            I would not care about, and would not need, MC if SA had all those features implemented.

                          P.S. The reason behind this is to be able to perhaps lift this “restriction” as it has costed a lot of trouble, so I really need your feedback ideas and so on.

                          Thanks a lot and please focus on the subject. No structured intervals posts please 😛

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                          • Tim4cT Offline
                            Tim4c Silver Members
                            last edited by Tim4c

                            @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:
                            I already use both apps. First sync with Movescount App and then with Suunto App. I enabled sport customization and route planner.

                            Did you have any crashes? Nop, just have to unpair/pair regulary
                            Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app? Nop, but i have used custom sport on SA only for testing purposes till now
                            Did you get messed regarding the route sync? Nop
                            How would you feel if you could use both apps? I feel ok with this, because it’s already the case ;). But honestly, it’s annoying to sync with both apps, and i patiently expect the day where we will be able to manage all with only one service whatever the device. (Desktop or mobile)

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                              hubertus46 Bronze Member
                              last edited by

                              Did you have any crashes?
                              No.

                              Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
                              I use The Spartan Trainer Whr _ the Sport mode are not customizable in the Android-Version 3.45.1 ?
                              Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
                              Yes I want to have All my routes in mc-web.
                              How would you feel if you could use both apps?
                              Tha would be fine for me.
                              I think it would be a great mistake from Suunto if the movescount Website would not be supported in the future.
                              Remember all great watch companies have Websites and apps for the watches!

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                              • RiffBoXR Offline
                                RiffBoX
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                                @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos I rather use the more stylish Suunto app, but I really miss the ability to turn on/off certain notifications as you can do in MC app!
                                And of course sync directly from SA to Strava. A big miss so far… At least there should be a way, in the meantime while we wait for real-time sync to Strava, to get the activities from the watch to Strava when it’s locked to SA.

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                                • andrejfitA Offline
                                  andrejfit Bronze Member
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                                  Quick from me.

                                  Im using MC and Suunto app. I have S9 and SSS whrB. Due to fact that once you started using Suunto app sport mode cust what disconnects you from MC - SSS is connected to SApp and S9 to MC.
                                  Also Strava import is important for me -> MC.
                                  As I wrote many times the biggest negative of SApp is that till now values are still diff from values in watch what is not acceptable for me.

                                  Anyway I didnt notice some issues with pairing or sync on Iphone 8 with latest iOS.

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                                    talanoa Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                    @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                                    I have a Spartan Sport WHR and I use MCa, MCw and SA on iPhone, iPad and laptop. I have also synced all my moves with STa and STw but don’t tend to use those systems.

                                    • Did you have any crashes?
                                      No. I will only use one app at a time before exiting and using the next - typically I will sync my new moves with SA first then sync with MCa to update my training plans or any new settings.

                                    • Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
                                      No. I have decided not to customise SportModes in SA until I can edit the basic ones and/or create new ones via the app if required. If I need to edit any SportModes it is still done via MCw for now.

                                    • Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
                                      Yes. I read the warnings and synced a new route in SA as i was out of town and wanted a new route to run and for some reason MCa was not syncing with my watch. I have no issue creating new routes via SA now as i am happy with the app.

                                    • How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)
                                      My preference is for one app and at the moment I have gone with SA for my moves. I only use MCa to bring through updated settings without the need for SL such as my training plans, Sportmode updates and so if that is able to be done via SA—>MCw then I would be removing MCa off my devices.

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                                      talanoa Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                                      I noticed the last few days that my moves are now syncing between MCa and SA again.

                                      However I have noticed that my planned moves seem to have shifted out a day - today is Tuesday 23 October but the planned move that is showing in Excercise screen is for Monday 22, on the Training Plan screen still shows Monday’s planned move as well as the rest of the weeks.

                                      This has only started happening when the syncing between two apps came back but not sure if related.

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                                      • Luka GruberL Offline
                                        Luka Gruber
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                                        i would like to use both with my SSS but i can’t. i can only have 1 app conected… Why is that?

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                                        • Saketo NemoS Offline
                                          Saketo Nemo Moderator @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

                                          Did you have any crashes?
                                          Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
                                          Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
                                          How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)

                                          • No crashes.
                                          • features separations is clear
                                          • Use SA+Strava integration, but route & sportsMode sync is demanded to movescount.
                                            GPX import and heatmaps (and maybe new layers) will be great but…till I can’t update my movescount account with SuuntoApp, I’ll continue use both
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                                          • suzzloS Offline
                                            suzzlo Moderator
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                                            Hi,

                                            Is there any procedure to sync watch with SA, and then sync watch with MCmobileapp?

                                            Suunto: Race, S9Peak, Spartan Sport Wrist
                                            Garmin: FR745, Edge 530
                                            SA topics:

                                            • Guides - https://forum.suunto.com/tags/guides
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