Description
** New: added mapview, press start while recording **
DSWatch is a multi-sport activity app and recorder. Use for walking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, cycling, training, paddling and more. See https://www.dsapptech.com/dwatch.html for more information. The app can be customized by changing settings.
Load waypoints from phone app. Installing the **optional** Android app enables uploading waypoints for a course or route to your watch or device. While recording, the app will alert you to approaching waypoints.
The screen packs a lot of information on one page and is hands free. The title screen shows your heart rate (1), number of notifications (2), phone connected (3), activity type (4) and battery status (5). You can choose to have either the current time or the current activity timer as the central display element. You can also choose to have the GPS turn on when you start the app so that your activity starts immediately, rather than waiting on a GPS fix.
Before starting an activity, tapping the screen will bring up an activity menu to set your current activity to walking, skiing, hiking, cycling and cardio. The statistics displayed will be context dependent.
To start recording an activity, press the right button. Once you start the activity the screen will roll through interesting stats without any interaction. Total vertical ascent and descent will be added to your recording for all activities except cardio workout. After you save a recording, press the next button to view a summary of your recording.
Each interval, specified in settings, will set a lap indicator in the recording as well as provide an interval status. While skiing, the app will detect riding the lift to add a lap interval. You can manually set a lap interval by long holding the start button on VAHR, the left button on Forerunner or the lap button on Edge 520.
Using the app-settings function from your phone you can change a few attributes:
• Display update speed in seconds (1-60)
• Start GPS on app launch or only when activity is recording
- To conserve battery life, turn on GPS only when activity is recording. There is some delay between starting the activity and acquiring a GPS fix.
- For immediate activity start, turn on GPS at app launch. The current GPS fix status will be displayed, once you have a fix, activity recording will start immediately
• You can choose to display current time and date or activity timer in center of screen
• Lap timer for walking. 0=disable, 1=distance based, 2=time based
- Walking lap time in minutes or distance in miles/km
• Lap timer for hiking. 0=disable, 1=distance based, 2=time based
- Hiking lap time in minutes or distance in miles/km
• Lap timer for cardio. 0=disable, 1=time based
- Cardio lap time in minutes
• Lap timer for skiing. 0=disable, 1=time based, 2=distance based, 3=run based
- Skiing lap time in minutes or distance in miles/km
• Fields rotate through 4 pages. The data displayed on each page may be configured
- The fields displayed are different for each type of activity - slow activity, no GPS; slow activity, with GPS; and fast activity, with GPS
Field names:
Alt - Altitude in ft/m
Dsnt - Descent, vertical loss, in ft/m
Asnt - Ascent, vertical gain, in ft/m
Dst - Distance traveled in ft/m
Time - Time since start of recording (hours and minutes)
Start - Straight line distance to location recording started in ft/m
Brng - Bearing to location recording started in degrees
Lat - Latitude in degrees
Long - Longitude in degrees
Max - Maximum speed recorded in mph/kmph
Spd - Current speed in mph/kmph
Steps - Steps taken during current day
Floors - Floors climbed during current day
Pace - minutes per mile/km
What is new
v1.9 fix WP session interaction
v1.8, 1.8a, 1.8b, 1.8c, 1.8d sdk 8.1 update, add Edge850, sdk 9
v1.7a-d Choose as many GPS sources as possible, Galileo, Beidou, Glonass, update display, add fenix8, edge 1030, 1040, 1050, epix2 Pro, Fenix7 Pro, Fenix E, Venu 3; fix Forerunner 165, enduro
v1.6, a ,b update map view, add fr165, Explorer 2
v1.3 add track to map view
v1.3, 1.2 add map view with markers from companion app
v1.1, 1.1a, b. c, d address Venu 2 UI issue, update for Venu 2 plus, add Forerunner 265/265s/965 VA5 support
v1.0, a add Fenix 7, 7X, 7S, Epix2
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Supported language (1)
Compatible devices (172)
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
D2™ Mach 1 Pro
Darth Vader™
Darth Vader™
Edge® 1000
Edge® 1000
Edge® 1000
Edge® 1000
Edge® 1000
Edge® 1000
Edge® 1030
Edge® 1030
Edge® 1030 Plus
Edge® 1030 Plus
Edge® 1030, Bontrager
Edge® 1040
Edge® 1040
Edge® 1050
Edge® 520
Edge® 520
Edge® 520
Edge® 520 Plus
Edge® 520 Plus
Edge® 530
Edge® 530
Edge® 820
Edge® 820
Edge® 820
Edge® 820
Edge® 820
Edge® 820
Edge® 830
Edge® 830
Edge® 850
Edge® Explore
Edge® Explore 1000
Edge® Explore 2
Edge® Explore 820
Enduro™
Enduro™
Enduro™ 2
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ (Gen 2)
epix™ Pro (42mm)
epix™ Pro (47mm)
epix™ Pro (51mm)
fēnix® 5
fēnix® 5
fēnix® 5 Plus
fēnix® 5 Plus
fēnix® 5S
fēnix® 5S
fēnix® 5S Plus
fēnix® 5S Plus
fēnix® 5X
fēnix® 5X
fēnix® 5X Plus
fēnix® 5X Plus
fēnix® 6
fēnix® 6
fēnix® 6 Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro
fēnix® 6 Pro
fēnix® 6 Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro Solar
fēnix® 6 Solar
fēnix® 6S
fēnix® 6S
fēnix® 6S Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro
fēnix® 6S Pro
fēnix® 6S Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro Solar
fēnix® 6S Solar
fēnix® 6X Pro
fēnix® 6X Pro
fēnix® 7
fēnix® 7
fēnix® 7 Pro
fēnix® 7 Pro – Solar Edition (No Wi-Fi®)
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7S Pro
fēnix® 7X
fēnix® 7X
fēnix® 7X Pro
fēnix® 7X Pro No Wi-Fi
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (43mm)
fēnix® 8 AMOLED (47mm/51mm)
fēnix® 8 Solar (47mm)
fēnix® 8 Solar (51mm)
fenix® 9 - 43 mm
fenix® 9 – 47 mm
fēnix® Chronos
fēnix® Chronos
fēnix® E
First Avenger
First Avenger
ForeAthlete 745
ForeAthlete 935
ForeAthlete® 735XTJ
Forerunner® 165
Forerunner® 165 Music
Forerunner® 265
Forerunner® 265S
Forerunner® 735XT
Forerunner® 735XT
Forerunner® 745
Forerunner® 935
Forerunner® 965
MARQ™ Adventurer
MARQ™ Adventurer
MARQ™ Athlete
MARQ™ Athlete
MARQ™ Aviator
MARQ™ Aviator
MARQ™ Captain
MARQ™ Captain
MARQ™ Commander
MARQ™ Commander
MARQ™ Driver
MARQ™ Driver
MARQ™ Expedition
MARQ™ Expedition
Mercedes-Benz Venu®
Mercedes-Benz Venu®
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
quatix® 6
quatix® 6X
Rey™
Rey™
tactix® 7
tactix® 7 – AMOLED Edition
tactix® 8 – 47 mm, AMOLED
tactix® 8 – 51 mm, Solar
Venu®
Venu®
Venu® 2
Venu® 2
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2S
Venu® 2S
Venu® 3
Venu® 3S
Venu® Sq.
Venu® Sq.
Venu® Sq.
Venu® Sq.
Venu® Sq. Music
Venu® Sq. Music
Venu® Sq. Music
Venu® Sq. Music
vívoactive® 3
vívoactive® 3
vívoactive® 3
vívoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection
vívoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 4
vívoactive® 4
vívoactive® 4S
vívoactive® 4S
vívoactive® 5
vívoactive® HR
vívoactive® HR
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Snapshot dates
2026-10-27 → 2026-10-29