Guides
Guides to selling Garmin watch apps, faces and data fields
Updated 23 October 2026
These guides explain how to charge for a Garmin Connect IQ app, watch face or data field in 2026: the payment options, subscriptions, free trials, and taking Stripe or PayPal. Each one gives dated fees, worked examples and links to its sources. If you haven't picked a payment option yet, start with the comparison of all five.
Which guide answers your question?
Pick the question you have. Each guide answers it in its first lines.
- Garmin payment processors compared: all five ways to charge, in one table with fees, trials, subscriptions and countries.
- How to sell a Connect IQ app in 2026: every payment option, with a $2.99 and a $4.99 sale and a whole year worked out.
- How to sell a subscription in a Connect IQ app: which options renew, and what the watch does on a renewal or a cancel.
- How to add a free trial: which options offer one, Garmin's own trial calls, and a trial a reinstall can't restart.
- How to sell a Garmin watch face: how a face unlocks without a buy button, and Garmin's rules for paid faces.
- How to sell a Garmin data field: who sells paid data fields, and memory limits from 32 KB to 256 KB by watch.
- How to take Stripe payments in a Garmin app: the phone checkout, Stripe's fees, and what you'd build yourself.
- How to take PayPal payments in a Garmin app: PayPal's rates on small sales, and who holds the money.
Which comparison should you read?
Read the one for the service you are weighing. We make WearCheckout, so weigh our view with that in mind.
- WearCheckout vs KiezelPay: 27% a sale against a yearly plan from $9. KiezelPay handles sales tax for you.
- WearCheckout vs PayToUse: payment fees plus 13% against a yearly plan. PayToUse builds faces without code.
- Garmin's store vs your own payments: 15% plus $100 a year. Garmin handles tax and card fees.
What are the key numbers, as of 23 October 2026?
The guides use these published fees, in US dollars.
| Option | Fee per sale | Fixed cost | You keep from $4.99 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garmin Connect IQ Store | 15% of the price before tax | $100 a year | $4.24 |
| KiezelPay | 27%, at least $0.27 | Nothing to start | $3.64 |
| PayToUse | Payment fees, then 13% | None in its manual | $3.96 |
| WearCheckout | 0% on sales your plan covers, then 2% | $9, $99 or $299 a year | $4.55 |
| Your own server with Stripe | Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ | Hosting and your time | $4.55 |
Checked 23 October 2026, on each company's own pages (see Sources).
Card fees use Stripe's US rate for a US buyer, before sales tax. WearCheckout is not affiliated with Garmin.
Questions
Where do I start if I want to sell a Garmin watch app?
Start with the comparison of Garmin payment processors. It puts all five options in one table and points to the guide for your case. If you live in one of Garmin's 37 countries and want to add no code, Garmin's own store is the simplest.
How do I sell a Garmin watch face or data field?
Faces and data fields can't take button presses, so they unlock by a QR code, a code or a phone notification. Garmin's store, KiezelPay, PayToUse and WearCheckout sell faces. PayToUse and WearCheckout also list data fields on their own pages.
How current are these guides?
All were checked on 23 October 2026 against each company's own pages, linked under Sources on each guide. Prices change, so check the source before you decide.
Who writes these guides?
We do. We make WearCheckout, so weigh our view with that in mind. WearCheckout is not affiliated with Garmin.
Sources
Competitor facts come from each company's own pages, checked on 23 October 2026. Each guide lists its own sources too.
- Garmin: App Sales (15% split, sales tax, card fees, payouts)
- Garmin: Merchant Onboarding (developer countries, the $100 yearly program fee)
- KiezelPay: FAQ (27% fee, $0.27 minimum, PayPal payouts, sales tax)
- PayToUse: developer manual (payment fees, 13% fee, withdrawals)
- PayToUse: home page (watch faces, widgets, data fields and apps)
- Stripe: pricing (2.9% + 30¢ per US card payment)
- WearCheckout: plans and fees
Start selling
Add the library, buy your own app on your own watch in test mode, and watch it unlock. Your plan starts only when your first app goes live.
Related
- Garmin payment processors comparedAll five ways to charge, side by side.
- How to sell a Connect IQ app in 2026Every payment option, with fees and worked examples.
- Subscriptions in a Connect IQ appWhich options renew, and what each one costs.
- Free trials for Garmin apps and facesWhich options offer one, and how to keep it fair.