Paid watch faces for the fēnix 5 and other older Garmin watches
Open a paid watch face in the Connect IQ Store on a fēnix 5, Forerunner 945 or vívoactive 4, and often there is no way to buy it: Garmin does not sell paid apps for these watches. The faces themselves run on them. Here is which watches are affected, which faces you can still get, and how.
Why the Connect IQ Store will not sell it
Garmin sells paid watch faces and apps in the Connect IQ Store only for watches that support store purchases. Older models are not on that list, so the store page of a paid face leaves them out, even when the face is built for them. Free faces are not affected: they install on these watches from the store as before.
Which watches
Our paid faces are built for these models, but the Connect IQ Store does not sell them there:
Round MIP · 39
- Approach® S60
- Approach® S62
- D2™ Charlie
- D2™ Delta
- D2™ Delta PX
- D2™ Delta S
- Descent™ Mk1
- Descent™ Mk2 / Mk2i
- Descent™ Mk2 S
- Enduro™
- Forerunner® 245
- Forerunner® 245 Music
- Forerunner® 645
- Forerunner® 645 Music
- Forerunner® 745
- Forerunner® 935
- Forerunner® 945
- Forerunner® 945 LTE
- MARQ® Adventurer
- MARQ® Athlete
- MARQ® Aviator
- MARQ® Captain / MARQ® Captain: American Magic Edition
- MARQ® Commander
- MARQ® Driver
- MARQ® Expedition
- MARQ® Golfer
- fēnix® 5 / quatix® 5
- fēnix® 5 Plus
- fēnix® 5S
- fēnix® 5S Plus
- fēnix® 5X / tactix® Charlie
- fēnix® 5X Plus
- fēnix® 6S / 6S Solar / 6S Dual Power
- vívoactive® 3
- vívoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection
- vívoactive® 3 Music
- vívoactive® 3 Music LTE
- vívoactive® 4
- vívoactive® 4S
Instinct, monochrome · 3
- Instinct® 2 / Solar / Dual Power / dēzl Edition
- Instinct® 2S / Solar / Dual Power
- Instinct® 2X Solar
Paid faces you can get here
The same faces as in the Connect IQ Store, built for your model. You buy one on this site and get the file for your exact watch.
24-Hour Clock MIP
Runs on 39 of these watches
Buy here · €3.49
Tactical Military MIP
Runs on 39 of these watches
Buy here · €3.49
Maneki Time
Runs on 3 of these watches
Buy here · €3.29
Mood Meter
Runs on 3 of these watches
Buy here · €2.49
How to install it
- Buy the face with «Buy here». Right after payment you get an e-mail with a sign-in link to «My watch faces».
- Open «My watch faces» on a computer and choose your exact watch model.
- Connect the watch with its USB cable and press «Install» (Chrome or Edge). Older models that show up as a USB drive: download the .prg file instead and copy it into GARMIN/Apps in Finder or File Explorer.
- Unplug the cable and choose the new face in the watch face list on the watch. Its settings are on the watch.
Free faces for these watches
Free faces are not limited: install them from the Connect IQ Store as usual. Ours that run on these models:
Questions
Why does the store show the face, but not for my watch?
The store lists a paid face only for the watches where Garmin allows store purchases. Your model is missing from that list, not from the face: the file sold here is built for it.
Will the face update by itself?
No. A face installed by cable gets no updates from the Connect IQ Store. When we release a new version, it appears in «My watch faces», and you install it the same way.
Do I need a Windows computer?
No. A Mac or Windows computer with Chrome or Edge is enough. Older watches that show up as a USB drive also work with Finder or File Explorer, without the browser.