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DIALFORGE

Water sports

Swim Sets

A pool send-off clock on your wrist. Set up a set like 10 x 100 m on 1:45 once, and the watch counts down to your next send-off, so you do not need to watch the wall clock between reps.

Coming to Connect IQ Unlock €5.99

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Beta: free for 30 days

The app works fully and for free for the first 30 days after you first open it. After that you can buy a one-time unlock code below. No subscription.

  • Up to 6 sets per workout (warm-up, main set, cool-down, whatever you swim), each with its own reps, distance, label and either a send-off interval or a fixed rest after each rep
  • Big countdown to the next send-off, rep number, set name
  • Short vibration 5 seconds before the send-off, a longer one right at the send-off
  • Press START when you touch the wall; the rep time is recorded and your rest is shown. Optional: after the first START, UP and DOWN count as a touch too
  • Store up to 3 workouts and reuse them
  • Summary at the end: average rep time and fastest rep for every set

Built for the water: in a set, every control works with physical buttons only, taps on the screen are ignored on purpose (wet touchscreens do strange things). BACK or the menu button pauses, skips a rep, or ends the set early.

How to use it

Open Swim Sets from the watch's app menu.

Saves as a pool swim activity. Honest note: distance is taken from your reps and set distance; native length counting is not used.

Manual

Swim Sets: user manual

What it does

Swim Sets is a pool send-off clock. Set up 10 x 100 on 1:45 once, and the watch counts down to each send-off and vibrates. The swim is saved as a pool swim activity.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.3.0+ and the Connect IQ or Garmin Connect phone app. Supported watches:

  • Round AMOLED: epix 2 and epix Pro 2, fēnix 8, E, Forerunner 165, 265, 570, 965, 970, Instinct 3 AMOLED, Crossover AMOLED, Venu 2, 3, 4, vivoactive 5, 6.
  • Round MIP: enduro 3, fēnix 7 series, 8 Solar, Forerunner 55, 245, 255, vivoactive 4.
  • Square and rectangular AMOLED: Venu Sq 2, Venu X1.

Installation

In the Connect IQ app on your phone (or Garmin Connect, then the Connect IQ Store) find "Swim Sets" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Open it from the apps list: press START on the watch face, then pick Swim Sets.

First launch

The start screen shows the app name, "Press start" and the free beta days left. START (or a tap) opens the menu. The default workout is ready to swim. The 30-day free beta starts the first time you open it.

Controls

Watches with buttons (START, UP, DOWN, BACK)

  • Menu: START on Workout, Pool, Any button starts or Late touch keeps schedule cycles its value. Edit sets opens the set list.
  • In the water: START is a wall touch, and the first START begins rep 1. With Any button starts On, UP and DOWN count too, after that first START.
  • BACK or holding the menu button pauses: Resume, Skip rep, End set, Save, Discard (asks twice). It is not a wall touch.
  • Summary: UP and DOWN scroll, START or BACK closes the app.

Touch watches (tap, hold, swipe)

  • Taps work in the menus and on the start screen. During a workout taps and swipes are ignored on purpose, so water cannot count a rep. On the summary a tap closes the app.

Settings

Phone: Connect IQ app, Swim Sets, Settings (the unlock code fields are there too).

On the watch, inside the app:

  • Workout: up to 3 saved. Pool: 25 m, 50 m, 25 yd or 33.3 m.
  • Late touch keeps schedule: On by default. A late touch starts the next rep at once, signals stay on the original grid. Off restarts the clock from your touch.
  • Edit sets: up to 6 sets, each with Label, Reps 1 to 40, Distance (25 to 400), Mode and time. Send-off: 0:15 to 10:00. Fixed rest: 0:00 to 5:00, both in 5 s steps.

License

  • Free beta: 30 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 5.99 EUR once at dialforge.dev, no subscription. The 8-character code is tied to your watch's UID.
  • Where to enter it: phone, Connect IQ app, Swim Sets, Settings. Read the UID in "Watch UID (needed to buy a code)", buy the code, then type it into "Unlock code from dialforge.dev". The end-of-beta screen on the watch shows the UID too.
  • After the beta without a code: an end-of-beta screen with the UID replaces the app. Enter the code, then open it again. New watch? Write to us and the code moves for free.

Privacy and permissions

Permissions:

  • Activity recording: saves the session to Garmin Connect.
  • Extra FIT fields: adds the app's values to the saved activity.
  • Sensors: heart rate from the watch.

No internet use. Data stays on the watch and in the activities you save.

Troubleshooting

The code does not work. Check that the UID you bought for matches "Watch UID (needed to buy a code)" and type all 8 characters (case is ignored, no 0, O, 1 or I). A code for another app does not fit. Sync, then reopen.

What if I touch the wall early? In Send-off mode nothing changes: the clock runs to the original signal while you rest.

How does it warn me? A short vibration 5 seconds before the send-off, a longer one at the send-off.

Does it count lengths? No. Distance comes from your reps times the set distance.

Contact

kontakt@dialforge.dev or dialforge.dev. Please write before leaving a low rating.

Permissions and privacy

This product asks the watch for the permissions below. Connect IQ shows them when you install it.

  • Activity recording: Saves your workout in Garmin Connect (the activity from this app). The data stays in your Garmin account.
  • Own data fields in the activity: Adds this app's own numbers (for example points or sets) to the saved activity.
  • Heart rate and sensors: Reads heart rate and other sensors of the watch while the app runs.

This product does not use the internet and sends no data to our servers.

Compatible watches

51mm, D2 Air X15, D2 Mach 1 Pro, Enduro 2, Enduro 3, epix (Gen 2), epix Pro (Gen 2) 42mm, epix Pro (Gen 2) 47mm, epix Pro (Gen 2) 51mm, Forerunner 165, Forerunner 165 Music, Forerunner 245, Forerunner 245 Music, Forerunner 255, Forerunner 255 Music, Forerunner 255s, Forerunner 255s Music, Forerunner 265, Forerunner 265s, Forerunner 55, Forerunner 570 42mm, Forerunner 570 47mm, Forerunner 965, Forerunner 970, fēnix 7, fēnix 7 Pro, fēnix 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi), fēnix 7S, fēnix 7S Pro, fēnix 7X, fēnix 7X Pro, fēnix 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi), fēnix 8 43mm, fēnix 8 47mm, fēnix 8 Pro 47mm, fēnix 8 Solar 47mm, fēnix 8 Solar 51mm, fēnix E, Instinct 3 AMOLED 45mm, Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mm, Instinct Crossover AMOLED, MicroLED, quatix 7, quatix 7 Pro, quatix 7 Sapphire, quatix 7X Solar, quatix 8 47mm, quatix 8 Pro 47mm, tactix 7, tactix 7 – AMOLED Edition, tactix 8 47mm, tactix 8 Solar 51mm, Venu 2, Venu 2 Plus, Venu 2S, Venu 3, Venu 3S, Venu 4 41mm, Venu 4 45mm, Venu Sq 2, Venu Sq 2 Music, Venu X1, vívoactive 4, vívoactive 4S, vívoactive 5, vívoactive 6

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FAQ

What happens after the 30-day beta?

The app shows a screen asking for a one-time unlock code from dialforge.dev instead of opening normally. Buy the code once below, no subscription.

Does the app send my data to Dialforge?

No. The app works fully offline, and the unlock code is checked on the watch itself, without contacting any server.

The app does not work as described on my watch. Can I get a refund?

Yes. Write through the feedback form below, or to the e-mail in the footer. If we cannot fix it, we refund you, as described in the terms.

Changing your watch?

Write to me and I will move your code for free.

Changelog

Unlock

€5.99

One-time payment. No subscription. The code works on the watch whose UID you enter.

  1. Install the app from the Connect IQ store. It works fully and for free for the first 30 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Apps or Data Fields > this app > Settings > Watch UID.
  3. Enter UID and e-mail, pay with PayPal (cards work without a PayPal account). The code appears here at once.
  4. Type the code into the same settings page, field "Unlock code". The watch checks it offline.

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