Features → Wearables → Polar
Polar, in good company.
Polar is the heart-rate company that's been training endurance athletes longer than most wearables have existed. MoveTogether reads your Polar activity via Polar Flow OAuth — Vantage, Grit X, Ignite, Pacer, the legendary H10 chest strap — and lines it up next to friends on Apple Watch, Garmin, WHOOP, and Strava. One leaderboard. Equal footing.
OAuth via Polar Flow.
Sign in on Polar's authorization page and grant MoveTogether read access to your training and activity data. We receive an OAuth token from Polar — your password stays with Polar. Revoke any time from your Polar Flow account settings.
Every Polar that syncs to Polar Flow.
If it syncs to the Polar Flow app on your phone, it syncs to MoveTogether.
- Polar Vantage V3, V2, M3, M2
- Polar Grit X, Grit X Pro, Grit X2 Pro
- Polar Ignite 3, Ignite 2
- Polar Pacer, Pacer Pro
- Polar H10 chest strap (when used with Polar Beat or Flow-connected workouts)
- Polar Unite
What we read from Polar.
MoveTogether normalizes a small set of activity metrics across every supported wearable. Here’s what specifically comes through from Polar.
Sync cadence
Every 15–30 minutes
Polar Flow syncs from your device on its own cadence as you reach your phone. We poll the Polar API regularly so new activity lands on the leaderboard within roughly 15–30 minutes. Pull-to-refresh in MoveTogether for a manual sync attempt.
Best scoring methods for Polar.
Polar users are usually training with structure. The methods that fit best:
Workout Based
Polar's strength is structured training. Points only inside logged workouts is the most natural fit.
Raw Numbers
Rewards total volume — appropriate for endurance athletes racking up calories and minutes.
Percentage of Goals
Cross-device-fair if you're competing with friends on different wearables.
Polar questions, briefly answered.
Will heart-rate data come through?
Polar's heart-rate data informs the workouts and calorie estimates we read, but the HR numbers themselves aren't a competition metric — output (calories, minutes, workouts) is what we score.
I use a Polar H10 chest strap with a third-party app. Does that count?
Only if the workout ends up in Polar Flow. If you record with Polar Beat or another Flow-syncing app, yes. If you record only into a third-party app (e.g., a cycling computer that doesn't push to Polar), it won't appear in MoveTogether via Polar.
How does Polar compare to Garmin for cross-platform competitions?
They're treated identically by MoveTogether — same OAuth model, same metrics pulled, same sync cadence. The differences come down to the device itself, not how it connects.
Will Polar's training load or recovery scores be used?
No. We only read activity output, not Polar's recovery/training-load analytics. Those stay between you and Polar Flow.
Polar, where it competes.
OAuth in under a minute. Your training history in Polar Flow is already there waiting.