Tread®

4.2
1.17K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Roam the unknown with the Tread® app. It lets you track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator by using the Group Ride Mobile feature and syncs waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across devices. Easily plan routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device. Users can import and export GPX files and get access to smart notifications and live weather.

• Track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® device by using the Group Ride Mobile feature
• Wirelessly sync waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across your compatible smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator
• Easily calculate faster time or adventurous routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device
• Import and export GPX files to try out new routes or revisit favorite rides
• Keep your phone safely stowed away, and still get important messages and alerts via smart notifications on your Tread® device display when it’s paired with the Tread® app
• Use the app to access live weather updates, viewable on your Tread® navigator’s display
Updated on
Mar 18, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
1.1K reviews
Tony Bonanno
March 18, 2026
It took 5 months and 6 replacement devices for success. Almost. The device itself is great except for audio controls, dang thing cannot have audio from my phone because it causes an issue with my Cardo headset or my car Bluetooth audio. The app is garbage for routing because it only displays detail in random areas unless on satellite view, and then it does not have all the road names. As I have said every time to Garmin customer service: they are awesome, their app team is garbage.
6 people found this review helpful
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Justin S
November 3, 2022
Explore and this are similar, then I have earthmate for my InReach. Worst of all this isn't anything like Ultimate Campgrounds. They just bought the database and tossed the functionality. The beauty of UC was its filters. Unless I just haven't dug deep enough into Tread it appears that ability to filter campgrounds is gone. Garmin is missing the boat on this. Another example of a big company buying a successful small product and destroying it.
31 people found this review helpful
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Bobby Bennett
August 28, 2025
Their featured roads are good, but it is missing layers for motorcycle friendly roads (something like Butler Maps). They are slow to update maps, but most of the areas I ride are rural so that's understandable. Syncing between app and device doesn't work for A LOT of people. It will cause your device to restart itself every four minutes. To resolve, you cannot enable storage which means this app can't be used for 90% of its intended purpose. Use the storage (cloud/Explore) at your own risk.
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What’s new

We are continually working to improve your experience when using Garmin Tread. This version includes bug fixes to improve app and device functionality.