How to sync Suunto with Apple Health

Partly. The Suunto iPhone app can save workouts with heart rate, and reportedly steps, distance and active energy, to Apple Health; Suunto's App Store listing says only 'Go to app settings to start sharing your data.'

Key caveats: sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, SpO2, respiratory rate, VO2 max and GPS routes are not written. Suunto publishes no list of synced data types.

App: Suunto
Method: Partial syncThe official app writes some data types
Data types: 1 of 13 sync, 3 partly
Checked: October 27, 2026

What Suunto syncs to Apple Health

Apple Health data types, checked against official documentation on October 27, 2026.

Which data types Suunto writes to Apple Health
Data type	Apple Health	Notes
Workouts	Syncs	Workouts with heart rate are written. GPS routes: no (per Suunto community reports).
Steps	Partly	Reported to sync by third-party guides; some Suunto forum users report daily steps missing.
Active energy	Partly	Reported by third-party guides; not documented by Suunto.
Heart rate	Partly	Workout heart rate; daily heart rate reported as sparse with gaps.
Resting heart rate	Doesn’t sync
HRV	Doesn’t sync
Sleep	Doesn’t sync	No sleep permission is requested by the Suunto app.
Blood oxygen	Doesn’t sync
Respiratory rate	Doesn’t sync
VO2 max	Doesn’t sync	No VO2 max permission is requested by the Suunto app.
Weight / body composition	Doesn’t sync
Menstrual cycle	Doesn’t sync
Mindful minutes	Doesn’t sync

How to connect Suunto to Apple Health

4 steps on your iPhone, about two minutes.

Before you start

iPhone with the Suunto app (iOS 16.6 or later) and a Suunto watch paired to it
Permission granted to Suunto in Apple Health

Sync the watch first
Make sure your Suunto watch is synced with the Suunto app.
2
Open the Suunto app settings
Suunto app → Profile → Settings → scroll down → turn on 'Save to Apple Health'. You can also manage it from the Health app: profile → Apps → Suunto.
1. Suunto app
2. Profile
3. Settings
4. Save to Apple Health
Suunto
Settings
Save to Apple Health
Allow categories
Turn the switch on, enable all offered categories on Apple's sheet and tap Allow.
4
Check in Health
Health app → profile → Privacy: Apps → Suunto → make sure all categories are on.
1. Health app
2. profile
3. Privacy: Apps
4. Suunto
Health
Privacy: Apps
Suunto

Menu names checked against Suunto’s help pages on October 27, 2026. Apps change; if a menu looks different, see the sources below.

After setup

Workouts are saved to Apple Health after the watch syncs a new activity to the Suunto app. Suunto does not document timing for daily data; community reports say steps and daily heart rate are incomplete.

Avoid double-counting

With an iPhone or Apple Watch also writing to Health, set priorities: Health app → Browse → Activity → Steps → Data Sources & Access → Edit → drag Suunto (or your other device) to the top → Done; do the same for Heart Rate and Active Energy. If missing Suunto data is the issue, members of Suunto's forum advise making Suunto the preferred source for steps, workouts and heart rate.

Put Suunto first in Apple Health

Health
Browse
Activity
Steps
Data Sources & Access
Edit

Open the Health app and tap Browse.
Choose a category and a data type, for example Activity → Steps.
Scroll down and tap Data Sources & Access.
Tap Edit, then touch and hold the handle next to your device’s app and drag it to the top.
Tap Done. Repeat for other data types you track with more than one device, such as Active Energy or Walking + Running Distance.

The source at the top wins when several write the same data type. New apps and devices are added at the top automatically. Apple Support ↗

Suunto not syncing to Apple Health?

Suunto workouts are not appearing in Apple Health

Sync the watch to the Suunto app, check the 'Save to Apple Health' setting is on, and enable every category under Health → profile → Apps → Suunto.

Sleep is not in Apple Health

The Suunto app does not request permission to write sleep, so it cannot sync. Long-standing open request in Suunto's community.

Workout map/route is missing

Users report that the Suunto app writes no GPS route. Third-party apps such as RunGap (free; export needs its paid tier) can copy Suunto workouts with routes into Health.

Daily steps or heart rate have gaps

Make Suunto the top source for Steps and Heart Rate in Data Sources & Access; users still report gaps, so treat daily data from Suunto as incomplete.

Watch won't sync to the Suunto app at all

Update the watch and app, turn Bluetooth on, open the Suunto app's sync view and re-pair the watch with the passkey shown on it.

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR SUUNTO DATA

Your Suunto data, with an AI coach

Once Suunto syncs to Apple Health, P.R.O. reads it. Ask the AI coach about your training and it answers with your real numbers.

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Suunto and Apple Health: questions

Does Suunto sync with Apple Health?

Partly: workouts and some activity data are written; sleep and recovery metrics are not.

Does Suunto sync sleep to Apple Health?

No. The Suunto app does not offer a sleep permission in Apple Health.

Does Suunto send HRV or VO2 max to Apple Health?

No. Neither is written by the Suunto app.

Do Suunto GPS routes show in Apple Health?

No, according to community reports; RunGap is a common workaround.

Can the Suunto app import Apple Watch workouts?

Suunto does not document reading workouts from Apple Health.

Sources

Other devices