Can you use an Apple Watch without Apple Fitness+

[lechatnoir]

I've had an Apple Watch for ages and signed up to Apple Fitness+ ages ago but can't afford the monthly payments anymore.

I only use my watch for telling the time & tracking runs/cycles and uploading to Strava but no idea what is integral to the watch and what is apple Fitness. What do I lose when I cancel?

You don't need to have it. I had apple fitness for a bit but I only used it for workouts on the tv, which were good but it is pricey so I got rid of it.

I use my watch for much the same as you & it's fine

I’ve never used Apple fitness. You can map everything to the health app just fine. If you want to use Strava (i do) I actually record using the watch then export, but you need a 3rd party app for that as it doesn’t work that well otherwise I’ve found. I use HealthFit.