Fitness trackers have come an extremely long way over the years. No longer are they glorified pedometers; most standard fitness trackers nowadays can track your steps taken, distance traveled, caloric burn, and even your sleeping patterns. They’re handy little devices if you want a better look at how active you are throughout the day, and there are plenty to choose from. It can be a little daunting trying to choose the best fitness tracker to suits your needs, so we’ve compiled a list of the best fitness trackers on the market.
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Editor’s note: We will update this best fitness trackers list as more devices come to market.
Fitbit Charge 4: The best fitness tracker
The Fitbit Charge 4 is the best fitness tracker you can buy, period. Fitbit didn’t need to do much to achieve this title again, but it managed to fix all our gripes with the Charge 3 and keep it at the same price point. The built-in GPS is welcome, as is Fitbit Pay being standard across all models.
The only reason you should consider buying another wearable at this price point is if you want a more smartwatch-y experience. Then, I’d recommend you go for the Fitbit Versa 2.
Fitbit Charge 4 specs:
- GPS: Yes
- Heart rate sensor: Yes
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: 1.57-inch grayscale OLED
- Battery life: 7 days
- Music storage: No
- Fitbit Pay: Yes
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Garmin Vivosmart 4: The best if you don’t want a Fitbit
The Garmin Vivosmart 4 is the best fitness tracker you can buy if you aren’t interested in the Fitbit Charge 3.
It’s a wonderful fitness tracker that excels at many of the things it attempts to do. If you don’t need a GPS and can get past the narrow display, this is one of your best options for a feature-packed, reliable fitness tracker. Plus, Garmin recently updated the device to include connected GPS functionality.
Garmin Vivosmart 4 specs:
- GPS: Connected GPS
- Heart rate sensor: Yes
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: OLED
- Battery life: 7 days
- Music storage: No
- Garmin Pay: No
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Garmin Vivoactive 4: The best fitness smartwatch
The Garmin Vivoactive 4 is the best fitness tracking smartwatch you can buy.
Everything you loved about the Vivoactive 3 and 3 Music is here, along with about 3.5GB of onboard storage for music. You can load up your favorite songs, or download playlists from Spotify, Deezer, and iHeartRadio.
The Garmin Vivoactive 4 is a solid upgrade to the Vivoactive 3 and 3 Music, and will certainly please those in need of a midrange multisport watch. It’s not as flashy as the new Garmin Venu, but that might be a good thing: It has a more readable display and longer battery life. If you’re interested, you won’t be disappointed… just be prepared to pay up.
Garmin Vivoactive 4 specs:
- GPS: Yes
- Heart rate sensor: Yes
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: 1.3-inch MIP display
- Battery life: 8 days
- Music storage: Yes
- Garmin Pay: Yes
Fitbit Versa 2: Best fitness smartwatch without GPS
The Fitbit Versa 2 takes what made the original Versa so special and improves on it. It has a much better OLED display this year, as well as Fitbit Pay support across all models, and Amazon Alexa support built in. It’s also an accurate fitness, health, and sleep tracker, and Fitbit’s new Sleep Score feature is genuinely useful.
It’s not perfect, though. Alexa integration is limited and buggy, there’s still no built-in GPS, and the quick release straps are still a pain to change.
Fitbit absolutely improved many areas of the Versa 2, but clearly left others out to dry. Overall though, the positives outweigh the negatives here. The Versa 2 provides an overall excellent wearable experience, albeit with some quirks.
Fitbit Versa 2 specs:
- GPS: Connected GPS
- Heart rate sensor: Yes
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: 1.4-inch OLED
- Battery life: 5 days
- Music storage: 2.5GB
- Fitbit Pay: Yes
Xiaomi Mi Band 4: The best cheap fitness tracker
Xiaomi’s fitness trackers are popular because they’re good and cheap. Really good and really cheap. In terms of fitness features and accuracy, the ~$40 Xiaomi Mi Band 4 rivals the likes of the more expensive Fitbit Inspire HR and Samsung Galaxy Fit (below on our list). It’ll track most of the same activity metrics as the other devices and even has nearly three-week battery life.
If we had a few gripes, we wish Xiaomi would beef up the Mi Fit app. It’s okay, but a little buggy and lacking in features. Also, the Mi Band 4’s heart rate sensor can struggle during high-intensity workouts.
Even so, you’re getting a ton of value with the Xiaomi Mi Band 4.
Xiaomi Mi Band 4 specs:
- GPS: Connected GPS
- Heart rate sensor: Yes
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: 0.95-inch AMOLED
- Battery life: 20 days
- Music storage: No
- Mi Pay: Yes, only in certain regions
Fitbit Inspire HR: Best cheap fitness tracker in Fitbit’s ecosystem
The Fitbit Inspire HR is a great fitness tracker, health tracker, and sleep tracker. It’s just $100, too!
It’s small and lightweight, supports interchangeable straps, and offers smartphone notifications on your wrist. It might be small, but it doesn’t skimp on the features. The Fitbit Inspire HR offers connected GPS, a heart rate sensor, as well as five-day battery life.
Think of the Fitbit Inspire HR as the “Fitbit Charge 3 Lite.” It removes a few notable features like notification history, an altimeter, and a bigger display in order to reach that $100 price point. If you don’t need those things though, the Inspire HR is a fantastic option.
Fitbit Inspire and Inspire HR specs:
- GPS: Connected GPS
- Heart rate sensor: Yes (Inspire HR only)
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: 1.4-inch grayscale OLED
- Battery life: 5 days
- Music storage: No
- Fitbit Pay: No
Samsung Galaxy Fit: A good option if you like Samsung’s ecosystem
If you’re more a fan of Samsung fitness trackers, the Samsung Galaxy Fit will be right up your alley. It has a great AMOLED display, compact design, and week-long battery life. The Samsung Health app is also full of great fitness features, too.
This one doesn’t have connected GPS, though, unlike the Mi Band 4 and Inspire HR. Its heart rate sensor also struggles to keep up with higher-intensity workouts. If you can look past those two criticisms, the Samsung Galaxy Fit is a decent alternative to the Mi Band 4 and Inspire HR.
Samsung Galaxy Fit specs:
- GPS: No
- Heart rate sensor: Yes
- IP rating: 5ATM
- Display: 0.95-inch AMOLED
- Battery life: 7 days
- Music storage: No
- Samsung Pay: No
So there you have it, the best fitness trackers on the market right now. How did you like our list? Did we leave anything out? If so, let us know in the comments.
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