The Best Fitbit For 2022

The Best Fitbit For 2022 - Your Choice Way

Which Fitbit is best for you? Our guide will help you decide, comparing the price, features, battery life and design of every Fitbit - and all for the best prices.

It’s always a challenge to start and maintain a fitness routine but fitness trackers are a perfect tool to support you in doing so.

Fitbit makes some of the most well-respected trackers and fitness-centric smartwatches out there, not to mention, they’re backed by a passionate and active community of users.

The company’s current range of trackers and watches span a myriad of prices, feature sets and designs, meant to suit every budget, need and taste. 

Whether you simply want to track your steps pedometer-style, see how well you’re sleeping, monitor your heart rate or compete against your friends, a Fitbit is a subtle, affordable accessory. New health features look further into your heart and wellbeing, as well as stress levels and illness potential.

The latest Fitbit smartwatches can even facilitate calls right there on your wrist, and work with both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice controls.

Owning a Fitbit is going to motivate you to exercise more, and even get a better night’s sleep. We’ve tested every Fitbit ever launched and we’re going to tell you which is the best Fitbit for you. We’ve even included some older Fitbits that have been discontinued but are still available from third-party retailers.

Find more in-depth buying advice below our chart.

1. Fitbit Versa 3

1. Fitbit Versa 3
Pros
  • Top fitness features
  • GPS
  • On-wrist calls
Cons
  • Some features require Premium subscription
The Fitbit Versa 3 covers all the aspects of a fitness watch, measuring steps, heart rate, distance, calories burned, floors climbed, active minutes, hourly activity and sleep, with plenty of extra health features (such as SpO2 blood-oxygen readings), plus built-in GPS, for those who outdoor exercise without their phone.

It offers on-screen notifications from your phone, silent alarms, cardio fitness levels, workout and other exercise modes such as swimming and weights, female health tracking, and wellness features, plus music controls and Amazon’s Alexa and Google voice assistant.

You can even take and respond to phone calls on your wrist, as it has a built-in microphone and speaker.

It matches the more expensive Fitbit Sense on all fitness features and most health functions, too. And its screen is just as large and bright.

While the Sense has more detailed health apps and sensors such as EDA, ECG and Skin Temperature, plus stress-management tools, we think these are over the top for most users, and the Versa 3 range of features is more than enough, and at a much better price. High and Low Heart Rate Notifications – which were previously an exclusive Sense feature – are now part of the Versa 3’s wheelhouse too.

It’s our favourite Fitbit, as it has a great screen and all the fitness features found in even the top-end Fitbit Sense.

Read our full Fitbit Versa 3 Review

2. Fitbit Inspire 2

2. Fitbit Inspire 2
Pros
  • Affordable tracker
  • Fitness features
  • Location finder
Cons
  • Connected rather than built-in GPS
  • Monochrome display

The Fitbit Inspire 2’s fitness feature set covers the basics very well: steps, calories burned, Active Zone Minutes, distance travelled, heart rate, advanced Sleep Stages measurement, swim tracking, guided relaxation breathing, the ability to auto-detect workouts with reasonable accuracy, and notifications. 

It lacks the built-in GPS found in the Charge 5, Charge 4, Versa 3 and Sense but will connect to your phone’s GPS if you need location services for pace measurements. Sure, it also lacks an altimeter (so won’t count the floors you climb), but otherwise is almost as capable as Fitbit’s more expensive trackers

The heart-rate monitor deepens the device’s exercise analysis and makes its sleep tracking far more sophisticated. If activity tracking is what you’re after, the Fitbit Inspire 2 delivers in an affordable package.

At the moment, it’s also the only Fitbit with integrated Tile location finding, if you mislay it.

It lacks the colour screen boasted by the Fitbit Luxe and Charge 5 tracker-style Fitbits, but offers greater value for money.

This is a great price for a light, smart-looking device with a solid feature set. Fitness fanatics will want something more advanced, such as the Charge 4, Charge 5, Versa 3 or Sense – but for most of us, the Inspire 2 will be all we need.


3. Fitbit Charge 5

3. Fitbit Charge 5
Pros
  • Top fitness features
  • GPS
  • Colour display
Cons
  • Occasionally laggy
  • Some Charge 4 features missing
The Charge 5 is easily our best all-round Fitbit activity tracker. Fitbit has cherry-picked some of the best and brightest features from its latest trackers and smartwatches to create a Goldilocks product that delivers an impressive breadth of functionality for the price, not to mention wrapping it up in a lightweight and stylish package.

It covers all the basics – tracking steps, distance, calories burned, hourly activity, heart rate, swim-tracking and advanced sleep, not to mention it has most of the top-end exercise features too, including Active Zone Minutes. Its built-in GPS means it’s a tracker that can match the pricier smartwatches, though it can’t take calls, like the Sense and Versa 3 can.

There are a few missteps, however, like inconsistent performance, awkward device management, no altimeter (which the Charge 4 offered) and a few previously-available features that simply weren’t present on the Charge 5 at launch, when they really should have been.


4. Fitbit Sense

4. Fitbit Sense
Pros
  • Top fitness and health features
  • GPS
  • On-wrist calls
Cons
  • Some features require Premium subscription
The Fitbit Sense sits at the top of the pile for the sheer number of features and stands out especially for its detailed health functions, and for its heftier price tag.

These include an Electrodermal Activity (EDA) sensor that can measure the intensity of emotion (important for stress management), Electrocardiogram (ECG) app to assess your heart for heart-rhythm irregularity, and a skin temperature sensor that can be used to indicate the onset of a fever or illness.

If the high-end health functions are less of a priority, the very capable Versa 3 may be a less expensive option for you, but the Sense still has the most features.

It boasts all the fitness features and smart apps found in the other Fitbits (and is more accurate at swim tracking with its gyroscope) and is the standout Fitbit smartwatch for health measurements and insights, although some readings require a Fitbit Premium subscription.


5. Fitbit Luxe

5. Fitbit Luxe
Pros
  • Top fitness features
  • Slim
  • Stylish
Cons
  • Connected rather than built-in GPS
  • Some features require Premium subscription
The stylish Fitbit Luxe is inspired by jewellery and created for its looks, as much as its features.

There’s even a Special Edition Luxe designed by jewellery brand Gorjana – with a Parker Link Bracelet in soft gold stainless steel, alongside a swim-proof classic silicone Peony band. There are also a wide variety of accessory bands for the Luxe.

This tracker isn’t all style over function though, as it includes a heart-rate monitor and all the supported fitness features, such as Active Zone Minutes, and with 20 exercise modes, from biking to Pilates.

The Luxe is a tracker, rather than a full smartwatch, and is closer to the entry-level Inspire 2 than the fuller-featured Charge 5. There’s no built-in GPS, for example, like you get with the Charge 4 and 5, although you can connect it to your phone’s GPS.

It lacks an altimeter to count floors climbed too, but it does at least show smartphone notifications, such as Caller ID and messages.

It’s packed with wellness features, too, including stress management, Guided Breathing sessions and access to Health Metrics, such as breathing rate, heart rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate (RHR), skin temperature and oxygen saturation (SpO2).

Think of the Luxe as an Inspire 2 Deluxe Edition, with the same features but a slightly slimmer build in a stainless steel body and with a colour display.

Read our full Fitbit Luxe Review

6. Fitbit Ace 3

6. Fitbit Ace 3
Pros
  • Designed for kids
  • Parent and Kid Views
Cons
  • Lacks heart monitor
  • Less features than others
  • Monochrome
The Fitbit Ace 3 is designed especially for younger children. It’s a well-priced if basic activity tracker. It lacks most of the more advanced health measurements that you’ll find on the pricier Fitbits but it has enough to motivate a family to up their exercise.

Until recently, children under 13 were not allowed to have a personal Fitbit account. Now the minimum age is 6  – as long as you use the Fitbit Ace 3, which measures Steps and Active Time, plus basic sleep monitoring.

Special family account features mean kids (and parents) can track their basic activity stats through secure Kid View and Parent Views; where they can see their progress, compete in challenges, and earn badges.

The Ace 3 is about exercise, not weight loss – Fitbit hides the calorie counter to stop children from obsessing about their weight.

Older kids might prefer a Fitbit that does more, such as measuring their heart rate. The Fitbit Inspire 2 might lack the Ace 3’s wraparound silicone padding but it offers a big bunch of features, including exercise modes, Cardio Levels, Sleep Score, Guided Breathing and for just £20/US$20 extra, and we’d recommend this for older or more responsible children.

Read our full Fitbit Ace 3 Review

7. Fitbit Charge 4

7. Fitbit Charge 4
Pros
  • Top fitness features
  • GPS
  • Slim
Cons
  • Monochrome display
  • Older model
The Charge 4 is still a great all-round Fitbit activity tracker, even if it has since been replaced by the Charge 5, with its full-colour display.

It still covers all the usual activity tracking, along with Active Zone Minutes, sleep recording and SpO2 readings, with a built-in GPS to improve its run-recording.

Choose the Charge 4 if you can live with the smaller, monochrome screen. Otherwise, consider the less-featured but more chic Luxe, or splash out for the Charge 5.


8. Fitbit Versa 2

8. Fitbit Versa 2
Pros
  • Top fitness features
  • Alexa
Cons
  • Older model
  • No calls on wrist
Replaced by the Versa 3, the older Versa 2 is still a great fitness smartwatch.

It has nearly all the features found on the Versa 3 but lacks built-in GPS; although it can connect with your phone’s GPS. 

The Versa 3 claims more accurate heart-rate measurements, which could sway newcomers to the latest model, but probably not existing Versa 2 users.

It can work with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, but not the Google Assistant, which is available to the Versa 3. It also lacks the ability to take calls on the wrist, another Versa 3 benefit.

If you find a Versa 2 at a great price, we still rate it as a great fitness smartwatch; not as great as the Versa 3 but only a couple of features behind.

Read our full Fitbit Versa 2 Review

9. Fitbit Aria Air

9. Fitbit Aria Air
Pros
  • Syncs with Fitbit app
Cons
  • Other scales have more metrics
If you couldn’t care less about body fat percentage and other weight and body statistics, and just want your weight to be automatically synced to your Fitbit app, then the Fitbit Aria Air is the scale for you, and will save you a fair bit on the slightly more able Aria 2.

You also get your Body Mass Index (BMI), too, but nothing else.

If you want to dig deeper and monitor your body fat percentage and a raft of other metrics such as body fat percentage, water %, muscle & bone mass, then look at our other best digital smart scales reviews.


10. Fitbit Inspire

10. Fitbit Inspire
Pros
  • Affordable
  • Slim
Cons
  • Older model
  • Lacks some features

Despite it being discontinued and replaced by the much more feature-filled Inspire 2, we’d happily recommend the Fitbit Inspire to a casual fitness enthusiast, since it’s affordable, smart-looking and easy to use. And, of course, it works with Fitbit’s fantastic mobile app.

It tracks your basic steps, distance, active minutes and calories burned, and offers on-wrist notifications including Caller ID, texts and calendar alerts.

But be warned that you don’t get a lot by way of advanced fitness features: there’s no GPS, no heart monitor, no altimeter. If you can live without these, this is a sensible money-saving option, if you can find a great deal.

Read our full Fitbit Inspire Review

11. Fitbit Ionic

11. Fitbit Ionic
Pros
  • Fitness smartwatch
  • GPS
Cons
  • Older model
  • Lacks some features
While discontinued for a few years now, the Fitbit Ionic is a fully featured Fitbit smartwatch and activity tracker. It has a built-in GPS, which is great for runners or exercisers who don’t want to lug their phone around with them. Newer Fitbits, such as the Sense, Versa 3, and even the Charge 4 and 5 activity trackers also boast built-in GPS.

As well as all the usual fitness stats it features automatic multi-sports tracking, on-screen workouts, Caller ID and texts notifications on-wrist, can store up to 300 songs, with music controls and be used for contactless payments, as well as choosing from a range of special apps (Weather, Starbucks, Runkeeper, Strava, and more).

If you find a bargain, it is still a fine smartwatch, but the Versa 3 and Sense offer a lot more.

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The Best Fitbit For 2022 The Best Fitbit For 2022 Reviewed by Wanni Arachchige Udara Madusanka Perera on October 11, 2022 Rating: 5

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