The best fitness trackers in 2025

Ok, so the Apple Watch is strictly more of a smart watch than a fitness tracker, but when it comes to putting some wearable tech around you wrist, the Apple Watch 10 is as good as it gets. And don't get us wrong about its fitness credentials, the style and street cred of the Apple Watch 10 is equalled by its wide range of accurate and detailed tracking options, such as distance covered, sleep, steps, heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, and more.

It automatically tracking activity as soon as you get started — whether you're running, cycling, or hitting the weights. There's also a new Vitals app, which gives shows you overnight health metrics to put your general wellbeing into context. And a Training Load feature calculates the impact of your workouts to help guide daily training, and the ECG app give you on-demand reports.

The Apple Watch 10 is especially good for swimmers, with features that include automatic stroke detection, lap counting, water depth and temperature gauges, and workout modes for both the pool and open water. Overall, it's sensational.

Fitbit is the name in activity trackers, and the Fitbit Charge 6 is the top device when it comes to everyday health and fitness needs. More of a band than a watch, it will suit regular gym goers and offers a competitive range of specs.

Standout features include its 40-plus exercise modes, ECG heart health reports, EDA stress sensor, syncing with gym equipment, and a wide range of tracking. Indeed, it tracks exercise, sleep, cardio. active zone minutes, heart rate. You'll also get a free six-month subscription to Fitbit Premium (though you'll incur costs after that trial) not to mention activity reminders, a workout intensity map, and daily readiness score.

There's no music storage, which means you'll have to take your phone on workouts, but it has compatibility with YouTube Music along with other Google features, such as Google Wallet and Google Maps.

If you’re just getting started with a new running routine, or you’re trying to pick up the pace of your usual performance, look no further that the Garmin Forerunner 55. It’s a dedicated runner’s watch that has everything you need for smashing those personal best targets.

That includes a built-in GPS, heart-rate monitor, and coaching features to create training plans. It’s also smart enough to recommend workouts — all based on your previous activities and performance. And if you need some help with recovery the Garmin Forerunner 55 can do that too, along with tracking your heart rate, sleep, running performance, pace, and body battery.

We hasten to call it a beginner’s watch, though it is perfect for new starters. It’s also packed with so many features, it’s sure to suit runners of most levels. Indeed, unless you’re a super serious runner with very specific goals, this smartwatch is a winner. It’s also very affordable in the grand scheme of premium-level fitness wearables.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch7 is the latest and greatest wearable to come from Samsung — a true (and slightly less pricey) alternative to the Apple Watch. In rivalling the Apple version, it's well stacked with AI-powered health and fitness features, including a daily energy score, automatic fitness tracking, sleep coaching, and tracking for literally hundreds of workouts.

It uses a next-gen BioActiveSensor that can detect subtle changes, such as slight fluctuations in your heart rate. It also monitors all the essentials, such as body composition, heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen, menstrual cycles. Elsewhere, you can create workouts and exercise schedules that include cool downs and recovery. In fact, the level of detail in its sleep and fitness tracking is up there with the very best — in some ways it out-paces the Apple Watch.

As a Samsung watch that runs on Wear OS, it has lots of third party apps and voice assistant capabilities. It's obviously best suited for anyone with a Samsung phone as you can sync the Samsung Health app. If you're an iPhone user, you just won't get the full experience.

You don't need to drop £400 on the new Apple Watch to legitimise your fitness journey. Ease into a new routine with the Fitbit Inspire 3, an entry-level tracker that has solid fitness features and doesn’t overcomplicate things.

Not sure where to start? The next-gen Inspire has over 20 goal-based exercise suggestions to track goals like steps and calories burned. It monitors movement and acivity and will even give you a nudge to get up and move. Every activity will earn you Active Zone Minutes, which are put toward the 150 minutes of blood pumping you should hit each week.

You’ll get a free six-month subscription to Fitbit Premium for advanced, more detailed stats and tracking information. And as with other Fitbit models you get a a daily readiness score each morning. It’s not only great for planning your day accordingly, but learning how to adjust your lifestyle to ensure you’re always ready for the day.

And with 24/7 heart rate monitoring, sleep stage detection overnight, and a 10-day battery, you won't miss a beat. Well worth the small price.

Despite an eerily similar spelling, Amazfit isn't the brainchild of Amazon's own-brand manufacturing. It's from Huami Corp, which has baked a remarkable number of fitness capabilities into the Amazfit Bip 5 — a combination of a super-long battery and 120 sports modes.

It looks and feels like a plastic-y doppelgänger of an Apple Watch, but don’t write it off as a cheaper imitation. Its many, many sport modes include both indoor and outdoor activities — everything from cycling and yoga to swimming. The level of tracking, especially on things such as stress and sleep for general wellbeing, is impressively detailed.

Sleep and heart rate monitoring are respectable, with a SPO2 sensor that isn't usually seen at this price. It also includes built-in GPS and Alexa, and unlike some big-name brands, you want need to recharged every night before bedtime. Its battery last up to 10 days. More than enough to keep you going.

Fitness buff meets wellness warrior with this mindful wearable, the Fitbit Sense. It has all the expected fitness and heartrate tracking along with an EDA app, which scans for stress by measuring your body's electrodermal activity.

The built-in skin temperature sensor doesn't provide your actual temperature like a thermometer does, but will let you know if your body goes above or below its baseline. The stress-tracking function also prompts you to record your mood and set mindfulness goals. Guided breathing and meditation sessions are also available through the mindfulness tab in Fitbit Premium.

Unfortunately, a Premium subscription is needed to get the most out of this tracker, but who said mindfulness was cheap? Thankfully, this Fitbit comes with a six-month trial at no extra cost.

If you’re after other subscriptions and services, an Apple or Samsung watch might be better, as the Fitbit Sense supports relatively few apps. But few trackers find the balance between body and mind like this one does. There is a second gen version available, the Fitbit Sense 2, but the general consensus is that this OG model is the best.