We tested the top fitness trackers of 2025: See our favorite wearables and smart rings

Sadly, you can’t buy the motivation to get your butt in the gym. And fitness wearables alone won’t make you healthier. But a great fitness tracker can help light a fire under your behind and motivate you to take more than 500 steps in a day. And hey, that’s not nothing!

The conversation around fitness has changed quite a bit over the past few years (as made clear by Every Fashion Brand Ever releasing an athleisure line). We can thank the self-care revolution for this one. Actively monitoring your fitness, sleep, and overall health metrics isn’t just for athletes or people training for marathons. It’s a building block of wellness that people are baking into their daily groove, just like keeping up with a skincare routine or eating vegetables.

Whether you splurge on an Equinox membership or rely on home fitness and smart home gyms, the best fitness trackers do so much more than count steps and monitor your heart rate. The Apple Watch Series 11 lets you connect to a whole host of fitness apps, but it can also play music and send texts. Then there’s the classic Fitbit, which keeps you focused on the most important metrics. And more recently, smart rings like the Samsung Galaxy Ring and Oura Ring give you round-the-clock health monitoring.

What do we love about fitness trackers?

the oura ring 4 and whoop fitness tracker on a woman's hand

Credit: Samantha Mangino / Mashable

We tested a lot of different wearables for this guide, and a lot of Mashable team members use these devices on a daily basis.

When it comes to exercise, we think they’re the next best thing to having a personal trainer — they suggest workouts, track your heart rate, and let you know when it’s time for a breather — all on your own time. Whether your preferred form of exercise is the gym, a long run, a few laps in the pool, a 10-minute workout on YouTube, or a casual walk around the neighborhood, it’ll be there to record all of your PRs and motivate you with new challenges.

Some of the metrics available in the Oura app.
Credit: Oura app

We found the Whoop home page was a touch cluttered compared to Oura.
Credit: Whoop app

In our testing, we found that the best fitness trackers don’t just track your workout, but also help you optimize the rest of your day. Trackers that monitor your sleep (sometimes going as deep as times spent in each stage of sleep), body temperature, and blood-oxygen levels offer deep insights into your health. They’ll even give you a heads-up if you’ve been exercising too hard.

So, which fitness trackers do we rely on in our daily lives? You’ll find our favorites below, but you can also see how popular products like the Apple Watch Series 11, Oura Ring 4, and Fitbit Charge 6 compare to each other.

Mashable staffers and contributors Dylan Haas, Kimberly Gedeon, Sam Stone, Samantha Mangino, and Stan Schroeder tested fitness trackers for this guide.

What’s new

In September 2025, we replaced the Apple Watch Series 10 with the newer Apple Watch Series 11, crowning it our new favorite smartwatch. They’re almost identical devices in terms of features and design, but the Series 11 offers a vastly better battery life for the exact same price. This upgrade makes it much more practical for sleep and fitness tracking.

We decided to remove the Whoop 4.0 as a top pick because it’s been discontinued: You can no longer purchase it through Whoop’s website or at third-party retailers like Amazon. We’ll soon try the newer Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG, which have smaller designs, longer battery lives, and different band options. They also support new health insights (like a Pace of Aging score), which vary based on your Whoop membership tier.

What’s on deck

We’re in the process of testing several new fitness trackers and retesting some of our current top picks for long-term viability. We’ll soon update this guide with our findings. Here’s what’s on the docket:

Apple Watch Ultra 3
Garmin Forerunner 570
Google Pixel Watch 3
Fitbit Charge 6
Oura Ring 4
Suunto Run
Whoop 5.0
Whoop MG

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