Our guide of the best fitness tracking jewelry features the world’s most attractive wearable tech designed to look fantastic and discretely keep tabs on your activity levels.
If you’re tempted to get into tracking your steps, calories and the other stuff brought about by quantified self wearables, but you’re hesitant to give up wrist space to a dull old rubber band, then worry not, because fitness trackers have gotten chic and shiny..
The Best Fitness Tracking Jewelry
Fitbit Flex 2 – Gold Necklace and Bangle
Fitbit, the world’s no. 1 wearable tech firm, have become far more orientated towards fashion than when they first started out 4 years ago. The best-selling Fitbit Flex has returned as Fitbit’s first swim-friendly wearable with an updated feature set and plenty of new and fashionable styles.
As we’re focusing on the best fitness tracking jewelry instead of just fashion, the rose-gold bangle and gold necklace accessories by Fitbit are the stand-out items. As the Flex 2 is a modular tracker, it can be easily swapped between different jewelry and fashion accessories.
Fitness
The Fitbit Flex 2 has a cute and simple 5-LED display which lights up to show your daily activity progress by double-tapping the top of the device. It tracks your steps taken, distance walked, calorie output, activity minutes and hours, inactive time, and sleep quality. It also has a silent alarm, move alerts, and automatic exercise recognition.
Smartphone Notifications
The Flex 2 will vibrate for incoming calls and texts, plus the LEDs will blink different colors depending on the type of notification.
Waterproof
5 ATM (50 meters) – safe to take for a swim.
Battery Life
Up to 5 days – rechargeable battery.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS / Android / Windows Phone.
• Fitbit Flex 2 – Gold Necklace and Bangle
Swarovksi Shine Activity Crystal
The Swarovski Shine is a beautiful, fully faceted smart crystal that simply outclasses 99-percent of fitness tracking wearables. A collection of accessories are available so you can swap your smart crystal between different bracelets and necklaces.
Fitness
The Swarovski Shine crystal’s blinking display shows your progress towards your daily fitness goal by double-tapping the top. It also tells the time in a curios manner – with brighter blinks showing the hour hand and softer blinks showing minutes.
It keeps track of your steps taken, distance walked, calorie output, and sleep quality. The Misfit app is very user-friendly and allows you to tag different activities, such as running, walking, cycling, swimming, yoga, dancing, and more. You can even use the crystal to control your music or snap a selfie.
Smartphone Notifications
The Activity Crystal doesn’t feature smartphone notifications (calls, text, email, etc).
Waterproof
5 ATM (50 meters) – safe to take for a swim.
Battery Life
Up to 4 months – replaceable battery doesn’t require charging.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS 7.0 + / Android 4.2 + / Windows 8.1 +
• Swarovski Shine Activity Crystal
Polar Loop Crystal
The Polar Loop Crystal is a bit of a fitness band – jewelry hybrid, but with all those sparkly crystals, how could we refuse to include it.
The shiny fitness tracker is embossed with 30 faceted Swarovski crystals set either side of the LED display. It’s not as versatile as some of the other featured devices, in the sense that it can only be worn as a bracelet.
Fitness
The Polar Loop Crystal features an LED display and tracks your steps taken, distance walked, calorie output, sleep quality, and it can pair with a Polar H6 or H7 heart rate chest strap if you want accurately monitor your heart rate.
There’s also a vibration feature, inactivity alerts, and a Smart Coach that gives you tips on how to get in shape.
Smartphone Notifications
The blingy wearable vibrates and displays smartphone notifications for incoming calls, texts, and calendar reminders.
Waterproof
Splash proof.
Battery Life
Up to 3 days full use; Up to 8 days with smart notifications turned off.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS 8.0 + / Android 4.3 +
• Polar Loop Crystal
Bellabeat LEAF & LEAF Urban
The Bellabeat LEAF is simply one of the most charming wearables available.
The elegant LEAF is made with 7,000 year old Marshwood or American Ashwood. It is dedicated to helping women become more aware about their body. LEAF’s main objectives are: stress management, mindfulness, reproductive health, and activity tracking.
Fitness
The Bellabeat LEAF doesn’t have a display of any kind, so you need to open the app to see what’s happening. It tracks your steps taken, calorie output, and sleep quality.
In addition to the basic quantified self features, LEAF monitors your menstrual cycle, reminding you in the days leading up to your next period which makes ovulation days easier to identify, thus increasing your chances conceiving.
LEAF monitors your breathing patterns when it’s clipped onto your tights or pants, and the smartphone app learns your stress patterns over time. LEAF detects elevated stress levels indicated by shallow or rapid breathing, when this occurs it gently vibrates to remind you to calm down. There are also breathing exercises and tips on how to reduce stress in the smartphone app.
Bellabeat LEAF Urban
The new LEAF Urban has kept its attractive leaf shape, but it’s smaller than the original Leaf and is made from a water-resistant wood-plastic composite and stainless steel instead of real wood used by the original LEAF Nature. The LEAF Urban also comes with a new symmetrical clip which means it can be worn as a clothes clip as well as a bracelet or necklace.
Smartphone Notifications
Healthy reminders and vibrating alarms, but no smartphone notifications (calls, text, email, etc).
Waterproof
IPX6 – splash proof.
Battery Life
Up to 6 months – replaceable battery doesn’t require charging.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS 8.0 + / Android 4.3 +
• Bellabeat LEAF
Fitbit Flex + Tory Burch
In 2014 the best-selling Fitbit Flex (original) received a fashion makeover by jewelry and accessories designer, Tory Burch.
Although it’s a few years older than most of the other devices, the Fitbit Flex is still one of the best fitness trackers around. The Flex’s modular tracking module can be easily swapped between the different necklace pendants and bracelets in the Tory Burch collection.
Fitness
Upon double-tapping, the Flex’s discrete display which consists of 5 LEDs lights up to show how close you are to your daily fitness goal. It keeps tabs on your steps taken, distance walked, calorie output, and sleep quality. It also features a silent vibrating alarm to help get you of the sack in the morning.
Smartphone Notifications
The Fitbit Flex (original) doesn’t feature smartphone notifications (calls, text, email, etc).
Waterproof
Splash proof.
Battery Life
Up to 5 days between charges.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS / Android / Windows Phone.
• Fitbit Flex + Tory Burch
Misfit Ray + Lariat Collection
The Misfit Ray is not only charming, but also extremely versatile. It features a quick-release system that makes it easy to swap between different accessories – in this case the Lariat necklaces.
The attractive Lariat necklaces go perfectly the Ray’s minimalist style. They are available in rose gold, silver, and gold stainless steel. They allow you to wear Ray as a horizontal or vertical drop pendant.
Fitness
The adorable Misfit Ray has a multi-color LED display which lights up in a variety colors depending on how close you are to your daily fitness goals. Ray tracks your steps taken, distance walked, calorie output, and offers better sleep monitoring than most of the others.
Like the Misfit Shine; activities such as running, walking, cycling, swimming, dancing, yoga, and more can be tagged using the app to provide a more accurate calorie output. Ray also features a move reminder and a silent vibrating alarm.
Smartphone Notifications
Ray will gently vibrate when an incoming call or text arrives. In addition to the silent buzz, the LED display will blink – green for incoming calls, and blue for texts.
The Misfit Ray is smarter than the average fitness tracker as it works alongside the Misfit Link app. This means you can use it to take a selfie with your smartphone’s camera, control your music playlist, and control IoT gadgets such as smart lights and locks in your connected pad.
Waterproof
5 ATM – safe to take for a swim.
Battery Life
Up to 6 months – replaceable battery doesn’t require charging.
Mobile App Compatibility
Misfit app: iOS 7 + / Android 4.3 + / Windows 8.1 +
Misfit Link app: iOS 8.0 + / Android 4.3 + / Windows 10 +
• Misfit Ray
Ringly Aries Bracelet
Ringly are one of the original and most famous wearable tech labels dedicated to smart jewelry. For their smart and beautiful Aries bracelet, Ringly have taken the best bits from their smart ring and moved from the finger to the wrist.
Fitness
The Aries bracelet doesn’t offer the greatest amount of fitness tracking features. It tracks steps taken and calorie output only. What it lacks in terms of metrics, it makes up for with charm and a range of different smart gemstones.
Smartphone Notifications
Smart notifications are where the bracelet shines. It has a five-color LED on the side which lights up when you receive an incoming call, text, calendar reminder, or notification from over 100 of the best apps, including Snapchat, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Apple HealthKit, and tons more.
There’s also a vibration feature that buzzes when someone’s getting in touch. The LED colors and vibration patterns can be customized for different callers and notifications.
Waterproof
Splash proof.
Battery Life
Up to 2 days between charges.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS 8.0 + / Android 4.3 +
• Ringly Aries Bracelet
Mira
Mira is an attractive fitness tracking jewelry accessory with a design inspired by the cosmopolitan fashion scene. The Mira bracelet keeps the tech factor discrete and looks good with night-time garb, gym apparel and everything in between.
Mira is a versatile wearable which can be easily removed from the bracelet and worn as a clothes clip or slipped into your pocket to keep tabs on your activities.
Fitness
Mira features a small OLED display for you to check your progress towards your fitness goal. It tracks your steps taken, distance walked, calorie output, and elevation changes. Also on board is a smart feature that learns about you over time. It gets to know how much daily activity works best for you, as well as what time of the day your energy levels are at their peak.
Smartphone Notifications
Mira doesn’t feature smartphone notifications (calls, text, email, etc).
Waterproof
Splash proof.
Battery Life
Up to 5 days between charges.
Mobile App Compatibility
iOS 7.0 + / Android 4.3 +
• Mira
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