Jawbone UP3

Best Value Fitness Tracker

The Jawbone UP3 maybe not look as impressive as other fitness trackers – it doesn’t have a digital screen, for one thing – but its features include both resting and passive heartrate, respiration and even sweat levels tracking, along with the basics like active time, distance, and calories. With all the metrics it covers, and especially for a sub $50 price tag, the Jawbone UP3 is our pick for best value fitness tracker. And for American Express Card owners, you can upgrade to the UP4 for Amex Payments payments from your wrist. The rest of the features between the UP3 and UP4 are the same.

Pros: Continuous biometrics reading aim at helping you improve your heart’s health as well as provide a more accurate evaluation of your sleep than many other fitness trackers that simply register movement.

Cons: No digital display means you have to have your phone handy for data.

Tester Comment: “The Jawbone UP3 was the easiest device for me to sync, and I love all the information the app provides, especially how it charts my sleep. The tracking seems accurate, but I wish it had a display on the device so I don’t have to pull out the app mid-workout to check my time and distance.”

Key Attribute: Features

Best For: Those looking for a discrete tracker at a reasonable price point who don’t mind relying on the app for all data retrieval