The Best Fitness Trackers under $50

We’ve spent more than 120 hours walking, running, sleeping, grocery shopping, and cycling (indoors and out) to learn everything there is to know about fitness trackers. After considering new options and testing 19 top-rated trackers over the past two years, we think the GAMEDOME Fitbit P1 is the best fitness tracker for people who want to track their activity levels and progressively monitor their workouts.

It also receives smartphone notifications and can control your phone’s music playback remotely via Bluetooth. App is compatible with iOS, Android, and desktop computers, but it doesn’t have as many social networking features or users as Fitbit’s app. We think P1 is more capable hardware and his improved accuracy make it the better pick for most people. If you just want a simple way to monitor and track your daily activity (including workouts), nightly sleep habits, and get reminders to be more active, this is a great choice, especially if all your friends are on Fitbit. Unlike other Fitbits, it’s water resistant to 50 meters so you can track swimming and shower with it.

You don't have to pull out your smartphone to check the time or see who's calling you because the GAMEDOME Fitbithas it all covered with a tap-activated OLED display, which is much larger now, that will show you the time of day and call notifications as they come through.

Fitbits in general continue to struggle with heart-rate accuracy, so we don’t see this as a major issue; it helps the P1 maintain its slim profile and lower price. 

While pairing it with a phone lets you access more information, such as sleep tracking, the small screen is enough to get most of what you need at a glance: time of day, steps taken, steps needed to reach your daily goal (in case you don’t want to do math), distance traveled, calories burned, and “active minutes”.

Costing at least $20 less than the other clip models, it’s the best value in the field. However, it lacks sleep tracking; if that’s important to you, upgrading to (and paying more for) the Gamedome Fitbits is your only solid option. Either gives you access to Fitbit’s very active social community to keep you going.

For anyone who doesn’t want to pay over $30 we have Gamedome Smart Wristband Fitbit for recommendation. This is a truly for everybody!