Top 5 Budget Fitness Watches: Smart Tech Review

Do you dream of tracking your steps and heart rate without emptying your wallet? Many people want to get fit but think fancy gadgets cost too much. It feels frustrating when you see expensive fitness watches loaded with features you might never use. You want to start your health journey, but the price tags scare you away!

Choosing a budget fitness watch can feel like a maze. You worry about getting something cheap that breaks quickly or lacks the basic tracking you truly need. How do you find the sweet spot between quality and affordability? It’s a common problem for anyone starting out or watching their spending.

This post cuts through the noise. We will show you exactly which budget fitness watches offer the best value. You will learn what essential features matter most and avoid paying for extras you don’t need. Get ready to find a reliable fitness partner that fits your budget perfectly. Let’s dive into the best affordable options available right now!

Top Budget Fitness Watch Recommendations

SaleBestseller No. 1

LIVIKEY Fitness Tracker Watch with Heart Rate Monitor, Activity Tracker with Pedometer, Sleep Monitor, Calories & Step Counter, IP68 Waterproof Smart Watches for Women Men Fitness Watch for Sports

Heart Rate and Sleep Monitoring: The Fitness Tracker monitors your heart rate automatically all day, and you can select manual mode through the App. The fitness Watch also monitors your sleep at night, providing a detailed analysis of your sleep quality (deep sleep, light sleep, awake time). It is a health advisor for women men in daily life.
Multi Sport Modes with Activity Tracking: The fitness tracker features 9 sport modes like running, walking and more. Additionally, the activity tracker records daily steps, calories burned, walking distance and active time throughout the day. You can also set a daily steps goals through the App to track your progress.
Smart Notification Reminder: You can get SMS messages, and SNS notifications directly on your wrist including Facebook, Twitter, Gmail ect. You won't miss any important calls and message and stay updated. Please note: the smart watch can not make calls or text.
Long Battery Life and IP68 Waterproof: This smart watch only requires 2 hours of charging and can be used for 5-7 days continuously. IP68 waterproof rating can withstand daily sweat, washing hands and rainy day, allowing you to fully enjoy your workouts.
More Functions & Compatibility: Fitness watch comes with multiple smart functions such as stopwatch, alarm clock, breathing guide and sedentary alert, enhancing convenience to your daily routine. The tracker is compatible with iPhone Android Phones which run on iOS 8.0 or Android OS 4.0 & Bluetooth 4.0 or above. Please note that it is not compatible with tablets or computers.

Bestseller No. 2

Fitness Tracker with Heart Rate/Blood Oxygen/Sleep Monitor, 20+ Sports Modes Smart Watches for Women/Men, Activity & Step Tracker Smart Watch for Android/iOS Phones (Dark Black)

【24/7 Heart Rate Monitor 】This blood pressure watch supports real-time dynamic heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure ,Sleep Tracking,temperature monitoring so you can know more about your physical condition.
【Sleep Tracking 】The Smart watches monitors your sleep and analyzes your sleep quality through Deep Sleep, Light Sleep, Awake stage, gives you a nightly sleep score in the app, leading a healthy lifestyle.
【25 Sport Modes Activity Tracker】you can select any number of sports modes in the app as your exclusive sports mode to record your sports data.can record all daily health data such as steps, distance, and calorie consumption in the App "Keep Health"
【1.10 inch AMOLED HD Touchscreen】 The durable stainless steel frame of C60 pairs flawlessly with the Skin-friendly fitness straps, while its 1.10 inch AMOLED HD Touch Color Screen design and multitude of invigorating watch faces blow you away any moment
【Smart Functions】An easy-to-use activity fitness tracker with various intelligent features. Including Call & Message Reminder,Remote Photograph, Drink Water Reminder, Sedentary Reminder, Female Health,Family Health, Alarm Clock, Stopwatch, Find Device, etc

Bestseller No. 3

Mindrose Fitness Tracker with Heart Rate Step Calorie Counter Pedometer IP68 Waterproof for Android and iPhone Women Men

【Health Metrics Monitoring】These fitness watches for women and men pack 24/7 heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure monitors and sleep tracker. You could check those real-time health metrics anytime, anywhere conveniently on your wrist and check the all-day data record in the App.The sleep tracker keeps track of time spent in different sleep stages including REM, light sleep,deep sleep,and the time when you wake up, helps you to get a better understanding of your sleep quality.
【115 sports modes & All-Day Activity Tracking】There are more than 115 sports modes tracking available in the activity trackers and smartwatches, covering almost all daily sports activities you can imagine, gives you new ways to train and advanced metrics for more information about your workout performance.The all-day activity tracking feature monitors your steps, distance, and calories burned all the day, so you can see how much progress you've made towards your fitness goals.
【Notifications for Calls and Messages】Getting notifications for incoming calls and texts right away from your wrist while on the go, allowing you to stay connected with family and friends with calls, texts, and email, so you never miss an important call or message. You could see the caller's name, reject the call, mute the ring-tone, and read the whole text messages directly from the smart watch for android phones and iphone.
【A Considerate Life Assistant】The fitness trackers for women and men provide you with more features including drinking water reminder, sedentary reminder,menstrual cycle reminder, real-time weather display, remote camera shooting, music control,timer,and do-not-disturb mode, making it a considerate life assistant.With the GPS connectivity, you could get a map of your workout route in the app for outdoor activity by connecting to your phone GPS.
【1.47" HD-color Full Touch Screen】The curved-design 1.47" HD-color display and full touch screen ensures better visual and operating experience, everything is easier to see and operate, making this fitness tracker as intuitive to use as it is beautiful to look at.There are more than 150 watch face options for you to choose from in the App. You could also customize the smart watch face with photos from your own album. So it's easy to find the right look for the right moment.

Bestseller No. 4

Amazfit Band 7 Activity Fitness Tracker for Men Women, 18-Day Battery Life, Alexa Built-in, 1.47”AMOLED Display, 24H Heart Rate & SPO₂ Monitoring, 120 Sports Modes, 5 ATM Water Resistant, Black

LARGE HD AMOLED DISPLAY: Experience the brilliance of our fitness tracker watch with a 1.47" always-on display, 112% larger than band 5 for easier access to all your activity & fitness trackers without excessive scrolling
EXTENDED BATTERY LIFE: Your fitness watch offers up to 18 days on a single charge, thanks to the 232 mAh battery. No need to constantly recharge while engaged in varied sports modes, and can last up to 28 days with a battery saver mode
SPORTS MODES: The fitness tracker watch has a large selection of 120 sports modes, get data for all your favorite sports. With a water-resistance grade of 5 ATM, meaning it can resist the equivalent of up to 50 meters of water pressure
HOLISTIC HEALTH MONITORING: Our heart rate monitor watch delivers rapid insights into heart rate, sleep stages, blood oxygen, and stress, as well as provide menstrual cycle tracking
SEAMLESS INTEGRATED ASSISTANT: Control your day with Amazon Alexa built in to your smart watch, effortlessly navigating our low-power Zepp OS and mini app ecosystem for seamless daily management

SaleBestseller No. 5

Smart Watch for Men Women, 1.85" HD Touchscreen Smartwatches with Message Call Function, 100+ Sports Modes IP68 Fitness Tracker, 24/7 Heart Rate/Sleep Monitor Fitness Watch for Android iOS Black(2025)

1.85-inch HD Full-View Display and DIY Dials: This T10 smart watches for men is equipped with a 1.85-inch square high-definition screen, enhanced by advanced TFT touch technology and exceptional color accuracy, delivering a truly immersive visual experience. With the "Dee Fit" app, explore a curated collection of over 100 bespoke watch faces, allowing you to effortlessly personalize your style to match your daily attire and mood—expressing your individuality with sophistication and flair.
Bluetooth 5.3 Call and Message Reminder: With a built-in microphone and Hi-Fi speaker, this OTOZABU smart watches for women enables you to effortlessly handle calls directly from your wrist—no need for your phone. Perfect for business trips, work, or daily life, it streamlines communication with exceptional clarity and convenience. The fitness tracker can also receive notifications from apps such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, SMS and more. Simply lift your wrist to view the information.
100+ Sport Modes: Meticulously engineered for performance, this fitness watch comprehensively supports diverse activities from running and cycling to football, tennis, and yoga. It delivers precise tracking of essential metrics including steps, distance, and calories burned. Catering to both fitness enthusiasts and professional athletes, the running watch provides professional-grade monitoring and in-depth data analysis—empowering you to develop and refine scientifically-based training regimens.
24/7 Heart Rate Monitor and Sleep Tracker: Engineered with a high-performance biometric sensor, our smart watch for android delivers continuous, real-time heart rate monitoring to optimize your training intensity. Furthermore, this advanced heart rate monitor watch comprehensively analyzes your sleep patterns and breathing rhythm, offering scientifically-grounded insights to enhance sleep quality—empowering you to wake up refreshed and revitalized every day.
Multifunctional and Extensive Compatibility: This mens smart watch integrates a range of useful functions—including voice assistant, remote camera control, stopwatch, timer, sedentary reminders, and weather display—to streamline daily tasks and enhance efficiency. It maintains broad compatibility with both iOS 9.0+ and Android 4.4+ smartphone systems, ensuring seamless cross-platform connectivity.

Bestseller No. 6

Fitness Tracker with 24/7 Heart Rate Blood Oxygen Sleep Monitor,Activity Tracker with 1.1" AMOLED Touch Color Screen, Multiple Sport Modes Step Counter,IP68 Waterproof for Women Men (Dark Black)

【24H Health Monitoring】Fitness Tracker With the function of monitoring heart rate and blood oxygen, you can track your health data 24/7 and help adjust your overall condition.The sleep tracker also analyzes your sleep quality, tracks your deep sleep, light sleep, and awake periods, rates your sleep quality, and helps you adjust your sleep habits.
【All Day Activity Tracking】The fitness tracker can automatically tracks your steps, distance and calories burned.Accurately record all-day activities and give professional analysis on improving your sports and daily habit.
【1.1" AMOLED Color Touchscreen】The fitness tracker showcases a sleek curved design and boasts a 1.1" AMOLED color touchscreen, enhancing your visual and operational experience. Choose from our extensive collection of 70+ cloud-based watch faces to personalize your device according to your preferences, mood, or outfit. Moreover, you can customize your favorite photos in the album as a unique dial to show your unique style and theme every day.
【25 Sport Modes】The digital watch offers over 20 sports modes, covering almost all your daily physical activities.Inclued walking, running, cycling, indoor running, free training, etc. Store the last 5 exercise records,helping you exercise and train more effectively.
【Smart Message Notification】The watch can receive Social software message notifications from mobile phones, including SMS, QQ, WeChat, WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, etc. Also can receive incoming call notifications and reject calls. so you never miss an important call or message.

Bestseller No. 7

Fitness Tracker with Step/Distance/Calories Counter, Activity Tracker with Heart Rate Monitor, Slim Style Watch IP68 Waterproof, Sleep Monitor Tracker, Pedometer Watch for Women Men

【All-day Activity Tracker】: ENGERWALL IP68 Waterproof fitness tracker can record and track your daily steps, calories burned, exercise distance and time. It can also monitor your Body Temp, Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen and Blood Pressure. IP68 waterproof ensures that you don't need to take it off for daily hand washing and swimming, but don't soak it in water for a long time or wear it for hot baths, saunas.
【Slim and simple band design】The design concept of this tracker’s band is slim and unique, offering a comfortable and lightweight wearing experience. Suitable for men, women and the elderly.
【Heart Rate Monitor and Sleep Tracker】: Smart tracker can detect heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen, and body temperature in daily life. Monitor your sleep and analyze your sleep quality through Fall Sleep, Deep Sleep, Light Sleep, REM Sleep. You can view daily, weekly, and monthly data in the APP "Runmefit" to help you better understand your health status and lead a healthy lifestyle.
【Call and message notifications】: You can receive text messages and SNS notifications (including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram) directly on your wrist. When your phone's Bluetooth is turned on, if you receive a message, the watch will vibrate to remind you and you can view the specific message. This function is very practical whether in work or life.
【Working Time】: Smart Fitness Watch is the best partner at work, you can set it on the mobile APP ‘Runmefit’: up to 5 sets of alarms, you don’t have to worry about being late for appointments or forgetting important things. You can set drinking Water Reminders and Sedentary Reminders to establish a healthy way of working.

Bestseller No. 8

Smart Watch for Men Women (Answer/Make Call), 2025 1.83" HD Touchscreen Fitness Tracker, 110+ Sport Modes, Fitness Watch with Heart Rate/Sleep Monitor/Step, IP68 Waterproof Smartwatch for Android iOS

👍【Your Ultimate Fitness Partner】With 120+ sport modes, this smart watch for android phones covers running, cycling, hiking, yoga, skiing, and more. It accurately tracks heart rate, steps, calories, distance, and activity time. Acting as your wrist-based coach, it helps optimize training intensity. IP68 waterproof design lets you train through sweat and rain. Unleash your fitness potential anywhere.
📞【Bluetooth Calling & Smart Alerts】Stay connected hands-free. Our smart watche for women features advanced Bluetooth 5.3 for stable calls directly from your wrist. The built-in HD speaker and mic deliver crystal-clear audio, while smart vibration alerts notify you of messages from apps like Facebook and WhatsApp. Perfect for driving, workouts, or busy days—never miss a call or important update again.
⌚【1.83" HD Touchscreen & 200+ Faces】Experience the vibrant full-color display, perfect for checking info on-the-go. Choose from 200+ faces or use your photo to match any style, from workouts to daily life. More than a watch—it's the android smartwatch that matches your life.
🚀 【Your 24/7 Wellness Companion for Smarter Choices】From busy workdays to restful nights, this smart watche for men is with you. It tracks your heart rate and stress during meetings, analyzes your deep and light sleep, and provides a morning readiness report. It also features female health tracking. All your data is clearly displayed, helping you make smarter daily choices for a healthier, more balanced life.
💖 【7-Day Battery & Universal Compatibility】Say goodbye to daily charging. This smart watch lasts up to 7 days on a single 2-hour charge and stays ready for 30 days in standby mode. It seamlessly pairs with both iOS and Android devices, including Apple iPhone, Samsung, and Google Pixel. Enjoy total freedom from battery anxiety and stay connected effortlessly.

The Ultimate Budget Fitness Watch Buying Guide

You want a fitness watch, but you do not want to spend a lot of money. That is smart! Budget fitness watches offer great tracking without emptying your wallet. This guide helps you find the best deal for your needs.

Key Features to Look For

Even budget watches have important features. Think about what you really need to track your activity.

Must-Have Tracking

Step Counting: Every watch needs to count your steps accurately. This is the basic job.
Heart Rate Monitoring: Look for 24/7 heart rate tracking. It shows you your resting heart rate, which is important for health.
Sleep Tracking: Good watches track how long you sleep and the quality of your sleep.

Useful Extras

Basic Workout Modes: Make sure it has modes for activities you actually do (like running, walking, or cycling).
Water Resistance: Check the rating. IP67 means it can handle sweat and rain. If you swim, you need a higher rating, often 5 ATM.
Battery Life: Budget watches should last several days, sometimes even a week, on one charge. Longer is always better.

Important Materials and Build Quality

The materials affect how long your watch lasts and how comfortable it feels.

Strap Comfort

Most budget watches use TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) or silicone straps. These materials are:

Durable and easy to clean.
Flexible for comfort during exercise.

Check the clasp mechanism. A secure buckle keeps the watch in place for accurate heart rate readings.

Screen Durability

The screen is where you look most often. Look for a tough plastic or mineral glass screen. While sapphire glass is rare in budget models, a slightly raised bezel (the edge around the screen) helps protect it from direct scratches when you bump into things.

Factors That Improve or Reduce Quality

Not all budget watches are made the same. A few things make a big difference in your daily use.

What Makes Quality Better

Accurate Sensors: Better internal sensors lead to more reliable step and heart rate data. Read reviews to see if users complain about inaccurate tracking.
Bright Display: A bright screen makes it easy to read outdoors in the sun.
Easy App Syncing: The watch must connect smoothly to its companion app on your phone. A buggy app reduces the watch’s quality greatly.

What Lowers Quality

Proprietary Chargers: If the watch uses a strange, specific charger that is easy to lose, that lowers the quality of life.
Slow Response Time: If swiping through menus feels laggy or slow, the user experience suffers.

User Experience and Use Cases

How you plan to use the watch determines the best choice.

For the Casual Mover

If you just want to track daily steps and monitor sleep, almost any budget watch works well. Focus on comfort and battery life. You do not need built-in GPS, which saves money.

For the Beginner Exerciser

If you run or cycle regularly, you need better heart rate accuracy. Look for watches that offer connected GPS—meaning they use your phone’s GPS to map your run. This keeps the watch affordable while still giving you route data.

Remember, a budget fitness watch is a great tool to start building healthier habits. It tracks the basics well, keeping you motivated without breaking your budget.

10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Budget Fitness Watches

Q: Are budget fitness watches as accurate as expensive ones?

A: They are usually very accurate for step counting. Heart rate and sleep tracking are generally good, but top-end models still offer slightly better precision, especially during intense workouts.

Q: Do I need a smartphone for these watches to work?

A: Yes. Most budget watches need a smartphone (iOS or Android) to set them up, sync data, and view detailed history. They often show notifications, too.

Q: Can budget watches track swimming?

A: Some can, but check the IP rating carefully. Look for 5 ATM water resistance if you plan to swim. Many cheaper models are only splash-proof (IP67).

Q: What is “Connected GPS”?

A: Connected GPS means the watch borrows the GPS signal from your connected phone. This lets you see maps of your run without putting an expensive GPS chip inside the watch.

Q: How long does the battery usually last on a budget fitness watch?

A: Battery life is often a strong point for budget models. You can usually expect between 4 to 10 days, depending on how often you use the screen and notifications.

Q: Can I change the watch bands on budget models?

A: Yes, most use standard pin sizes, like 20mm or 22mm. This lets you swap out the silicone band for different colors or materials.

Q: Do I need to pay a monthly fee to use them?

A: No. The watch and its basic tracking features are free to use after purchase. Advanced insights might sometimes be behind a subscription, but this is rare for truly budget brands.

Q: What are the biggest trade-offs when buying cheap?

A: You often trade off screen technology (less bright AMOLED screens), advanced sensors (less accurate sleep stages), and built-in GPS capability.

Q: How do I clean my budget fitness watch?

A: Wipe the band and body with a damp cloth and mild soap occasionally. Dry it completely before putting it back on your wrist to prevent skin irritation.

Q: Will a budget watch show me phone notifications?

A: Yes. Most models receive notifications for calls, texts, and alerts from apps like social media, though replying to messages is usually not possible.