In a walking test of about 8,000 steps, a $179 Fitbit Edge landed within 50 steps of a $399 Apple Watch Series 12. Step counting alone may not justify the price gap.
A tester walked about 8,000 steps wearing a $179 Fitbit Edge and a $399 Apple Watch Series 12, and the two counted almost the same. The Apple Watch was slightly closer to the true count. The gap between the two watches was only 50 steps.
One watch went on each wrist. The tester clicked a $5 handheld clicker for every step, split across three walks. The Apple Watch does not show steps for a single workout, so a third-party app called Pedometer+ was installed to get the numbers.
The Apple Watch works like an extension of an iPhone, with plenty of apps. The Fitbit Edge is closer to a basic fitness tracker. It has a bright screen, built-in GPS and a continuous heart rate monitor. For someone who mainly wants step counts, the cheaper watch looks accurate enough.
This was one tester on one set of walks. The article does not compare other features in depth, and says more testing is planned.
If steps are all you care about, the $179 Fitbit Edge counted nearly as well as the $399 Apple Watch, so the extra cost buys phone features.
In a hand-counted 4,500-step walk, the $180 Fitbit Edge was off by 8 steps and the $800 Apple Watch Ultra 4 by 51. Both did the job well.
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