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.
A $180 Fitbit Edge tracked steps more closely than an $800 Apple Watch Ultra 4 in a walk test by Tom's Guide. Over a 4,500-step walk, the Fitbit counted 8 extra steps. The Apple watch counted 51 extra.
The tester wore one device on each wrist and counted every step by hand with a clicker, the kind a nightclub doorman uses. Both devices use an accelerometer, a small sensor that measures arm swing. Each swing counts as two steps. The Apple Watch does not show steps for a single workout, so the tester used a third-party app called Pedometer+ on it.
The reviewer says 51 extra steps does not make the Apple watch inaccurate. The article puts the average person at 2,000 steps a mile, so the difference is small. It also says the two are very different products.
This is one walk by one tester, so it does not show how either device handles running, cycling or other activities. Tom's Guide says it will keep testing the Fitbit Edge. For readers who only want a daily step count, the result suggests a cheaper tracker can do that well.
If steps are all you want to track, price is a poor guide, since the $180 tracker came within 8 steps over 4,500.
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