However, for some people, weighing themselves too often can create a challenging relationship with their bodies, especially those who are just beginning a weight management journey. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. Data appeared on the app in the blink of an eye, but the platform felt smaller than others, making it a better fit for those with feet smaller than a size seven.

If you leave your companion smartphone, fitness tracker, or running watch in the other room, you're out of luck until it's within Bluetooth range. It earned bonus points for its dedicated ‘athletic mode’, which uses different calculations to account for variables like higher muscle mass, hydration levels and bone density. Fitbit’s smartwatches and fitness trackers can’t measure weight (yet), but you can monitor gains and losses when you step up onto its Aria Air smart scale. That’s also the place to get everything set up and view detailed information like graphs, health data, and trends over time.

Although many people want to track their weight and the number of steps they take in a day to get a better sense of their health, some people are a little more, shall we say, excited, to get on the scale every morning. The stable platform on these bathroom scales can withstand weight up to 200kg and fit feet up to a size 12. To get your daily weigh-ins from a Bluetooth scale to the app for tracking, you need a Bluetooth device by your side. There's the minor frustration that it runs on AA batteries, so you'll have to keep an eye on it if you want to regularly check up on your stats, but other than that, it's a quality, affordable option to assist in your health tracking.

Track your body fat percentage for more accurate progress than solely your weight which takes everything (water, muscle mass, bone mass, fat mass) into account. Both their body fat scale readings and weight were exact and they liked how stable the large platform felt in use.Even more strangely, this overall fat level was also much higher than expected; our reviewer had a DEXA scan done and been given a fat score of 12% three months prior to testing the Eufy P2 Pro, yet the scale said he had 21% body fat – and that's without any visible changes in physique. Bottom Line:The FitTrack Dara smart scale tracks 17 metrics, including body mass index (BMI) and basal metabolic rate (BMR), to help you keep tabs on your health. Smart scales use Bluetooth technology to sync a person’s data with a fitness app, helping them achieve their health or weight loss goals.