Best Smart Rings for Tracking Sleep Fitness and Wellness

Overview of Smart Rings

Testing three popular smart rings gave firsthand insight into how discreet wearables can improve sleep, stress management and fitness tracking without the bulk of a smartwatch.

• Oura Ring 3 – Best overall wellness and recovery insights ($249)
• Ultrahuman Ring Air – Designed for fitness enthusiasts with live workout tracking ($349)
• Evie – Affordable, women-focused health tracking ($269)

Oura Ring 3: Best Overall

The Oura Ring 3 uses aerospace-grade titanium and pairs with an intuitive app that auto-tracks sleep, readiness, heart rate and can even detect early signs of illness.

After wearing Oura nightly, it recommended a 9:30–10:30 pm bedtime window. Following its guidance boosted my readiness scores and helped me reclaim better rest, even with a newborn’s interrupted sleep.

Oura’s latest update adds automatic movement detection, cardiovascular age estimates and cycle insights. You can integrate data with Apple Health, Strava and more for a holistic wellness dashboard.

On the flip side, the shiny exterior can scratch easily, fitness tracking lacks depth and the $6/month membership boosts the total cost beyond the $299 ring.

Ultrahuman Ring Air: Fitness-Focused

Ultrahuman Ring Air sports PPG sensors to track workouts in real time, recovery, caffeine windows and even syncs with its glucose monitor—no subscription required.

Its darker, data-dense app can overwhelm, and run metrics varied by over 60% compared to an Apple Watch. Yet its live workout zones and social shareable stats make it ideal for athletes.

Evie Ring: Women’s Wellness Starter

Evie delivers cycle tracking, sleep and activity logging without a subscription. Its sleek case doubles as a charger with ten extra charges on the go.

However, it offers few actionable insights. Aside from a basic AI chatbot, the app reads data like a diary—lacking smart recommendations that set leading rings apart.

Evie has potential, but needs deeper analytics—such as skin-temperature fertility signals or personalized recovery advice—to truly serve its target audience.

Conclusion

The Oura Ring 3 leads for comprehensive wellness and user-friendly insights. Ultrahuman Ring Air shines for sport tracking but must improve accuracy. Evie rings in as a budget-friendly option needing richer recommendations.

Smart rings are discreet IoT wearables that transform health data into actionable advice. Whether for sleep, stress or fitness, they offer powerful tools for anyone seeking data-driven lifestyle improvements.