Fitbit ace 3
Best: Overall
Rating: 10/10
- Battery life: Up to eight days
- Swim-proof: Yes
- GPS: No
- Heart rate: No
It’s no surprise that Fitbit’s newest offering for kids takes the crown here. The ace 3 brings with it a few improved features. Firstly, the look and feel of the ace 3 is pleasingly curvy, with a very light and slim silicone strap that’s designed to fit small wrists. Our eight-year-old tester found it comfy to wear every day.
The ace 3 comes in blue with green details, black with red details, and a special-edition Minions version in yellow. The Fitbit component itself pops out of the strap easily, and you can buy straps separately if your kids fancy a change. The clock face is easy to read, and kids can choose an animation that comes to life as they hit their goals – which you set in the Fitbit app on your phone. Our tester watched as a rocket, which began grounded, went further into space the more steps he walked.
Features-wise the ace 3 can track sleep, set bedtime reminders and morning alarms, and has timer and stopwatch features for races. None of Fitbit’s child-friendly models track heart rate, so you’ll need to move up to an adult model if that’s a must-have. The all-day steps tracker was easily the most popular feature with our tester, and we definitely noticed an increased desire to be active from the first day he wore it – if only to beat his sister’s daily step goal.
The ace 3 promises up to eight-day battery life – although ours tended to need recharging after around five days, which is no surprise given the number of times our tester touched the screen to check the number of steps he’d done. It’s also water resistant to 50m which is great for swimming lessons, but equally reassuring for everyday spills.